SJST 1000 Lecture 1: Intro to Social Justice

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Social Justice Studies
• Course: SJST 1000
• Professor: Cara Fabre

Document Summary

Reading reflection responses: many students feel that since they haven"t experienced something, they won"t know as much about the issue. If we look at a social problem, were talking about systemic structural problems. 5 types of knowledge construction: personal and cultural knowledge- explanations and interpretations of the world, society, people acquired from family, community, homes. When is it okay to show emotion: popular knowledge; facts, beliefs, character, and plot types that dominate in television, movies, and other mass mediated popular culture. Shapes opinions often based on common sense understanding. Pop culture promotes the idea that all opinions are equal independent of informed knowledge. History of slavery in canada not taught in schools); how knowledge is reflected in a way that media is presented: dominant discourse; Think critically about knowledge: the acquisition of new info that may challenge our common sense, understanding the social dimension of meaning given to information.