Steve Threadgold
@stevethreadgold
Sociologist at University of Newcastle Research on youth and class: alternative work trajectories; underground and independent creative scenes; cultural formations of taste, fintech and financial practices.
I'm giving talk at RMIT for the Music Industry Research Collective on Monday October 20 at 3pm on 'What is cultural sociology when culture is platformed and financialised?'
When @bengreenfuz.bsky.social and I wrote our chapter for this great collection on Pub Rock, Amyl and The Sniffers were an up and coming band just about to release their second record... academic publishing eh! Unlikely to see them play in a pub these days... www.routledge.com/Pub-Rock-in-...
THREAD I’m writing a public facing trade book currently called Avocados and Algorithms: Why we need to talk about Class. Here’s what the current plan of the book is: 1/5
So chuffed to be asked to be a keynote at the BSA Bourdieu Study Group’s Mid Term International Conference 2025 in Vienna in September. The theme is Rising Complexities in Education: Opportunities and Inequalities. Hope to see you there! britsoc.co.uk/bourdieu25
Rare sighting in the wild… About to talk about the cost of living at the Addi Road Writers Festival addiroad.org.au/writers-fest...