SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pierre Bourdieu, Dominant Culture, High Culture
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Indigenous peoples should be treated with respect and should not be exploited for their authentic cultures and should have a say in how they are represented in sociological research. Human subject research need informed consent where participants indicate their understanding and acceptance of research conditions. A system of behaviours, beliefs, knowledge, practices, values and material artifacts such as buildings, tools, and sacred items. Culture is contested: little agreement as to who and what belongs to a culture. Authenticity: what is true to a particular culture. Impose its values, language and ways of behaving and interpreting behaviour on a given society through its political and economic power. Example in canada: white, english-speaking, heterosexual, male university graduates of european background between the ages of 30 55, in good health, who own homes in a middle-class neighbourhood of cities in ontario or quebec.