SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cultural Capital, Caffeine
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Sociology = study of society: (cid:862)s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)ati(cid:272) stud(cid:455) of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour i(cid:374) so(cid:272)ial (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:454)t(cid:863) No (no physical difference: why did we react how we did? (spit in spoon, difference social reaction. Social construction of reality: (cid:862)people (cid:272)reati(cid:448)el(cid:455) shape realit(cid:455) as they interact with one another in the context of a (cid:272)ertai(cid:374) so(cid:272)ial group or (cid:272)ulture(cid:863, symbolic interactionists emphasize this idea more than others. Think towards gender, male = socially allowed female = not, socially allowed(spitting: who you are depends whether spitting is acceptable. Not only who but when and where: dentist ask for spit that is okay, di(cid:374)(cid:374)er at a frie(cid:374)d"s house spit in sink not okay. C. wright mills: first coined this term, mid-century american sociologist. Biography history: helps us to grasp interactions between these two, levels of structure. Microstructure face to face interactions (in small groups) Mesostructured medium structure ( universities, government) Macrostructures overarching pattern of social relations (social class) Global structures worldwide, international patterns of economics, communications, politics.
