Archives: Publications
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Visual Ethnography: Tools for Mapping the AIDS Epidemic
Visual Ethnography: "Tools for Mapping the AIDS Epidemic" Margolis, Eric Journal of Contemporary Ethnography; Oct 1, 1990; 19, 3; ProQuest pg. 370
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Colorado’s Wobbly Strike
Between 1927 and 1928, the Industrial Workers of the World — known as the Wobblies — led one of the last major coal strikes in Colorado history. This article by Eric Margolis reconstructs the events, strategies, and outcomes of the…
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Class Pictures: Representations of Race, Gender, and Ability in a Century of School of Photography
For over a century, school photographs have served as a ritual of American education — class pictures, yearbook portraits, and group shots that seem to capture innocent moments of childhood. In Class Pictures, Eric Margolis looks beneath the surface of…
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“Images in Struggle: Photographs of Colorado Coal Camps.” Visual Sociology, (1994) Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 4-26
Published in Visual Sociology in 1994, this article presents a visual ethnography of the Colorado coal camps that were at the center of some of America’s most dramatic labor conflicts. Eric Margolis uses photographs from the late nineteenth and early…
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Hogwarts Identified As Underperforming School! Ministry Takes Over, Headmaster Replaced Back To Basics Curriculum Imposed
In this satirical essay, Eric Margolis uses the fictional world of Harry Potter to illuminate very real dynamics of educational accountability and institutional power. When Hogwarts School is identified as “underperforming” and subjected to a regime of standardized testing and…
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Teaching John Dewey: An essay review of three books on John Dewey. Education Review, 10(14) November 2007
An Essay Review of Three Books on John Dewey Eric Margolis Arizona State University Martin, Jay. (2002). The Education of John Dewey: A Biography. NY, NY: Columbia University Press Pp. 592 $43 (hard cover) ISBN 10: 0231116764 Simpson, Douglas J.…
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“The Matter with Kids Today,” Humanity and Society (1996) Vol. 20 No 2, pp. 97-100
sense but is that of the engaged researcher. He clearly cares about the lives of
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The Department is Very Male, Very White, Very Old, Very Conservative
What is it like to be a graduate student in a sociology department dominated by senior white male faculty with deeply conservative intellectual commitments? In this landmark article, Eric Margolis and Mary Romero document how the hidden curriculum of graduate…