Matt Patterson
@yyz2yyc.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Calgary, studying cities and culture.
https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/matt-patterson
https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/matt-patterson
At least it brought some excitement into his life.
July 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
At least it brought some excitement into his life.
Waging war against pop music is something Adorno and the Gores share in common!
April 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Waging war against pop music is something Adorno and the Gores share in common!
Getting flashbacks to the Captain John’s controversy.
March 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Getting flashbacks to the Captain John’s controversy.
Actually, for exploring, the East Village in 2007 is crazy (I also got to Calgary only 10 years ago and never saw any of these neighbourhoods back then)
March 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Actually, for exploring, the East Village in 2007 is crazy (I also got to Calgary only 10 years ago and never saw any of these neighbourhoods back then)
Academics in their 40s should dress like Edward Said.
February 9, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Academics in their 40s should dress like Edward Said.
I would have suggested Mike Davis’ “Militarization of Space” but looks like he got it.
February 5, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I would have suggested Mike Davis’ “Militarization of Space” but looks like he got it.
“Screw the meek!” I remember this one from the 90s!
January 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“Screw the meek!” I remember this one from the 90s!
Are you not carrying the truth of home ice inside you, Ted?
December 27, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Are you not carrying the truth of home ice inside you, Ted?
I can’t remember the last time I saw an escalator working at a Bay in Calgary.
December 27, 2024 at 10:28 PM
I can’t remember the last time I saw an escalator working at a Bay in Calgary.
This, except you can only make out every 5th word over the Hans Zimmer score and the sound of a helicopter.
December 25, 2024 at 12:22 AM
This, except you can only make out every 5th word over the Hans Zimmer score and the sound of a helicopter.
Try this book, by Mauro Guillen, which looks at the role of the early clients of Bauhaus (European industrialists) and does not rely on conspiracy theories about woke socialists controlling the world: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
The Taylorized Beauty of the Mechanical
press.princeton.edu
December 4, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Try this book, by Mauro Guillen, which looks at the role of the early clients of Bauhaus (European industrialists) and does not rely on conspiracy theories about woke socialists controlling the world: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Second, the GOP does not hold a monopoly on materialism. Trump’s status as a celebrity businessman lent credibility to his materialist campaign message. Less so for Romney’s businessman persona. Dems could have run a campaign that was both progressive and materialist 8/8
November 14, 2024 at 5:33 AM
Second, the GOP does not hold a monopoly on materialism. Trump’s status as a celebrity businessman lent credibility to his materialist campaign message. Less so for Romney’s businessman persona. Dems could have run a campaign that was both progressive and materialist 8/8