Anthropology in the middle - Anthropology Emory
... an account that is short as well as broad, my references are only telegraphic (full citations for authors mentioned without reference are available on-line).1 Other caveats also apply. My characterizations apply largely to Anglo-American anthropology and especially to American cultural anthropology ...
... an account that is short as well as broad, my references are only telegraphic (full citations for authors mentioned without reference are available on-line).1 Other caveats also apply. My characterizations apply largely to Anglo-American anthropology and especially to American cultural anthropology ...
Lesson 1: What is Sociology?
... beginner’s mind, which means approaching the world without preconceptions in order to see things in a new way. ...
... beginner’s mind, which means approaching the world without preconceptions in order to see things in a new way. ...
Fordism and Positivism in US Sociology
... reaction is twofold. First, I think it is a mistake to lump together empiricism, positivism, and scientism as a single methodological perspective. Certainly, there is no logical sense in which any one these isms implies either of the other two (Keat 1981). Steinmetz admits that the specific combina ...
... reaction is twofold. First, I think it is a mistake to lump together empiricism, positivism, and scientism as a single methodological perspective. Certainly, there is no logical sense in which any one these isms implies either of the other two (Keat 1981). Steinmetz admits that the specific combina ...
Public Sociology and Democratic Theory
... As with foundations, the autonomy of universities is granted under certain conditions, one of which is that they remain outside of politics. In the course of establishing itself as an academic subject, sociology had to draw its own lines in a way that was sufficiently convincing that other scholarly ...
... As with foundations, the autonomy of universities is granted under certain conditions, one of which is that they remain outside of politics. In the course of establishing itself as an academic subject, sociology had to draw its own lines in a way that was sufficiently convincing that other scholarly ...
Beyond Sontag as a reader of Lévi-Strauss: `anthropologist as hero
... us now about an egalitarian anthropology, and if, as a cursory reading of ‘The anthropologist as hero’ suggests, anthropology deserves interest only to the extent that it is practiced and elevated to the level of highbrow philosophy by European intellectual elites, we might do better to disregard th ...
... us now about an egalitarian anthropology, and if, as a cursory reading of ‘The anthropologist as hero’ suggests, anthropology deserves interest only to the extent that it is practiced and elevated to the level of highbrow philosophy by European intellectual elites, we might do better to disregard th ...
The promise of public sociology
... funding, of course, but also of academic norms, of state regulation as distinct from funding, or the institutional forms private philanthropy takes on. We need to ask a whole complex of questions about what it means to serve the public good, how vital public communication is to this, and how differe ...
... funding, of course, but also of academic norms, of state regulation as distinct from funding, or the institutional forms private philanthropy takes on. We need to ask a whole complex of questions about what it means to serve the public good, how vital public communication is to this, and how differe ...
The Sociological Perspective Revisited
... In many ways, the successes of sociology as an agent of social change in the 1950s, especially in the area of civil rights, contributed to a crisis within sociology. The stasis of the functional 50s was not in agreement with the emerging social movements of the 1960s. The new generation of sociologi ...
... In many ways, the successes of sociology as an agent of social change in the 1950s, especially in the area of civil rights, contributed to a crisis within sociology. The stasis of the functional 50s was not in agreement with the emerging social movements of the 1960s. The new generation of sociologi ...
Sociology in America - Herbert J. Gans Online
... should also take a look to see whether sociology has yet had any visible impact on the country's news and entertainmentmedia. Parallel kinds of research can be undertaken among sociological practitioners. Indeed, now is an ideal time to begin, for before-and-afterstudies should immediately be conduc ...
... should also take a look to see whether sociology has yet had any visible impact on the country's news and entertainmentmedia. Parallel kinds of research can be undertaken among sociological practitioners. Indeed, now is an ideal time to begin, for before-and-afterstudies should immediately be conduc ...
Introduction to Sociology
... perspective (or viewpoint), not that sociologists are always in complete about what they are seeing, how behaviour could or should be understood and so forth. As we will see, the sociological perspective is made-up of a number of quite different sub-perspectives. However, it is possible - and at thi ...
... perspective (or viewpoint), not that sociologists are always in complete about what they are seeing, how behaviour could or should be understood and so forth. As we will see, the sociological perspective is made-up of a number of quite different sub-perspectives. However, it is possible - and at thi ...
Futures in the Making: Contemporary Practices and Sociological
... scientific, economic and everyday performative, enacting practices. The actions and processes associated with this ‘future in the making’ are ongoing, producing layers and layers upon layers of past and present futures as well as future presents and pasts. While ever-expanding futures are created by ...
... scientific, economic and everyday performative, enacting practices. The actions and processes associated with this ‘future in the making’ are ongoing, producing layers and layers upon layers of past and present futures as well as future presents and pasts. While ever-expanding futures are created by ...
The Status of Sociology as a Science: Problems
... other social scientists, allow their perceptions to be distorted by cultural and personal biases. Objectivity attempts to undo such distortions— a task difficult to achieve while dealing with human beings. It is claimed that an unbiased and objective study cannot be made in sociology, and hence, fre ...
... other social scientists, allow their perceptions to be distorted by cultural and personal biases. Objectivity attempts to undo such distortions— a task difficult to achieve while dealing with human beings. It is claimed that an unbiased and objective study cannot be made in sociology, and hence, fre ...
Urban Anthropology
... However, the „traditional” context of these studies should not be exaggerated. Although concentrated on certain target groups, these issues cannot be divorced from the urban context and urbanism itself. In order to avoid confusion, it is therefore useful to follow the distinction that was drawn by K ...
... However, the „traditional” context of these studies should not be exaggerated. Although concentrated on certain target groups, these issues cannot be divorced from the urban context and urbanism itself. In order to avoid confusion, it is therefore useful to follow the distinction that was drawn by K ...
Structuration theory amid negative and positive criticism
... the only resort to transcend this dichotomy. Indeed, Giddens offers an agent-structure analysis independently from the political issue. Giddens’s works are even separated into dates. His work about agent-structure relationships started in 1970 whereas his political writing started later in 1995. Thi ...
... the only resort to transcend this dichotomy. Indeed, Giddens offers an agent-structure analysis independently from the political issue. Giddens’s works are even separated into dates. His work about agent-structure relationships started in 1970 whereas his political writing started later in 1995. Thi ...
The image in sociology: histories and issues
... century. Already the natural connection between visual investigation of the world and sociological analysis had been lost. Had Durkheim considered the utility of photographic evidence in addition to the social statistics that were then just becoming available, his analyses of divisions of labor, rel ...
... century. Already the natural connection between visual investigation of the world and sociological analysis had been lost. Had Durkheim considered the utility of photographic evidence in addition to the social statistics that were then just becoming available, his analyses of divisions of labor, rel ...
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... completely open at the ontological level, but there is no scope for accessing this reality without some framing. Rather, some boundaries are required to frame knowledge; but in an open system these boundaries (or frames) are provisional and permeable (ie they can evolve, and are not absolute). As so ...
... completely open at the ontological level, but there is no scope for accessing this reality without some framing. Rather, some boundaries are required to frame knowledge; but in an open system these boundaries (or frames) are provisional and permeable (ie they can evolve, and are not absolute). As so ...
Sociology 1 Course Outline 2017
... Just as important, all individual human lives (including your own) are the product of a particular set of social relationships and interactions, and these are based upon your social background and social experiences up until now. This is because we live and act within social groups, whether it be ou ...
... Just as important, all individual human lives (including your own) are the product of a particular set of social relationships and interactions, and these are based upon your social background and social experiences up until now. This is because we live and act within social groups, whether it be ou ...
Lesson 2 – Theories and Theorists How we understand the
... Symbolic Interactionism Symbolic Interactionism sees interaction and meaning as central to society and assumes that meanings are not inherent but are created ...
... Symbolic Interactionism Symbolic Interactionism sees interaction and meaning as central to society and assumes that meanings are not inherent but are created ...
Lesson 2 – Theories and Theorists How we understand the social
... system of interrelated parts, or structures, which are the different large-scale social institutions that make up society (family, education, politics, the economy). Each of these different parts of society meets the needs of society by performing specific functions for the whole system (society). I ...
... system of interrelated parts, or structures, which are the different large-scale social institutions that make up society (family, education, politics, the economy). Each of these different parts of society meets the needs of society by performing specific functions for the whole system (society). I ...
Cultural Sociology as Social Research: A conversation with Jeffrey
... being read widely. You don’t necessarily know what the audience interprets from it, but if you explore media over a period of time you do get a sense of audience interpretation because a media organization will provide evidence of how audience/readers are being reconstructed too. It'll have people w ...
... being read widely. You don’t necessarily know what the audience interprets from it, but if you explore media over a period of time you do get a sense of audience interpretation because a media organization will provide evidence of how audience/readers are being reconstructed too. It'll have people w ...
Sociology with Other Social Sciences
... Sociology is a science of society. Hence it is closely related to other social sciences and so also with psychology. Sociology and Psychology are very closely interlinked interrelated and interdependent. Relationship between the two is so close and intimate that Psychologist like Karl Pearson refuse ...
... Sociology is a science of society. Hence it is closely related to other social sciences and so also with psychology. Sociology and Psychology are very closely interlinked interrelated and interdependent. Relationship between the two is so close and intimate that Psychologist like Karl Pearson refuse ...
Sociological Amnesia - Herbert J. Gans Online
... that someday archaeologists will dig up a Babylonian tablet making the same point.2 (Sorokin, 1956:3-4) Today, as surely in the past as well, the amnesia hypothesis is regularly discussed, often in personal terms, whenever older sociologists meet, and tell each other that young colleagues are report ...
... that someday archaeologists will dig up a Babylonian tablet making the same point.2 (Sorokin, 1956:3-4) Today, as surely in the past as well, the amnesia hypothesis is regularly discussed, often in personal terms, whenever older sociologists meet, and tell each other that young colleagues are report ...
The Arrogance of Public Sociology*
... by that association). Thus, if we ever expect our work to influence society, we must gain public credibility by building a body of reliable knowledge. But building such a body of knowledge is actually inhibited by the commitments involved in public sociology. The most useful and reliable knowledge i ...
... by that association). Thus, if we ever expect our work to influence society, we must gain public credibility by building a body of reliable knowledge. But building such a body of knowledge is actually inhibited by the commitments involved in public sociology. The most useful and reliable knowledge i ...