SOCI 30323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Statute, Harold Garfinkel
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Cultural dimension: symbolism, powerful; represent/reference some larger issue/ideology, meaning. Interpretation of people and events: meaning of events is more than the event itself, meaning isn"t (cid:498)added on(cid:499); meaning creates behavior, media/images, re-presentation (representation); we have no first hand knowledge of events. Image means more than the thing (person, place, event) itself. All encompass multiple meanings; all different meanings to different people. Culture of the phenomenon determines the gravity rather than the phenomenon itself: power-exercised, contested battle, over-meaning, symbolize, symbols, meaning, represent/media. Individuals: groups/subcultures, accused/labeled as criminals, crime, events, patterns, criminal justice, policing, courts, corrections. This is seen in the death penalty, in political, moral, economic, and religious aspects. Violence: as more than physical harm/injury: researchers found that for victims, the symbolic effects of cultural harm is often more harmful than physical violence, violence is a public act. For an audience: violence is a communicative act.
