[META] Call it my blogroll's "big bang" expansion

[rfmcdonald]

Over the weekend, I realized that my blogroll and bloggish readings are limited. Current affairs and Toronto affairs and whatnot are all well and good, but where, I wondered, were the blogs that reflected my academic interests? Certainly my degree subjects--English, Anthropology, History--continue to influence my reading, my thinking, my writing. Why, then, were they missing? A furious search proceeded.

You won't find any blogs related to literature, on account of my continuing ambivalence towards the field's fundamentals, also because I don't know where to go apart from The Valve and its imposing heft. History blogs, too, are lacking; maybe I should have searched for historiography blogs instead. The blogs you see listed below, and on the side, all relate to one or another social sciences. They look promising, at least.

• A BCer in Toronto is Jeff Jedras' perspective on his adopted town.


• Amitai Etzioni Notes is, appropriate enough, the blog of social scientist Amitai Etzioni.


• Anthropology.net is a group blog tackling anthropology, perhaps with an emphasis on physical anthropology.


• Electropublication is an interesting-looking blog on the sociology of the Internet.


• Eszter's Blog is the blog of researcher and Crooked Timber poster Eszter Hargittai.


• W.W. Norton Book's group blog Everyday Sociology Blog covers an entertainingly wide area of topics.


• Rob Pitingolo's Extraordinary Observations has his takes on society, cities, and more.


• Global Sociology is what its title says it is.


• landscape+urbanism takes a look at, well, the possible interactions between cities and their physical environments.


• Patti Anklam's Networks, Complexity, and Relatedness is a blog concentrating on social networks and organizational structures.


• Purse Lip, Square Jaw is Anne Galloway's take on physicality and ideational culture.


• Savage Minds is another prestigious group blog.


• Daniel Little at Understanding Society takes a look at the deep structures of the world and its civilizations.


• Une heure de peine..." is French sociologist Denis Colombi's blog, where he explores the interactions between sociological theory and the contemporary world.