SOCSCI 1 M55 Flashcards
Refers to places where disease, criminality, repressive regimes, terrorism, insurgency, separatism, drug cartel violence endanger the researcher’s life.
Africa, Asia, and Central and South America are examples
Risky Environment
It also refers to ethical dilemmas, e.g., to get involved in local issues or not.
Risky Environment
Social death refers to 2 things:
(a) Re individual (b) Re social
dying alone, dementia, suicide, hospitalization, agency of the dead
(a) Re individual
genocide, slavery, end of life policies, bereavement, old age (4th stage)
(b) Re social
refers to individuals between 15 and 25 years old
Youth
is associated with crises and ambivalence
Youth
Deals with (a) social suffering, marginalization, and discrimination due to age, gender, and ethnicity;
Interests re youth
(b) resilience to gain self-esteem and meaningful life;
Interests re youth
(c) social problems, e.g., sex, STD, pregnancy, substance abuse, criminality, radicalism, extremism.
Interests re youth
Interest deals with: (a) (b) (c)
(a) social suffering, marginalization, and discrimination due to age, gender, and ethnicity;
(b) resilience to gain self-esteem and a meaningful life;
(c) social problems, e.g., sex, STD, pregnancy, substance abuse, criminality, radicalism, extremism.
refers to the assemblage of problems due to war, famine, disease, torture
Social suffering (Kleiman, Das, and Lock)
(a) social suffering
marginalization, and discrimination due to age, gender, and ethnicity;
(b) resilience
resilience to gain self-esteem and a meaningful life
(c) social problems
e.g., sex, STD, pregnancy, substance abuse, criminality, radicalism, extremism.
refers to truancy and its effects on access to benefits (Milne, 2019)
Civil Engagement (Milne, 2019)
Interests (a) absenteeism in school, work, medical consultations without a referral, not attending seminars on pension;
(b) incentives to increase civic engagement, e.g., free meals, and free transportation.
Civil Engagement
refers to sustainable natural resource management
Natural Resource Management
The focus of NRM should be: (a) (b) (c)
(a) food and water security and air quality; (b) the role of institutions as evidence brokers; (c) research-based policy;
The focus of NRM should be: (d) (e)
(d) how social science complements natural science re governance and policy; and
(e) multidisciplinary approach that includes anthropology, geography, political economy, philosophy, international development, engineering, urban planning.
(a) food and water security and air quality;
proposed focus of NRM
(b) the role of institutions as evidence brokers;
proposed focus of NRM
(c) research-based policy;
proposed focus of NRM
(d) how social science complements natural science re governance and policy; and
proposed focus of NRM
(e) multidisciplinary approach that includes anthropology, geography, political economy, philosophy, international development, engineering, urban planning.
proposed focus of NRM
refers to crime as an aspect of society (Youngs, 2018).
Crime and Society (Youngs, 2018).
Interests of crime and as an aspect of society: (a) (b)
(a) impacts of crime, e.g., death, destruction of property, disruption of law and order;
(b) how crime research makes us understand society and its dynamics, e.g., how society deals with criminality, including resource allocation, how criminality elucidates, channels social issues.
(a) impacts of crime,
e.g., death, destruction of property, disruption of law and order;
Interests of crime and as an aspect of society
(b) how crime research makes us understand society and its dynamics,
e.g., how society deals with criminality, including resource allocation, how criminality elucidates, channels social issues.
Interests of crime and as an aspect of society
refer to differences between individuals and groups due to social class.
Inequalities
Interests of inequalities: (a) (b)
(a) use of research approaches, new tools, and opportunities to conceptualize and measure inequalities; and
(b) emphasis on the consequences of inequalities in education, employment, wealth, social exclusion.
refers to ‘social problems’, their impacts, and their influence on policy. (Brooks 2017)
‘Social Problems’ and Policy (Brooks 2017)
differ from country to country, e.g., alcoholism in the West; illegal drugs in Mexico, Colombia, USA, Philippines; obesity in Europe, United States, Malaysia, etc.; low income, housing, criminality in developing countries. ‘Social Problems’ and Policy (Brooks 2017)
‘Social Problems’ and Policy (Brooks 2017)
refers to renewed interest on (the individual), especially the social aspects of the self, its construction, and its implications to social processes (Tsekeris 2017)
The Self (Tsekeris 2017)
Interests re the Self: (a) (b)
It examines (a) the influence of the family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances, education on individual thought, the media;
and (b) the self as a volatile entity that could be radicalized for terrorism, aggression, suicide.
refers to how knowledge is used for research impact and engagement (Bannister and Hardill, 2017).
Knowledge Mobilization (Bannister and Hardill, 2017).
Interest of Knowledge Mobilization: (a) (b)
(a) how social science helps us understand complex social problems and how policy can be effective and efficient;
and (b) how knowledge is used to justify public research funds.
(a) how social science helps us understand complex social problems and how policy can be effective and efficient;
Interest of Knowledge Mobilization
(b) how knowledge is used to justify public research funds.
Interest of Knowledge Mobilization
refers to (a) how science has penetrated the social field (Center and Turner 2015);
(a) how science (neuroscience, biology, evolution) explains behavior;
in particular, (b) how psychology has become the purview of neurology by explaining behavior in terms of brain structures and processes.
The Biologization of Social Science (Center and Turner 2015)
(a) how science (neuroscience, biology, evolution) explains behavior;
The Biologization of Social Science (Center and Turner 2015)
in particular, (b) how psychology has become the purview of neurology by explaining behavior in terms of brain structures and processes.
The Biologization of Social Science (Center and Turner 2015)
Biologizing Social Science is a positivist critique to:
(a) (b) (c)
(a) the lack of logic, evidence for many ‘biologizing’ claims and
(b) the damaging effects of biological assumptions on such issues as dyslexia and alcoholism.
(c) A corollary issue is the medicalization of ‘social’ problems, which asserts that these problems are diseases that could be cured, e.g., alcoholism, addiction, obesity, dyslexia.
(a) the lack of logic, evidence for many ‘biologizing’ claims and
positivist critique of Biologizing Social Science
(b) the damaging effects of biological assumptions on such issues as dyslexia and alcoholism.
positivist critique of Biologizing Social Science
(c) A corollary issue is the medicalization of ‘social’ problems, which asserts that these problems are diseases that could be cured, e.g., alcoholism, addiction, obesity, dyslexia.
positivist critique of Biologizing Social Science
In medical science, ___________ refers to deficits in normal functioning, e.g., dyslexia.
disease
e.g., Biologizing dyslexia is ‘othering’ that creates the dyslexics into an abnormal, sick, population (Collinson, 2019).
corollary issue in the medicalization of ‘social’ problems (positivist critique of Biologizing Social Science)
refers to how Web 2.0 has become a focus of social science research (Tsekeris and Katerelos 2015).
Web 2.0 and Social Dynamics (Tsekeris and Katerelos 2015).
refers to “the second stage of development of the World Wide Web, involving a shift from static web pages to dynamic, user–generated content and the growth of social media.”
Web 2.0
involving a shift from static web pages to the dynamic, user–generated content and the growth of social media.”
the second stage of development of the World Wide Web (re Web 2.0)
Interests of Web 2.0 and Social Dynamics: a, b, c, d
(a) how Web 2.0. has become part of our intimate life;
(b) how Web.2.0 affects contemporary society and its dynamics in all fields;
(c) Web 2.0 as the unlimited source of destabilization;
(d) How quantitative, qualitative methods contribute to Web 2.0 research.
(a) how Web 2.0. has become part of our intimate life;
Interests of Web 2.0 and Social Dynamics (Tsekeris and Katerelos 2015).
(b) how Web.2.0 affects contemporary society and its dynamics in all fields;
Interests of Web 2.0 and Social Dynamics (Tsekeris and Katerelos 2015).
(c) Web 2.0 as the unlimited source of destabilization;
Interests of Web 2.0 and Social Dynamics (Tsekeris and Katerelos 2015).
(d) How quantitative, qualitative methods contribute to Web 2.0 research.
Interests of Web 2.0 and Social Dynamics (Tsekeris and Katerelos 2015).
refers to the pursuit of excellence in sports and the debate that informs it.
Olympism
(a) how recurring anthropological, political, and social dimensions of Olympism illuminate the issue (Tomlinson 2017),
e.g., the Russo-Ukrainian war and the ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes in some competitions;
Interests of Olympism:
(b) the rhetoric and contemporary realities,
e.g., transgenders (MtF) competing with biological females;
Interests of Olympism:
(c) the political economy of sports, symbolization, the spaces (neighborhoods) affected, corporate branding, surveillance,
e.g., Western media showing images of Winter Olympics in Beijing against decommissioned Nuclear Power Plants as backdrops;
Interests of Olympism:
(d); volunteerism, employment initiatives, new sports,
e.g., women’s boxing, wall climbing, skateboarding
Interests of Olympism:
(e) the politicization of sport,
e.g., diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022, Wimbledon 2022 as an exhibition game and a ban on Russian and Belarussian players.
Interests of Olympism:
refers to how people relate with the state, vice versa, and the tensions, and struggles between them.
Protest
(a) causes of dissent, channeling anger into action, state response, and changes in individuals and governments (O’Brien 2019);
Interests of Protest:
(b) as crowd behavior – the language used, empowerment, the role of organizations, and public order management (Drury and Scott, 2015);
Interests of Protest:
(c) contexts and relations of protest with groups and structures;
Interests of Protest:
(d) protest as a positive experience and its management;
Interests of Protest:
(e) protest as social movement (Travaglino, 2017) and new forms of dissent, e.g., the 15M movement in Spain, the Salford riots in the UK, and the pro–Palestinian activism in Jerusalem;
Interests of Protest:
(f) theoretical and methodological issues employed in protest studies; and
Interests of Protest:
(g) why, when, and how groups decide to act in order to pursue political change, including the nature of protests and how they end.
Interests of Protest:
refers to political action in everyday life and how it changes over time (Nolas, Varvantakis, Aruldoss, 2018).
Activism across the Life Course
(a) sites of activism, e.g., homes, communities, online platforms, local environment, playgrounds, educational spaces;
Interests of Activism across the Life Course
(b) the temporariness of everyday political action;
Interests of Activism across the Life Course
(c) the taken-for-grantedness of everyday activism;
Interests of Activism across the Life Course
(d) the actors who could be as young as four and as old as ninety-two;
Interests of Activism across the Life Course
(e) how activism brings together themes not typically associated with political activism; and
Interests of Activism across the Life Course
(f) how research approaches enhance our understanding of activism, e.g., ethnographic, biographical, and action.
Interests of Activism across the Life Course
