SOC150H1 Lecture 1: Sociological Inquiries
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Course materials: evicted: poverty & pro t in the american city. Systematic study (social science/science part of it) of human action in context. How do they study the world around to and gain concrete knowledge about things a ecting us/e ecting us. What human beings: do/feel/think as it appears in particular historical, cultural, economic & social contexts social construction of reality (heavily impacted) Becoming a sociologist involves learning that the taken-for-granted perspective we use everyday to understand the world around us is neither natural nor common to everyone. Sociologists recognize that whatever the members of a given society experience, those experiences (& the way those experiences are interpreted/understood) are socially constructed common sense (context based) Relies in authority, tradition & rst-hand experience (something we have bc it works) Suspends doubt about the world more likely to take the world as it is. Take things at face value/trust what we see until proven other wise.
