Monday, November 18, 2013

Lesson 1: Basics


Society: A group of people who shape their lives in an aggregated and patterned way that distinguishes their group from other groups. People who share a culture and a territory. 

Microsociology: Studyies face-to-face & small group interactions, in order to understand how they affect the larger patters of society. This woman is the owner of the small chocolate shop, and is very proud of her Austrian culture as you can see by her traditional attire. 
Macrosociology Studies large scale social structures and looks at how they affect the lives of groups & individuals.

Beginners mind: Approaching the world without preconceptions in order to see things a new way. 
e.g. How to hold a cat
Everyday Actor: A person who has enough common-sense to function in everyday life, but does not necessarily have scientific or technical knowledge of how things work. This boy knows that the helmet is meant to protect his head, but how it's made and what it's made out of is completely beyond him. 


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