Standpoint Theory Flashcards

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Standpoint Theory

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traces how distinct social groups within a society shape members experiences, knowledge, and ways of interacting

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Speech communication Theory

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more specific analysis of how interaction with a particular social groups shapes styles of communication
-ex: men, women

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organizational culture theory

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the role of communication in creating and sustaining distinct cultures in organizational life

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locations in cultural life

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because society has hierarchy then different members of society experience and view things differently

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standpoint

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material, social, and symbolic conditions that shape a groups experiences
-to achieve stand point a person must become aware of and reflect on the conditions that define and shape a groups conditions

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critical race theory

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examines how laws and legal institutions have constructed race
-at one point blackness was defined as the “one drop rule”

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situated knowledge

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knowledge is situated in social circumstances

  • knowledge is plural
  • mothers have maternal instinct but maternal thinking can be learned by men
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the outsider within

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being able to see the world through the eyes of the group as well as from an outside perspective
-duality

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critical assessment

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  • some standpoints must be better than others but it is unreasonable to call one superior to the other
  • groups are not homogenous: men are not all the same and cannot have the same standpoint
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