CMNS 262 Lecture 2: 262 Week 2 Lecture
13 Nov 2017
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Last week: where qualitative research makes its intervention in society. Truth, knowledge, etc. are discovered, made known, reinforced, and changed by members of society. When we say that something is socially constructed, we are subscribing to the following reason: In present state of affairs, x is taken for granted; x appears to be inevitable: x need not have existed, or need to be at all as it is. O(cid:272)ial (cid:272)o(cid:374)st(cid:396)u(cid:272)ts a(cid:396)e(cid:374)"t (cid:374)e(cid:272)essa(cid:396)il(cid:455) good o(cid:396) (cid:271)ad; (cid:449)e (cid:272)(cid:396)eate s(cid:272)he(cid:373)as i(cid:374) ou(cid:396) (cid:373)i(cid:374)d to si(cid:373)plif(cid:455) the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld. Depends on the context and time of its use. E. g. decades from now, we may think of social constructs of gender as problematic, right now we do not. Make reasonable judgements about populations through results. Important to balance between qualitative and quantitative: cannot rely on just one method to get most accurate results. Not such a superficial view of reality. Get to liste(cid:374) to people"s sto(cid:396)ies/(cid:374)a(cid:396)(cid:396)ati(cid:448)es a(cid:374)d u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)d (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)e the(cid:455) a(cid:396)e e(cid:373)(cid:271)edded i(cid:374)
