SOCI 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Perception, Situation Two
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A situation occurs when 2 or more co-presents share the same time and space. Without awareness there can be no situation- mutual surveillance. You can be in 2 or more situations at the same time. All kinds of possibilities for situations, depending on how one interprets it. Not only trying to notice a situation. Each co-present experienced by others: to experience is to sensuously and socially notice. Normative activity, role, status us , not us/them. Notice: age, gender, appearance, sent, gestures: friend, foe; open, closed; approachability. Noticing you"re being noticed, noticing others are aware you notice them noticing you. Noticing is more structured then just merely looking. More awareness, the more in command" you are in the situation. Wear a mask of civil inattention maintain civility toward diversity: notice filter evaluate and then respond (put yourself in that persons shoes, how would we feel about certain responses. Situated activity: most basic type of situation.