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On youth in the multi-cultural inner-city in the 1990s

On youth in the multi-cultural inner-city in the 1990s

By Max Farrar on October 31, 2014

Youth in the multi-cultural inner-city: Learning from experience  I learned as much of my sociology from experience as I did from books. Ethnography has always been my preferred method. I learned to write as much from home-made journalism, particularly for Chapeltown News and Big Flame, as I did from the great literature I’ve consumed since […]

Posted in blog, journalism and media, writing | Tagged experiential learning, inner city, Leeds, multiculturalism, protest, riot, social divisions, youth | Leave a response

‘Leeds – a two speed city.’ A talk in PowerPoint

By Max Farrar on June 4, 2014

This is an illustrated talk I do for Ben Carrington’s University of Texas students on their  ‘Maymester’ in Leeds each summer. It goes with a walking/talking tour of the city which takes in the highs and lows (including the David Oluwale story) of Leeds. It’s such a pleasure working with these bright young Americans. The […]

Posted in blog, teaching, writing | Tagged Ben Carrington, city, diversity, Leeds, social divisions, Yorkshire | Leave a response

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