Stockholm university

Malcolm JacobsonPhD Student

About me

I am a PhD student with a background as a photographer and book publisher. I hold an MA in sociology from Stockholm University and a BA in philosophy from Södertörn university.  

 

Teaching

I supervise bachelor theses in cultural sociology.
 
Previous teaching: 
Etnicitet och integration, 2018-2019
Makt och social skiktning, 2018-2021
Mikrosociologi 2019-2021
Kvalitativ analys, 2019-2022

 

Research

In my dissertation I explore how participation in the graffiti subculture influences individual’s life courses. I am interested in how participants employ and reflect over subcultural experiences as they grow older. I investigate construction of shared past and friendship through social media.

I employ qualitative mixed methods drawing on cultural sociology, existential sociology and visual sociology. 


I study subcultures to expand understanding on production of meaning, collective memory, gender, ageing and generations, as well as relations between art, economy, and criminality. 

Latest publication:
Graffiti, Aging and Subcultural Memory—A Struggle for Recognition through Podcast Narratives