SOC 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cultural Anthropology, Sanford, Florida, New Social Movements

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1105
• Professor: Sam Alvaro

Document Summary

Cultural anthropology: the culture of way of life of a society. Economics: economic conditions and how people organize, produce and distribute goods. The systematic study of human groups and their interactions. Sociological perspective: the unique way in which sociologists see our world and can dissect the dynamic relationships between individuals and the larger social network in which we all live. Charles wright mills: the sociological imagination. Seeing the general in the particular is the ability to look at seemingly unique events (particular) and then recognizing the larger (general) features involved: think about what is familiar and see it as strange. Agency: refers to the idea that each of us has, to some extent, the ability to alter our socially constructed lives. Structure: the network of relatively stable opportunities and constraints influencing our individual behaviours. Our perception of ourselves and others are the products of many factors: ex. Minority status, gender, socioeconomic status, family structure, urban-rural differences.