SOCI 3430 Lecture 7: Lecture 7
18 Jul 2016
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8 pages + references, worth: 25 marks (%) Choose an ethnic group and study the problems, issues and challenges faced by this group . Intersectionality: emphasizing on differences in experience in terms of race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, disability, citizenship, etc. Anticategorical complexity: emphasizing difference instead of identity: e. g. post structuralism, foucault, queer theory. Intracategorical complexity: focusing on particular social groups/identities at neglected points of intersection: e. g. , ukrainian, crimean/crimea, and russian . Intercategorical complexity: making strategic use of categories and analyzing relations of multiple inequalities within group analysis: the azeri/azari example . Theory is a statement that tries to explain how facts or events are related. Develops skills that are necessary to see the world from alternative perspectives. Each theorist offers unique insights into our social world. Should not be thought of as completely square from classical theories. Draw on each other"s work in their formulations.
