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Martin Hand

Martin Hand

Professor and Department Head

Acting Undergraduate Chair

Sociology

成人大片 University

Ph.D. (Sociology, University of York, U.K.)

handm@queensu.ca

Mackintosh-Corry Hall, D424

Office Hours By Appointment

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Faculty

Sociology of Culture, Media, and Technology; Digital Culture and Society; Visual Culture; Sociology of Consumption and Consumerism  

I welcome applications to undertake graduate work in media and communications, sociology of culture, visual culture, consumer culture, and technology studies.

I have supervised 4 PhDs, 29 MAs, and 37 UG thesis students to completion.

Books

Hand, M. Hillyard, S. (eds.) (2014) Big Data? Qualitative approaches to digital research. Bingley: Emerald.

Hand, M. (2012) Ubiquitous Photography. Cambridge: Polity. 

Hand, M. (2016 [2008]) Making Digital Cultures: Access, Interactivity and Authenticity. London: Routledge   

Shove, E. Watson, M. Hand, M. and Ingram, J. (2007) The Design of Everyday Life. London: Bloomsbury.

Journal Special Issues 

Hand, M. Scarlett, A. (2023) 'Machine Vision in Context: the politics and practices of computational seeing', special issue of photographies, Vol. 16.2. June. 

Articles, Essays, and Abstracts

Hand, M. Scarlett, A. (2023) 'Introduction: The Politics and Practices of Computational Seeing', photographies, Vol 16(2). June, pp.155-171.    

Hand, M. (2022) 鈥楾he Visual in Social Media: understanding visual objects, mobilities, and practices鈥, in Sloan, L. Quan-Haase, (eds.) The Sage Handbook of Social Media Research Methods. London: Sage. 2nd Edition. pp. 185-189.  

Hand, M. (2021) 'Bauman: a biography', Journal of Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 51(1):72-74. 

Hand, M. (2020) 'Making Time, Configuring Life: smartphone synchronization and temporal orchestration', in Kaun, A. et. al. (eds.) Making Time for Digital Lives: Beyond Chronotopia. Rowman & Littlefield International. pp. 85-102.    

Hand, M. (2020) 'Photography meets Social Media: image making and sharing in a continually networked present', in Pasternak, G. (ed.) The Handbook of Photography Studies. London: Bloomsbury. pp. 310-326.  

Hand, M. Scarlett, A. (2019) 鈥楬abitual Photography: Time, rhythm, and temporal experience in contemporary personal photography鈥, in Tormey, J. Durden, M. (eds.) The Routledge Companion to Photography Theory. London: Routledge. pp. 410-425. 

Hand, M. (2018) 鈥楻ecalibrating Everyday Life: synchronizing, coordinating, and scheduling through smartphones鈥, AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.5210/spir.v2018i0.10485

Hand, M. Gorea, M. (2018) 鈥楧igital Traces and Personal Analytics: iTime, self-tracking and the temporalities of practice鈥, International Journal of Communication, Vol 12: 666-682.

Hand, M. (2018) 鈥楾he Fall of Cyberspace and the Rise of Data鈥, in Hall, J. Grindstaff, L. Ming-Cheng, L. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Cultural Sociology. London: Routledge.2nd Ed. 

Hand, M. (2017) 'Visuality in Social Media: researching images, circulations, and practices', in Sloan, L. Quan-Haase, A. (eds.) The Sage Handbook of Social Media Research Methods, London: Sage.   

Hand, M. (2016) '#Boredom: technology, acceleration, and connected presence in the social media age', in Gardiner, M.E. Haladyn, J.J. (eds.) Boredom Studies Reader: Frameworks and Perspectives, New York: Routledge.  

Hand, M. (2016 [2014]) 鈥楶ersistent Traces, Potential Memories: smartphones and the negotiation of visual, locative and textual data in personal life, Convergence, Vol 22 (3), pp. 269-286.

Hand, M. (2014) 鈥楩rom Cyberspace to the Dataverse: trajectories in digital social research鈥, in Hand, M. Hillyard, S. H. (eds.) Big Data: qualitative approaches to digital research. Emerald Books.   

Hand, M. (2014) 鈥楧igitization and Memory: researching practices of adaptation to visual and textual data in everyday life鈥, in Hand, M. Hillyard, S. H. (eds.) Big Data: qualitative approaches to digital research. Emerald Books. 

Hand, M. Hillyard, S.H. (2014) 鈥楧igital Social Research: potential and overview鈥, in Hand, M. Hillyard, S. H. (eds.) Big Data: qualitative approaches to digital research. Emerald Books. 

Hand, M. (2013) Review of 鈥楩acebook Democracy鈥 by Jose Marichal, Canadian Journal of Sociology, December.   

Hand, M. (2011) 鈥業mages and Information in Cultures of Consumption鈥, in Heywood, I. Sandywell, B. (eds.) Handbook of Visual Culture. Oxford: Berg.

Hand, M. (2011) 鈥業nformation Technology鈥, in Southerton, D. (ed.) Encyclopaedia of Consumer Culture.   London: Sage.

Hand, M. (2011) 鈥楥ontent Analysis鈥, in Southerton, D. (ed.) Encyclopaedia of Consumer Culture. London:  Sage.

Hand, M. (2011) 鈥楽ocial Media and its Discontents鈥, Academic Matters, Oct/Nov.

Hand, M. (2010) 鈥楾he Rise and Fall of Cyberspace, or how cyberspace turned inside out鈥, in Hall, J. Grindstaff, L. Ming-Cheng, L. (eds.) Handbook of Cultural Sociology. London: Routledge.

Hand, M. Shove, E. (2007) 鈥楥ondensing Practices: ways of living with a freezer鈥, Journal of Consumer Culture,Vol. 7(1): 79-104. 

Hand, M. Shove, E. Southerton, D. (2007) 鈥楬ome Extensions: space, time and practice鈥, Environment and Planning D: Society & Space, Vol. 25(4).   

Gane, N. Venn, C. Hand, M. (2007) 鈥楿biquitous Surveillance鈥, Theory, Culture & Society, Vol. 24 (7-8): 349-358.  

Hand, M. Moore, K. (2006) 鈥楥ommunity, Identity and Digital Games鈥, in Rutter, J. Bryce, J. (eds.) Understanding Digital Games. London: Sage. Pp. 241 鈥 266.    

Hand, M. (2005) 鈥楾he People鈥檚 Network: self-education and empowerment in the public library鈥, Information, Communication & Society, Vol. 8(3): 368-393.

Hand, M. Shove, E. Southerton, D. (2005) 鈥楨xplaining Showering: a discussion of the material, conventional and temporal dimensions of practice鈥, Sociological Research Online, Vol. 10(2). 

Hand, M. (2005) 鈥楥omment on Scales of Place and Networks鈥, Current Anthropology, Vol. 46(5)   

Hand, M. (2005) 鈥楻eview of 鈥淯ser Error: Resisting Computer Culture鈥 by Ellen Rose, Canadian Journal of Sociology Online, November-December 2005.   

Hand, M. Shove, E. (2004) 鈥極rchestrating Concepts: kitchen dynamics and regime change in Good Housekeeping and Ideal Home, 1922-2002鈥, Home Cultures, Vol. 1 (3): 1-22.   

Southerton, D. Warde, A. Hand, M. (2004) 鈥楾he Limited Autonomy of the Consumer鈥 in Southerton, D. et. al. (eds.) Sustainable Consumption. Manchester: Edward Elgar. Pp. 32 - 48  

Pantzar, M. Shove, E. Hand, M. (2004) 鈥業nnovations in Fun: the careers and carriers of digital photography and floorball鈥, in Pantzar, M. Shove, E. (2004) Manufacturing Leisure. Consumers Association of Finland. Pp. 126 - 146  

Hand, M., Southerton, D., Shove, E., (2003). Explaining daily showering: a discussion of policy and practice, ESRC Sustainable Technologies Programme Working Paper 2003/4, June.      

Hand, M. Sandywell, B. (2002) 鈥楨-topia as Cosmopolis or Citadel: on the democratizing and de- democratizing logics of the Internet, or, towards a critique of the new technological fetishism鈥, Theory, Culture & Society, Vol. 19 (1-2): 197-225. 

Courses taught in the last 6 years:  

SOCY901 Sociological Theory (Graduate)
SOCY931 New Media Cultures (Graduate)
SOCY306 Introduction to Consumer Culture 
SOCY310 Visual Culture 
SOCY430 Sociology of Consumer Culture 
SOCY227 Theorizing Contemporary Society