Readings Flashcards
Who coined sociological imagination and what does it mean/compose of?
Mills, the quality of mind that enables us to see the connection between personal troubles and social structures.
Basically says to look beyond familiar and link to sociological perspectives.
Comprised of Critical, Cultural, Historical, Structural
What was Bauman’s reading about?
Thinking sociologically
What were the 5 definitions mentioned by van Krieken (2016) and define them?
Social stratification:enduring hierarchy in which groups defined in terms of social categories (e.g. gender, race, class) are positioned unequally… these arrangements are embedded in a society’s institutions that are practiced and experienced in everyday life
Life chances: opportunities associated with social positions that give rise to different material, political, cultural and social outcomes
Social exclusion: process by which some groups exclude others from participation in or access to the activities and rewards available in society
Social and cultural capital: (Bourdieu) social networks and sources of support available to people and cultural values that are associated with consumption patterns, lifestyle choices, social attributes and formal qualification
Power: (Weber) capacity of an individual or a group to achieve their objectives, even if opposed by others (see physical, material, symbolic forms of power)
Who spoke about the panopticon and what does it represent?
Dillion (2014), More so the thought of getting caught rather than the ability for the guards to see everything at once. (Panopticon)
‘Foucault used the Panopticon, a model of a prison proposed by Jeremy Bentham in the eighteenth century, to illustrate how disciplinary power works – how its continuous penetrating surveillance gives the individual no respite’ (Dillon 2014: 371).
Who talked about theorising sexuality the body and power? Elaborate?
Coming out, heteronormativity.
Dillion (2014), ‘The confession became one of the West’s most highly valued techniques for producing truth. We have since become a singularly confessing society … one confesses one’s crimes, one’s sins, one’s thoughts and desires, one’s illnesses and troubles; one goes about telling with the greatest precision, whatever is most difficult to tell.’ (Foucault 1978: 59 in Dillon 2014: 376).
Less heteronormative.
‘there is nothing natural about the Census definitions or categories; they are administrative-bureaucratic constructs and, as such, are relatively arbitrary ways by which we carve up the use of sex, and also too, how society controls sex’ (Dillon 2014: 373).
What were the 5 definitions from Plage (2017) and define them?
Superdiversity:people from all walks of life encounter cultural practices, belief systems or generally other people they perceive as different from themselves in their daily routines
Contact hypothesis: close proximity and shared experiences reduce prejudices between individuals and social groups
Cosmopolitan encounters: tangible, experiential and contextual encounters with cultural difference [in which] the everyday level of analysis of streetscapes, spaces, bodies and practices is combined with the macro dimensions of society
Multiculturalism:policy programme, political discourse and everyday fact in Australian society
Reflexive work: thinking critically about one’s position in the system of social relations and institutions and the (dis)advantages that come with this position
Who talked about cities as places and spaces, what does this mean?
Chen (2013)
Places can be important to people. Space its just empty and without meaning moreso.
Who mentioned social movements? What are they?
Scalmer (2017), Australia’s social movement were controlled by white men for the benefit of white men. Anything else was not useful to others hence a less profound change was seen. Radical changes were not made by the state only little ones until new insitiutions were brought in.
‘They rest upon distinctive political interactions, structures, performances and communications: first, engagement in conflict and contest; second, a practice of collective association, embodied in both formal institutions and informal networks; third, public performances that express a group’s worthiness, unity, numbers and commitment; fourth, a capacity to articulate a common worldview.’ (Scalmer 2017: 325)
‘expression of collective learning, as ordinary people struggled to understand their world, to draw lessons from past struggles and to challenge injustice’ (Scalmer 2017: 326)
Who spoke about the human face of globalisation? What does this mean?
Bluestein (2015), Jose Bove with the cheese protest which he dismantled a McDonalds because of his anti-globalisation views. (They were taxing shit widening gap between rich and poor).
‘There was no single position that the protesters shared, but contrary to popular belief, few totally rejected globalisation. Instead, most wanted radical reform. Under the slogan, ‘Another world is possible’, the alter-mondialisation (alternative globalisation).
Who spoke about the media and network society, what was their point?
van Krieken (2016), mentioned the media society.
Who spoke about health and the media? What was said?
Seale (2003), Talks about how different people respond to health related advertising as well as the culture that is currently in place.
‘As sociologists interested in the experience of illness, and in health care and health policy, we ought to be interested in which stories get told and which are suppressed, and in how members of the media audience (which includes health policy makers and health care providers themselves of course) respond to mediated health messages.’ (Seale 2003: 514)
‘In constructing the self, modern culture makes available to individuals a great many options and resources. The resources might be understood as cultural scripts, or discourses, and modern self identity is formed in a manner that is sometimes quite reflexive (Giddens 1991), drawing on culturally available narratives, stories, scripts, discourses, systems of knowledge or, in more politically oriented analyses, ideologies.’ (Seale 2003: 514)
Define Social stratification
enduring hierarchy in which groups defined in terms of social categories (e.g. gender, race, class) are positioned unequally… these arrangements are embedded in a society’s institutions that are practiced and experienced in everyday life
Define Life chances
opportunities associated with social positions that give rise to different material, political, cultural and social outcomes
Define Social exclusion
process by which some groups exclude others from participation in or access to the activities and rewards available in society
Define Social and cultural capital (Bourdieu)
social networks and sources of support available to people and cultural values that are associated with consumption patterns, lifestyle choices, social attributes and formal qualification
