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Prof. Garry Robson

Prof. Garry Robson

 

Garry Robson was awarded a PhD in Sociology by Goldsmiths College, University of London, in 1998. Following this, he taught and researched in England for four years (Goldsmiths College, University of East London) before relocating to Poland in 2002. He has since taught sociology and cultural studies at various Polish universities, mostly in Krakow. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora, UJ, teaching MA courses on Globalization, Cultural Studies, Research Methods, The Sociology of Sport, and African American Expressive Culture as part of the international Transatlantic Studies MA program.

Research interests:

  • Globalization and Social/Cultural Change;
  • Sociolinguistics (of English);
  • Digital Culture and Surveillance in Western Democracies;
  • Popular Culture in Contemporary British and the USA;
  • Sport, Social Class, and the Body.

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Publications

2023, Virtually Lost. Young Americans in the Digital Technocracy, London: Routledge, pp. 246.

2003, London Calling: The Middle Classes and the Re-making of Inner London, Oxford: Berg, (co-author: T. Butler), pp. 228.

2001, Annual Process Report of Pepys Community Forum, London: CUCR, Goldsmiths College, pp. 46.

2000, “No One Likes Us, We Don't Care”: The Myth and Reality of Millwall Fandom, Oxford: Berg, pp. 220.

1997, Class, Criminality, and Embodied Consciousness: Charlie Richardson and a South East London Habitus, Centre for Urban and Community Research Occasional Paper, London: Goldsmiths College, pp. 31.

2012, Fear, Fragmentation, and Vulnerability in Contemporary Britain, [in:] Civilization and Fear: Writing and the Subjects of Ideology, eds. Wojciech Kalaga, Cambridge UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 33-46.

2012, Social Policy, Multiculturalism, and ‘Cosmopolitanism from Below,’ [in:] Contemporary Britain: Proceedings of the Conference “Cosmopolitanism in a Cosmopolitan Sense,” Centre for Advanced Studies, New Europe College, Bucharest, pp. 194-215.

2010, Whatever Happened to the British Stiff Upper Lip? The Cultural Revolution, the ‘Broken Britain’ Debate, and the Evaporation of Respectable Society, [in:] Current Issues in English Studies, eds. Mariusz Misztal, Mariusz Trawinski, Krakow: Pedagogical University of Krakow Press.

2008, Social Change and the Challenge to RP: Approaching the British Cultural Revolution Through Accents and Dialects, [in:] New Trends in English Teacher Education: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, eds. Ignacio Ramos Gay, Aresenio Jesus Guijarro, José Ignacio Albentosa Hernández Cuenca: University of Castilla-La Mancha, pp. 199-214.

2001, The Lion Roars: Myth, Identity, and Millwall Fandom, [in:] Fear and Loathing in World Football, eds. Garry Armstrong, Richard Giulianotti, Oxford: Berg, pp. 43-62.

2000, Millwall Football Club: Masculinity, Race, and Belonging, [in:] Cultural Studies and the Working Class: Subject to Change, eds. Sally R. Munt, London and New York: Cassell, pp. 219-233.

2012, Britain in Transition: Diversity, Therapy Culture, and the Legacy of New Labor, "Politeja", Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 17-28.

2011, Language, the Riots, and Britain's Globalized Underclass, "YaleGlobal Online Magazine".

2003, Plotting the Middle Classes in London: Gentrification and Circuits of Education, "Housing Studies", Vol. 18, No.1, (co-author: Tim Butler), pp. 5-28.

2001, Coming to Terms with London: Middle Class Communities in a Global City, "International Journal of Urban and Regional Research", Vol. 25, No. 1, (co-author: Tim Butler), pp. 70-86.

2001, Social Capital, Gentrification, and Neighborhood Change in London: A Comparison of Three South London Neighborhoods, "Urban Studies", Vol. 38, No. 12, (co-author: Tim Butler), pp. 2145-1262.

2013, 2-3 October, “Negotiating Cultural Difference in the Digital Era,” Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.

2012, “Language, Culture and Politics,” Tischner European University, Krakow, Poland.

2011, Twelfth International April Conference, Institute of English Studies, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.

2011, “Between Tradition and Change: The Future of English in the Light of Globalization, Transculturalism, and Internationalization,” University of Southern Denmark, Kolding, Denmark.

2010, “Civilization and Fear: Writing and the Subject/s of Ideology,” Silesian University in Katowice, Ustroń, Poland.

2010, “Global Transformations: Culture, Politics, Economy,” Institute of Intercultural Studies, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.

2009, Third International Conference on Teacher Education, Pedagogical University of Krakow, Poland.

2007, Third International Conference on Teacher Education, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain.

2001, “Cities: Competitiveness and Cohesion Program,” Economic Council and Social Research Council, University of Liverpool, England.

2000, “Cities: Competitiveness and Cohesion Program,” Economic Council and Social Research Council, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

1996, “Fanatics! International Research Conference,” University of Manchester, Manchester, England.

2020, A Tale of Two Lockdowns: Illiberal Democracy in Poland, Psycho-technocracy in the UK (co authored with Maciej Smółka), LSE IDEAS Ratiu Forum, 19 June.

 

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Research projects and media

  • 2021, Generation Z and Its Possible Futures: ‘Digital Natives,’ Their Families, Surveillance Capitalism, and Distance Learning, "Social (r)Evolutions Lab (SocRevLab) – Społeczne (r)Ewolucje – poza horyzont teraźniejszości", Strategic Program Excellence Initiative at the Jagiellonian University.
  • He is currently engaged in research for a book on the cultural transformation of the United Kingdom and its relations with the United States and European Union since 1997.