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socviews: October 2010
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Monday, October 11, 2010. Gang Leader for a Day. One of the ways that sociologists do research is by participating in the societies that they are interested in learning about. What follows is an excerpt of the book 'Gang Leader for a Day'. By University of Chicago graduate student Sudhir Venkatesh. If I explored these subjects well, my professors said, I could explain how the Robert Taylor tenants really behaved, rather than simply arguing that they didn't act like middle-class people. I don't think that...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Social construction of reality. There is no difference between spit and saliva except how we think about each. Our reality is how we experience the world. For example, we can experience this substance in many different ways. When a mom uses it to wipe a baby's face, it's perfectly acceptable to us. (How the baby experiences it is a different story! Labels: social construction of reality. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Mrs Castelli's Sociology blog. Call Me, Maybe. Or Maybe Not.
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socviews: May 2011
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011. The film brings up some interesting questions about Honfest, particularly what it means that one group of Baltimore residents dresses up and acts like a caricature of another part of the population–”hons,” or working-class women (so named for their supposed habit of calling everyone “Hon”). From the Honfest website. In answer to the question, “Is the hon a dying breed? 8221; Denise Whiting, creator of HonFest, exclaimed, “No! The website’s description of hons:. It’s condesce...
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Monday, October 31, 2011. Jean Kilbourne, in her video "Killing Us Softly 3",. T that we live in a. N age in which we are. Bombarded by thousands of advertising i. Mages every day. While most people assert that these messages don't affect them,. Kilbourne notes that most of them are wearing the most. Popular brands of clothing at the time. These messages, Kilbourne explains, show girls and women how they are supposed to view themselves:. Saturday, October 29, 2011. The looking glass self online. As kids ...
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socviews: White privilege
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Friday, January 13, 2012. I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group". White privilege: Unpacking the Invisible knapsack by Peggy McIntosh. Here is Peggy McIntosh discussing how she came to the understandings she writes about:. Tim Wise, another sociologist, applies this concept to the 2008 election in his article, "White privilege, white entitlement and the 2008 election.". Here is an excerpt:. Mrs Castelli's Sociology blog.
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socviews: April 2012
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Take the Pledge and Write a letter. Dear Sir or Madam,. I am writing to complain about the advertisement which I recently saw aired during the commercials of the children’s weekend TV. The children, at the most impressionable age they will ever be, should learn the value of money and demanding to get a lovely pair of trendy trousers as a prize. For getting good grades or eating right or simply as a Christmas present will not teach them this lesson. Thursday, April 5, 2012.
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010. 10 things you can do. 10 THINGS MEN CAN DO. Approach gender violence as a MENS issue involving men of all ages and socioeconomic, racial and ethnic backgrounds. View men not only as perpetrators or possible offenders, but as empowered bystanders who can confront abusive peers. If you suspect that a woman close to you is being abused or has been sexually assaulted, gently ask if you can help. Recognize and speak out against homophobia and gay-bashing. Discrimination and viol...
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socviews: February 2012
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Ist blog entry-personal space. You will need to make some careful observations, which is often the first step in doing research. First, look at a yardstick or rule and try to fix in your mind what 18in looks like. Then, go up to a man and woman of your own cultural background and start a conversation noticing how close you stand to them ( closer or farther away than 18in? Does this distance vary depending on whether you talk to a person of the same or opposite sex? In additio...
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socviews: September 2011
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Friday, September 23, 2011. Here is a website dedicated to the Lost Boys of Sudan in Chicago. To speak about culture in a more measured way, think in terms of the way sociologists might break down culture. Culture is made up of material culture. As well as the nonmaterial: gestures, language, norms, values. Did you see aspects of these cultural components in the movie? Have you ever met anyone from a different country? Did you notice or discuss any cultural differences? Monday, September 19, 2011. 8220;A...
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socviews: November 2010
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Thursday, November 4, 2010. Nurtured by Love or Matured by Nature? As we begin to look at the topic of "socialization", It is amazing to me that so much of what we take for granted as being human (part of our nature) is actually learned from our environment (nurture). The "Wild Child" video about children raised without human love and support demonstrates the power of social experiences on individuals. The following website:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Mrs Castelli's Sociology blog.
