This masterclass cover

Working primarily at the intersection of economic and cultural sociology and gender studies, Dr. Mears studies how societies value people and things.

  • Mental models on bad jobs and great careers.

  • Nuances of ethnographic study when you are both the subject and the researcher.

  • The experience economy and bodily capital in the world of night clubs.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Principles of Pivoting Careers

    • Overview

    • Steps to success - experience as a fashion model

    • Nuances of doing an ethnographic study when you are both the subject and researcher

    • The night club world

    • The experience economy - economics of nights clubs

    • The research question

    • On bad jobs and great careers

    • Parallels between the fashion industry and deep-tech

    • The introduction to sociology class

    • The role of mentors

    • The moment of clarity and thinking about structural risks

    • Gender relations and the cosmopolitan experience in the fashion industry

    • On status, failure and rewards

    • Connecting the dots - romance, love, fashion and sociology

    • On Marx and hope
  • 2

    Principles of Pivoting Careers - Audio Course

    • Overview

    • Steps to success - experience as a fashion model

    • Nuances of doing an ethnographic study when you are both the subject and researcher

    • The night club world

    • The experience economy - economics of nights clubs

    • The research question

    • On bad jobs and great careers

    • Parallels between the fashion industry and deep-tech

    • The introduction to sociology class

    • The role of mentors

    • The moment of clarity and thinking about structural risks

    • Gender relations and the cosmopolitan experience in the fashion industry

    • On status, failure and rewards

    • Connecting the dots - romance, love, fashion and sociology

    • On Marx and hope

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