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Dr. Michael (Mike) Follert is engaged in a number of interdisciplinary research projects. His most recent scholarly contributions can be found in the Journal of Classical Sociology<\/em> and Constellations<\/em>. Mike\u2019s current research examines (i) what political sociology can tell us about populism today, (ii) how cultural sociology\u2019s concept of national repertoires can be applied within the Canadian context, and (iii) cultural memory as a site of repression and foreclosure. Teaching concurrently at the University of Guelph, Mike has developed highly exploratory courses on topics ranging from alternative social possibilities to Canadian \u2018horror\u2019. Before completing his Ph.D., Mike worked extensively in Toronto\u2019s film and music industries. He remains an active member of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Theories of the social and the political, interdisciplinary approaches to the study of Canadian culture, and representation and cultural memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Publications<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Forthcoming. \u201cThe Cunning of Politeness.\u201d In Reading Sociology, 4th Edition: Unsettling a Settler Colonial Project & Re\/writing Sociological Narratives<\/em>. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forthcoming. \u201cThe Silent Majority, Populism, and the Shadow Sides of Democracy.\u201d Constellations: An International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020. \u201cContractual Thought and Durkheim\u2019s Theory of the Social: A Reappraisal<\/a>.\u201d Journal of Classical Sociology<\/em>, 20(3): 167-190.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019. \u201cBurying the Past: Indigeneity and the Canadian Horror Canon.\u201d In The Spaces and Places of Canadian Popular Culture<\/em><\/a>, edited by Victoria Kannen and Neil Shyminsky. Toronto: Canadian Scholars\u2019 Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018. \u201cFrom Phrygian Cap to Foulard<\/em>: Looking Back on the Festivals of the Revolution, 1793-1989.<\/a>\u201d The Age of Revolutions<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017. \u201cThe Ambivalence of Diplomacy.\u201d In Reading Sociology<\/em>, 3rd Edition, edited by Patrizia Albanese, Lorne Tepperman, and Emily Alexander. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12797,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Michael","cu_people_last_name":"Follert","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[45],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-12761","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-contract-instructor"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Contract Instructor","cu_people_degree":"Ph.D. Sociology (York University), M.A. Sociology (York University), B.A. Sociology (Queen's University)","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"michael.follert@carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/12761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/12761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19664,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/12761\/revisions\/19664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=12761"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=12761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}