SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Sociological Imagination, Cultural Anthropology, Political Science

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Sam Alvaro

Document Summary

Sociology: the systematic study of human groups and their interactions. Sociological perspective: the unique way in which sociologists see our world and can dissect the dynamic relationships between individuals and the larger social network. All aspects of human behaviour and social life, but each has a different focus: o o o o. Cultural anthropology: the culture/way of life of society. Economics: economic conditions and how people organize, produce and distribute goods o. The sociological imagination: developing an appreciation of how individual challenges are influences by larger social forces o. Woman got on bus but could not sit at the front of the bus and refused to sit in the back of the bus. She drew attention to a public issue based on personal struggle (brining together the macro and the micro) The "trick" is in understanding how these personal troubles may indeed be due to larger social factors. Social issues: caused by larger social factors.