SOSC 1930 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Sociological Imagination, Critical Thinking, Public Health
9 Dec 2016
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A problem that influences a considerable number of the individuals within a society. Critical thinking - using all the senses, evaluating what is put in front of you. In a fair minded way, ability to think and challenge what is given to you. Critical thinking as defined by the national council for excellence in critical thinking, 1987. Cultural context - looks at society and how the culture engages or disengages the context, religion, gender roles. Pierre bourdieu (1930 2002) - refers to several principal forms of capital: economic, symbolic, cultural and social. Although health is social, it is also biological. How a society deal with health may differ culturally. Culture, gender, class, race, sexual orientation, age. Intersectionality - comes from intersectional oppresion. social location - helps understand and conceptualize who you are, knowing your power. Public health - population health, capacity or resource, looking at sociopolitical powers, social determinants of health.
