SOC101Y1 Lecture : Lecture 1 Jan 9th 2012 SOC358H1 Professor Lee
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Robert park and ernest burgess: opposed big theories -> park found that a lot of the classical sociological theories didn t make sense in the everyday life. Very skeptical of those who spend their time in the halls of academia. An advocate of immersing himself in the social world. If you re not there, you can t know the world. First hand knowledge: urban ecology -> park believed that the city was the sociologist s laboratory. Mckay developed the concentric zone & social disorganization theory (don t look at individual attributes, but look at the characteristics of their surroundings, meanings of acts change depending on the surroundings: place matters) The above are not the characteristically chicago school traits, but more what park and. Wrote the jack-roller: a delinquent boy s own story (jack-roller is pickpocket) Own story or life history: find out the life story of the person and create a sociological analysis.
