SOSC 1920- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 45 pages long!)
11 Oct 2017
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Sept 10 - lecture 1: welcome to male and female. Dominant ideology is a set of interrelated beliefs that tell us how the world works and how it ought to work. It is descriptive and prescriptive, and based on taken for granted assumptions about, for instance, women"s "maternal instincts". Objectivity: the notion of objectivity and the notion of the dominant ideology go hand in hand. When something appears objective, it is because it is not overtly advancing it"s perspective. Problematization is a critical and pedagogical dialogue or process and may be considered a process of demystification. Rather than taking the common knowledge (myth) of a situation for granted, problematization poses that knowledge as a problem, allowing new viewpoints, consciousness, reflection, hope, and action to emerge. What may make problematization different from other forms of criticism is its target, the context and details, rather than the pro or con of an argument.
