#asa2023 — Public Fediverse posts
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5) All that said, I am so glad I went to my first disciplinary #sociology conference! I am buzzing with learning and excitement about ideas, my love for the urban, and new connections with like-minded folks. Thank you #ASA2023 for a great experience!
I’ll end with a photo of the Percy Street public art project - big thanks to Jason who showed us around your neighborhood on the last day of the conference. I hope to be back in Philly soon!
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4b) Another point about scheduling was that I often found that sessions that pulled from the same audience were scheduled at the same time on the same day. I missed out on the work of amazing people in my area because of this! I wish I could have seen a few more sessions.
📝 One tip for choosing sessions was that I sometimes followed my #ASA2023 mentor to the next session (after our chat). Every single time, that session was amazing - bc my mentor knew the field and had a “taste” for great work.
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3b) Also, access via transit from my university made it possible for folks to come on a daily basis, and brought in folks who may not have attended otherwise.
💐 Thank you to all the grad friends and kind souls (on here too!) who gave food recs, showed me a good time in the city and your own neighborhoods, and fueled my love of the urban.
📝 I was especially excited that #ASA2023 was next to Chinatown!! where I ate *every single day* and exhausted my supply of cash by the end of the conf 🍜🥟
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3) As an urban sociologist, I could not think of a better place to have #ASA2023 than Philly!! Honoring the legacy of DuBois, but placing us in neighborhoods that were affordable, walkable and transit accessible.
💡Affordability of the city was v important for me as a grad student - even after splitting hotels/costs and having a grant from my program to come. We pay upfront then get reimbursed later, which makes expensive cities hard, esp for those who need to think before making large payouts.
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2c) I would also like to give a huuuge thank you to the folks who tirelessly organized various #ASA2023 mentor sessions, including @elenavanstee, S. Michael Gaddis, Megan Evans, Margaret Gough Courtney, @Josefinaflores, and many, many others! The program is truly appreciated by younger scholars.
💐 We are lucky to have folks like you all (along with all the mentors who signed up) who care about building these important relationships in #sociology.
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Inspired by @writingmonicker, I wanted to reflect on my first #ASA2023!
💐 The conference was overwhelmingly positive for me, so I wanted to express gratitude to all the organizers, mentors, friends, and kind souls that made it so.
💡But, as someone focused on social change, I pondered a few things that would make #ASA a more equitable experience for all.
📝 Finally, I wanted to process in public ideas for #sociology students (aka: me in the future) to make the most out of it!
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I will say I've never felt as much temptation to go back to Twitter as I did during #ASA2023. 🫤
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4) Finding people in your area is a game changer. It might be because I've been in the hating-my-dissertation stage of the phd (ha), but I forgot how energizing conversations about research can be.
We have the luxury of choosing topics that we're passionate about and engaging with puzzles that are intellectually stimulating for us. My family and friends outside of academia would probably call this "being a big nerd" but I enjoyed nerding out with you #ASA2023. Until next time 👋
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3) Job market pressure really sabotaged my networking attempts at first.
It took me until around Saturday night to start letting that pressure go. And it's a lot easier to talk to someone when you're genuinely excited about their work, rather than feeling like you "have to" build connections.
It took me a while but I got there. And now I can follow up with folks over email. Not so scary after all.
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A few thoughts I guess. Why not.
1) You all weren't kidding when you said #ASA was huge. The number of sessions is ridiculous and there are so many I wish I could have attended. But a good problem to have.
2) I really felt the impact of #covid. 2020 would have been my first ASA and I couldn't help but imagine how different my networks would be today if I'd started regularly attending ASA then, particularly in my specific area.
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Well, that's my first in-person ASA down. Of COURSE I didn't remember to post anything during the actual conference.
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OK my session “Social Psychology in Sociology and Sociology in Social Psychology” is coming up at 10:00. We’ll see if anyone besides the panelists shows up late Monday morning. #ASA2023
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Lunch at La Chinesca today, a Mexican-Chinese fusion restaurant north of the convention center. Lunch veers more towards the Mexican side; all of us ordered some variation on birria tacos and everyone went away very happy. Not a place to get huge gobs of food for cheap, but it's good. Ambiance is extremely unique; try to reserve a spot on the patio. Great place to hang out with old friends for a couple of hours.
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Text as data / LLM meeting is first crowded one I’ve been in at #asa2023 Many people standing in the back
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Best evidence that teaching people to think sociologically is useless in changing behavior is that so many sociologists who abhor the nazification of Twitter and understand its implications continue to support the site. (Of course weakness of values in shaping action IS sociological so 🤷♀️) Oh well, we’ll be here for em, slowly boring 🤔 away. #ASA2023 #sociology https://masto.ai/@nickmartin/110919378294378823
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See me present "What to do with 'Other, Describe'" today at #ASA2023. We're in PCC 105A at 2pm
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Bottom line:
If you order from DanDan, get the DanDan Noodles or Dry Pepper (Chongqing Chicken).
If you order from Emei, the family-style tofu and the kung pao chicken are both good. (the Dan Dan noodles, interestingly, are not)
If you order from Yi Pin, do *not* order the Kung Pao Chicken. Chongqing Chicken / Dry Pepper Chicken is a better idea. Dan Dan Noodle is also good.
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Ordered takeout from Yi Pin tonight. Dan Dan noodle was very good, but Kung Pao was unacceptable. I kind of want to give this restaurant an incomplete; I should known it was a gloppy Americanized mess from the description. If I had ordered the Chongqing Spicy Chicken I probably would have liked this more.
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What's the consensus about which hotel around the Philly convention center has the most luxurious breakfast buffet?
Newly-arrived sociologists want to know and then revel in their (my) gluttony
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Any word from @ASANews #ASA2023 on this? Oppose Section 552 That Will Block Taxpayer Access to Research https://sparcopen.org/our-work/oppose-section-552-that-will-block-taxpayer-access-to-research/
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OK, now that I've got these things I'm too sheepish to hand them out. Do I just leave 'em on random chairs in conference rooms? #ASA2023
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Ordered takeout from Emei in Chinatown tonight with @john_zinda.
I got the kung pao chicken, John got the family-style tofu. They were very good. We saw Yong Cai while we were there; he said his food was also excellent. Spice level is much closer to what I expected from Sichuan food; what I got was a "1", moderate-to-high heat and numbs the mouth a bit. A "3" is only for the brave. Definitely recommend.
One more sichuan restaurant left to try here...
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A major, annoying snafu with my #ASA2023 hotel reservation, which I've been trying to fix for more than a week, has been fixed by creating a new reservation outside of the ASA hotel block and paying $50
The excellent hotel reservation worker I worked with was very polite and tactful in explaining that the ASA housing service is rather difficult to work with and not fully up on the logistics at all times
I'm not *terribly* surprised
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Philadelphia is probably the best fit for ASA of any of the places it has been held. Easy to get to, hotels aren't too expensive, right next to Chinatown, good convention center. Only other places that compared were Chicago and Denver (which sadly won't happen again anytime soon).
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@profmmurray @asociologist “Our vision of a multiracial, multiethnic democracy IS the radical vision” - Melissa Murray #ASA2023
