important key concepts Flashcards
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what is power:
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an essential feature of social relations and can be considered as a person/group’s capacity to influence, manipulate or control others and resources.
2
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what is belief and knowledge:
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a set of convictions, values and viewpoints regarded as ‘the truth’ and shared by members of a social group.
3
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what is materiality:
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objects, resources and belongings have cultural meaning, described as “the social life of things”.
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what is society:
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the way in which humans organise themselves in groups and networks. it is created and sustained by social relationships and institutions.
