Dr Miriam Snellgrove
- Lecturer in Sociology (Sociological & Cultural Studies)
email:
Miriam.Snellgrove@glasgow.ac.uk
School of Social and Political Sciences, Adam Smith Building - room 1013, University of Glasgow, GL12 8RS
Research interests
My main research interests lie in micro-sociological and feminist understandings of everyday life with a focus on gender, leisure practices and qualitative methodologies.
My previous research explored the intentional, life-sharing Camphill community network; with more recent research developing the sociology of mindsport through the case study of the card game bridge.
I am currently engaged in a research project titled Waste. Water. Walking. that investigates the role of leisure practices to personal and social wellbeing in green and blue spaces, alongside thinking through how dirt and disgust are encountered and understood. The project employs walking and swimming as method with ethnofiction and situated writing approaches.
Research Areas
- Micro-sociological approaches to everyday life
- Dirty Leisure – defecation, dirt and pollution in green and blue spaces
- Leisure practices – swimming and walking
- Feminist conceptualisations of leisure, nature, human/animal relations and situated writing.
- Qualitative methodologies – ethnography, creative methods, ethnofiction, poetry, diaries and interviews.
I welcome applications for doctoral supervision in any of these areas.
Grants
My research has been funded by:
- The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
- The Brigstow Institute
- Third Sector Organisations
Supervision
I currently supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students and welcome enquires from potential PhD students. I have supervised and examined doctoral students researching generational sociology and everyday life; rural water maintenance in Chile; queer methodologies and prisons.
I am interested in doctoral supervision in the following areas: everyday life; gender and leisure; dirty leisure; watery leisure practices; leisured mobilities; games and mindsports; qualitative and creative methodologies.
Teaching
Current teaching
- Sociology 1B (understanding social research methods – UG pre-honours)
- Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences (Honours)
- Qualitative Research Methods (PGT/PGR)
- Current Issues in Social Theory (guest lecturer - PGT/PGR)
Previous Teaching
- Sociologies of Everyday Life
- Ethnography
- Investigating the Social
- Thinking Sociologically
- Social Divisions
Additional information
Other roles
- Honorary Research Fellow Bridge: A Mindsport for All (BAMSA)
- Member of the Leisure Studies Association