CHYS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Youth Culture, Biological Determinism, Critical Thinking
15 Sep 2016
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Developmental: emotion/cognition, ages/stages, biological determinism, standardized way of viewing young people. Socio-cultural: society/culture, relational self, interconnected, not universal, contextual way of viewing young people. How we are organized: shared social space, rules and laws, borders and boundaries where society ends & beings; seperation, safety and comfort, inclusion and exclusion. ***fight club the movie: young men got together to fight but were unable to discuss the matter outside of the club*** Where we live: continents, countries, cities. Groups we are in: communities, social groups, families, friends, clubs, teams. Kinds of culture: italian culture, black culture, punk/emo culture, muslim culture, club culture, hockey culture, brock /chys/university culture, youth culture, gay culture, canadian culture. Exploring links between society, culture, and : identity, power whose in control, privilege, oppression. Focus on: gender, race", class, sexuality, age, religion, beliefs, nationality, family background, lifestyle choices, things that make you you".
