LABRST 3H03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: William Foote Whyte, Symbolic Interactionism, Sensemaking
29 Sep 2017
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Asking questions does not need to be specific b/c if we come up w research question we are limited: focus on an issue, epistemology framework, open ended questions flexibility. Sociological imagination: link everyday exp to a structure socio issues. Multiculturalism: neighbourhood based on social class. Income, race & ethnicity, age everything is connected. Choose smaller topic to study social class form questions then bring in other aspects. Street corner sociology - william foote whyte (1943) Nyc neighbourhood stand and watch everything. Taking individual exp and relating it to macro level. The way we ask questions determines what kinds of answers we get (van den. What problems can you think of when we ask questions: challenge our own presumption and belief, contest our own theoretical position, think outside the box. Lots of questions haven"t been answered yet. How is a research question different from common sense or intuition: allows us to explore many possible answers.
