CC233 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Critical Discourse Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Social Practice
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How did major social change take place. Interpreting the evidence: varies from one to another involving subjectivity, people have different reactions, multiple readings of the same historical event. Historical data collection (a particular event or multiple events) theoretical orientation (structural functionalist, marxist, feminist) different interpretations of historical events. Historical reality is socially constructed due to different theoretical positions taken. Historical realities can be compared and contrasted. There can be multiple truths: contesting one universal truth, are you able to accept others point of view, not taking one single truth for granted, you can have the same reaction to the same events. Attempt to crack down on the deviant population. Historical events can be interpreted differently based on your political and social position. Students were fighting for social change, and wanted to have a voice. Social change and movement (fighting for democracy) or. Social control (cracking down on the deviant population)
