CHYS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cultural Studies, Antonio Gramsci, Social Inequality

• School: Brock University
• Department: Child and Youth Studies
• Course: CHYS 1F90
• Professor: Dawn Zinga

Document Summary

Welcome to chys1f90 term 2: professor shauna pomerantz. Developmental: inside out, biological, cognition, emotion, age/stages, universal, generalizable. Socio-cultural: outside in, contextual, social/cultural factors, interconnected, specific, local. Standing take on everything in one"s life. How you"ve lived in life, your choices. Who has a voice and who has no say. Who has the ability to make change in the world: politics, power, pushing boundaries. Critical thinking (cid:498)education is not the learning of facts. Challenging (cid:498)truths(cid:499): (cid:498)commonsense(cid:499, challenging your own beliefs, using analytical skills, taken for granted. Companion, ally, associate: how we interact and organize, groups, rules and laws, inclusion and exclusion. Hegemony: consent won with/without violence, agreement and compliance, embedded in social structures/ institutions. Meaning making: how we connect in society, defining practices, rituals, routines, ideas, customs, way of life. Culture in society: racial/ethnic/religious affiliation, community/grassroots. Exploring: social meanings, social relations, social structures, social inequality. Exploring: privilege/oppression, racism, sexism, homophobia, poverty, identity, culture, mechanisms of hegemony.