SOSC 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Multidisciplinary Approach, Interdisciplinarity
12 Dec 2015
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Job: relates to geography and natural resources: systematic study of the social, history, ancestry, environment, living conditions, location, social positionality, community structure and organization, who"s in charge, nature vs. nurture. What we do: social sciences (anthropologists, economists, political scientists, psychologists, sociologists) seek causes or effects of social phenomena, analysis of power relations (race, class, sex, gender, etc. ) Multidisciplinarity juxtaposed: placing insights from two or more disciplines side by side. Critical interdisciplinarity: exposes taken for granted assumptions that support the status quo.
