Es geht mir gut.

Niemand weiß.



Doch ich.

Efforts

Work harder than ever, not to waste my time, and try to make my very best efforts.


Those are all I can/should do for you and myself right now.




No time to waste.

Desire, Passion, and Inspiration.

Some struggle as well.

Adebayor

You do not deserve to be paid £140,000 a week.


It's like a child claiming that he was born by himself.


You never gonna be respected in any team you play for.

You don't expect that, too, do you?

2009-2nd

Finally I've managed to get THIS reasonably comfortable schedule. By the mean that comfortable, I did not mean that it is comfortable because it's well organised in terms of efficiency of time, but it is comfortable because I think I am confident enough to cope with these things. I'm really up for it and ready for the new challenge.


1. INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION (Mon, Wed 10:30-11:45)

It is aimed to understand structure of inequalities in the modern society by focusing on the one of the most traditional discussion in sociology; class and stratification. Marx and Weber will be considered first, then it will go further to various factors such as gender, labour market, globalization, World System Analysis, health etc.


2. POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY (Mon 15:00-17:45)

How to understand and explain politics? This course is designed to bring you sociological view on politics. Sociology and politics are just not divisible. That is well enough reason to study. Right?


3. ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY (Tue, Thu 12:00-13:15)

"This course provides students with some important themes and issues in contemporary sociology related, in particular, to social divisions and change within global/local contexts. The aim is to offer an overview of contemporary social issues and divisions that shape social/individual life: these include social class, gender, sexualities, race and ethnicity, disability, family, ageing, global inequalities, and so on."
(Lectured in English)


4. CONTEMPORARY THEORIES AND CULTURE (Tue, Thu 13:30-14:45)

"The course will explore various modern theories that help illuminate critically the significance of culture and its change in contemporary sciety, the social and political function of culture and its relationship with the symbolic and aesthetic dimension of culture, and the mechanism of signification. It will also deal with Marx's theory of culture, the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, the cultural theory of French structuralism and post-structuralism, the British cultural studies tradition, the political economic approach to the media and culture, feminism, and post-colonialism."
(Lectured in English)


5. PRACTICE OF WRITING ARTICLE (Thu 15:00-17:45)

Well, finally I'm here. It's been long way to get here. It took me almost 7 years to have a chance to write a graduation thesis. Massive pressure on me, anyway. I mean, MASSIVE.


6. DEBATE & PRESENTATION, WRITING, INTERVIEWS (Fri 11:00-12:45)

"This course attempts to use debate as a platform to teach, practice and develop dynamic speaking skills and then help students adapt them to presentations, writing and interviews. Along the way students will develop critical thinking, listening skills and teamwork. The course will rely heavily on activities and assignments, and will be conducted entirely in English."
(Lectured in English)


7. ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY (Fri 13:00-15:45)

This one is what I am most excited about. Basically, since global financial crisis became 'no-doubt fact', it appeared to be clear that economy is just NOT a 'self-working' process or something. Since 1980's, many of economist has been highlighting on the market's self consciousness(?), praising its efficiency when there's no regulation from government or any kind of authorities. They suspiciously believed and insisted that there is a market in which operated only by logic of efficiency and free competition, and that is called Free-market economy. Although it sounds pretty understandable, it is turned out to be wrong in many ways. Economy does NOT stand by itself, just like many other things, affected by millions of different thing. That is where Economic Sociology has to be looked carefully.
This course will begin with those different paradigm from Neoclassical Economics to sociology first, and then move on to various topics. Marx and Weber will definitely be there along with K. Polanyi, D. Harvey, A. Glyn and J. Baudrillard and so on.