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OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Surnames and comic book superheroes Creative Commons Image By Ben Sutherland via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By Dr Mark Banks (The Open University)

05 October 2011

In this week's episode of Thinking Allowed, Laurie Taylor talks to Marc DiPaolo and Matthew Sweet about the relationship between war, politics and comic...  Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Surnames and comic book superheroes

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Day 9 - Coronation Street 50th AnniversaryBattrick | Dreamstime.com

By Dr Mark Banks (The Open University)

08 December 2010

Has Coronation Street always been the nation's favourite?   Read more : Day 9 - Coronation Street 50th Anniversary

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Wizards are people too: The sociology of Harry PotterCreative Commons Image Juliana Coutinho under CC-BY licence

By Dr Mark Banks (The Open University)

17 November 2010

With the release of the penultimate Harry Potter instalment - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Dr Mark Banks explains why the films are...  Read more : Wizards are people too: The sociology of Harry Potter

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Some economies are nicer than othersCreative Commons Image wanderer_by_trade under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Dr Mark Banks (The Open University)

29 June 2009

Michael Sandel's 2009 Reith Lectures inspired Mark Banks to take a further look at markets and morals.  Read more : Some economies are nicer than others

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The boy done good?Jupiter Images

By Dr Mark Banks (The Open University)

15 April 2009

The film about the life of Brian Clough led controversy about how he was portrayed  Read more : The boy done good?

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By Dr Mark Banks (The Open University)

22 February 2009

Mark Banks ask how easy is it to justify a bit of deception in the workplace?  Read more : White lies

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Karl Polanyi, the rubberband manH.d. Connelly | Dreamstime.com

By Dr Mark Banks (The Open University)

12 December 2008

Mark Banks describes Karl Polanyi's thinking on free markets and state intervention.  Read more : Karl Polanyi, the rubberband man

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The Colours of MoneyNo Copyright Image Mark Banks

By Dr Mark Banks (The Open University)

10 October 2008

An innovative way of funding new artists - or a risky investment? Can you bank on artmoney?  Read more : The Colours of Money

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1968 and the 9 to 5Creative Commons Image weegeebored under CC-BY-ND licence

By Dr Mark Banks (The Open University)

02 September 2008

1968 was a year of revolutions, but Mark Banks suggests that work isn't the new freedom for all.  Read more : 1968 and the 9 to 5

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Toffs on the BoxBBC

By Dr Mark Banks (The Open University)

02 June 2008

Mark Banks asks are our elections now reduced to media-driven personality contests?  Read more : Toffs on the Box

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Research [10]

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Banks, Mark (2011). The colours of money: artmoney as community currency. International Journal of Community Currency Research, 15 pp. 77–81.

Banks, Mark and Milestone, Katie (2011). Individualization, gender and cultural work. Gender, Work and Organization, 18(1), pp. 73–89.

Banks, Mark (2010). Craft labour and creative industries. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 16(3), pp. 305–321.

Banks, Mark (2010). Autonomy guaranteed: cultural work and the 'art-commerce' relation. Journal for Cultural Research, 14(3), pp. 251–269.

Banks, Mark and O'Connor, Justin (2009). After the creative industries. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 15(4), pp. 365–373.

Banks, Mark and Hesmondhalgh, David (2009). Looking for work in creative industries policy. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 15(4), pp. 451–430.

Banks, Mark (2009). Fit and working again? The instrumental leisure of the ‘creative class’. Environment and Planning A, 41(3), pp. 668–681.

Banks, Mark (2007). The politics of cultural work. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave.

Banks, Mark (2006). Moral economy and cultural work. Sociology, 40(3), pp. 455–472.

Banks, Mark (2005). Spaces of (in)security: Media and fear of crime in a local context. Crime, Media, Culture, 1(2), pp. 169–187.

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White lies

Comment posted by zz882863

31 Jan 2012

nice and informative blog which may be helpful in future... Read more : White lies

White lies

Comment posted by zz882863

31 Jan 2012

nice and informative blog which may be helpful in future... Read more : White lies

The boy done good?

Comment posted by 130770CK5

15 Apr 2009

I remember when Cloughy was at Brighton. There was a very funny joke doing the rounds at the time: - 'Did you hear that Cloughy is going to be the England coach"? "Yeh, He's having all his teeth... Read more : The boy done good?

The boy done good?

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15 Apr 2009

130770CK5 has started a thread discussing The boy done good?. Read more : The boy done good?

The Colours of Money

Comment posted by Unknown

22 Jan 2009

Our economies based on making money on money instead of making things are burning out. Printing images on paper and calling it money requires a great deal of manipulation of values. The values... Read more : The Colours of Money

The Colours of Money

Comment posted by whatif

30 Nov 2008

don't be silly, how could you have a situation where an economy is underpinned by the wanton creation of money that is backed by a purely subjective valuation? Read more : The Colours of Money

The Colours of Money

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10 Oct 2008

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Mark Banks is reader in sociology in the Faculty of Social Sciences and co-chair of DD206 The Uses of Social Science (forthcoming 2012). His teaching and research interests are in the sociology of culture, particularly work, employment and cultural policy in the arts and cultural industries.  
 

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