DBST 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Michael Walzer, Disability Studies, Social Class

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Disability Studies
• Course: DBST 1001
• Professor: Zainab Amery

Document Summary

Octopus books textbook for 25$ (must have) Mid term is 2 hours not 3, less questions. To find journals and recommended readings, they are found in the course outline and can be retrieved at the carleton library website. Next week we will be assigned presentation group. The social construction of disabilities: why should we ask specific questions, contructing spaces that allow people not to have to disclose their gender, socially contructed. Race hierarchy: based on ideals and politics. Gender: gender roles, women treated as property. Children: were seen to be the same as adults, very small window of childhood. Socially contructed things usually change because of: time, place, culture, we have dealt with sexuality, and race, now we must deal with, theory vs. Walzer said discussion should never drive how we look at something, rather how we practice and implement it.