SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Constructionism, Conversation Analysis, Harold Garfinkel
16 Feb 2017
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Language is a medium through which we construct society. We have a shared set of practices and meanings. 4 fundamentals for interpretive sociology: key focus people define society, roles are not predetermined they are actively created, every event has to interpreted. Labelling theory: power = power to label, the label influences the other reactions. Rehtaeh parsons suicide after being bullied: label influences others reaction, goffman -dramaturgy. February 2nd, 2017 2: roles are created and negotiated, not learned - life is not like a drama. We are all in the drama and we are playing roles that we know we are playing although these roles are not who we really are: backstage/frontstage front stage is a performance. If you go to the backstage, you see what people really think and feel. As tourists, we are shown the frontstage but we want to see the backstage: individuals try to control information only let people know some stuff.
