SOC 104 Lecture 1: SOC 104 - Week 1

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 104
• Professor: Heather Rollwagen

Document Summary

Sociology: a way of thinking of something, ways of doing things, ways of researching the social world. We can do sociology: research theories as a way of thinking. Sociological imagination[symbol] developed by steve wright mills: connecting personal issues to the broader world/ideas. Psychology focuses on the individual while sociology focuses on the group. Macro (large groups) vs. micro (small groups) sociology. Infrastructure and development of sport [symbol] forces a city to invest. From space (in host cities) [symbol] to make the city look nice. Sports and capitalism [symbol] profits made from organizations like olympics, makes a city profit. Gender and race politics [symbol] exclusion of women, racial politics. Use tools to deconstruct everyday ideas and methods to study them. Taken for granted assumption [symbol] that you need to go to uni for a job. What is considered normal [symbol] but we should see it as socially constructed. -> is what theyre saying reinforce the status quo.