Ashleigh Watson

    I am the creator and editor of So Fi Zine (ISSN 2209-3028), a sociological fiction zine published by my indie press Frances St Press, which you can read online at sofizine.com. So Fi Zine publishes short stories, poetry, cartoons, photo essays and other creative works. Edition #3 launched in July 2018 and was inspired by Les Back and Nirmal Puwar’s work on live methods. Edition #2 launched in November 2017 and was inspired by Howard Becker’s work on telling about society. Edition […]

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I’m Ashleigh, a sociologist interested in fiction, arts-based methods, social theory and speculative design. I’m the Fiction Editor of The Sociological Review, I run Frances St Press and am the creator and editor of So Fi Zine. I’m the current Postgraduate Portfolio Leader (2017-2018) and Secretary-elect (2019-2020) for The Australian Sociological Association. I am also a 2017 Endeavour Research Fellow. I completed my Endeavour Fellowship at Goldsmiths, University of London. For events I’m running please see here. I was awarded my PhD in Sociology in 2018. I […]

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Allen Key. So Fi Zine, edition 3 Editorial. So Fi Zine, edition 3 Editorial. So Fi Zine, edition 2 Folded Up. Pink Cover Zine, edition 1 10 Scenes in London, 2017, So Fi Zine, edition 1 Editorial. So Fi Zine, edition 1 Joan Didion’s Recipe Book, Bareknuckle Poet Annual Anthology Vol. 2 The Top Job: Reflections on Australia’s First Female Prime Minister, Getamungstit Single Beds Make Sleepovers Difficult, SCUM Magazine Men Are Not From Mars (the death of an almost-relationship), Getamungstit Joan Didion’s Recipe Book, Bareknuckle Poet Journal […]

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On February 15 2018 I gave a paper titled Fiction as Method at ‘Modern Methodologies: Developments in Doing Sociological Research’, an event I ran that was co-hosted by The Australian Sociological Association and Western Sydney University Institute for Culture and Society, School of Social Sciences and Psychology, and Graduate Research School. In this paper I outlined the methodological approach I use in my PhD, a mixed-methods project involving the creation of a sociological fiction novel. In this workshop setting I […]

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