Howard Becker - Oral History of Criminology

Howard S. Becker - Oral History of Criminology
interviewed by Brendan Dooley - San Francisco (2015)
Keywords: Sociology of deviance, symbolic interactionism, music, piano, marijuana, University of Chicago, labeling, The Outsiders, Erving Goffman, micro versus macro approaches, qualitative research, institutional review boards (IRB).

[@earth2skyee]

this is amazing

[@carolglover4]

The macro is the micro. All history is family history.

[@iulia192]

This was painful to watch. I appreciate the interviewer and the school for initiating the interview and making the effort to organise it but anyone can tell how awkward the set up is, the body language of the interviewer (so stressed out and so scripted!! unnecessary) and the response in Prof. Becker's body language tops that. There is a wealth of experience and ideas that Mr Becker shares but there is a strong defensiveness presented to the interviewer that was quite uncomfortable to watch. Either way, thank you for sharing that, it's one of the few interviews on this that can be found online in English language

[@augustolealdebrittovelho7161]

god the point he simply misunderstands outsiders and then starts laughing more and more nervously at every sentence Mr.Becker says is just too painful!

[@WreCkuser]

gosh the interviewer creates so much awkwardness, for example, 47:35 to 48:12 is unbearable

[@carolglover4]

Howie is cool with that. He knows that we are all different.