'Making and remaking' refers to the way in which people consume, communicate and experience, and the way these actions reflect on society as a whole. Small groups such as the ones discussed in this work can be microcosmic indications of groups and communities at large, and can provide a reasonably accurate representation of how societies interact at large. Because society is diverse and ever-changing, connections and disconnections are made within groups and with society at large, and differences (which (Blakely and Staples, 2014, p.25) describes as “contrasts between groupings of people, such as those based on gender, class, age...and race or ethnicity”) and inequalities, (which (Blakely and Staples, 2014, p.13) describes as “The unequal …show more content…
A migrant may have a different idea of home than somebody who has lived in the same place for their lifetime. This is demonstrated in the concept of translocalism, which is a word used to describe the connections a person may feel to numerous localities (Raghuran and Erel (2014, p.157). This could refer to the connections a migrant has to the area they have migrated to, and their connections with cultural practices and members of the public, friends and family, and simultaneously the connections they feel they have to the place they have migrated from. Translocalism can be seen in the conversations had by Umut Erell with migrant mothers. (The Open University, 2015a) In this conversation, the mothers converse about the ways in which they attempt to continue to keep the cultures and practices from home relevant and practiced in their lives in the country they have migrated to. This can include practices including cooking the same food they ate in their home countries and speaking the language of their home town with their children. When making new friends, partners and colleagues, new connections are made. The mothers are connecting with new cultures but continue to have strong connections to their previous cultures. Translocalism is an example of a difference between those who have two “homes” and those who may feel as if they only have one. This difference is one which is produced based on the community someone comes from and comes to, and the movements between the two places. Therefore, society is made and remade when people travel from one place to
Transnational Migrants experience multiple cultures because they have to ties to both where they are and where they’re
One of the sociological theories is conflict theory. The conflict theory deals with people's level on wealth, or class. The conflict theory says that social change is beneficial, contrary to focuses on social order. In the story of the woman and her children, the conflict theory plays a big role on the situation. Police of higher class are threatening the homeless woman. The conflict theory is a constant struggle of people of higher class over powering people of lower class, or the weaker. The police are trying to over power the woman by telling her to leave. Even though the woman and her children were doing nothing wrong, the police used their power to tell her to leave. Also the people of the area showed their conflict theory by telling the police officers to come. They must have felt embarrassed to have a woman of such lower class to be around them. They used their power of class to have the woman removed from their community. The woman wants to be there because she has no home and it is a good community to be in, but the people look at it as an embarrassment to them because it makes their area look bad for someone of such lower class to be around them. The conflict theory is unique to all other theories because it separates people into categories determined by their wealth and standards. Their status is the element that categorizes them, weather it is class, race, or gender. The conflict theory do not always use class, race, and gender all at once. In this situation race and gender is not a main issue, although gender could be a reason, but it would fall under the feminist theory. This story is mainly dealing with class. Through all this conflict the woman feels over powered and domina...
Migration has never been a one-way process of assimilation into a melting pot or a multicultural salad bowl, but one in which migrants, to varying degrees, are simultaneously embedded in the multiple sites and layers of the transnational social fields in which they live. This is also not a new phenomenon, but has shown signs of intensification in recent years due to globalization which allowed it to develop more easily than previously due to advancements in technology and
This essay will be explaining the definition of sociology, the sociological factors of obesity using Symbolic Interactionism Theory and the Functionalism Theory and a description of the medical condition obesity and how it may affect individuals suffering from it.
The concepts I have learned about throughout the first half of this class have been interesting, some more than others. There are five that are the most meaningful to me. They are global perspective, culture, society, peer group, and reference group.
Observing people’s sociological interactions can be seen everywhere. From the grocery store to the dorm room, interactions is what drives the fundamentals of being human. Being a fundamental part of human behavior, I decided to observe the interactions that took place within public transportation. Staring off the journey, there was a small metal bench in which only a few people sat. While at the bus stop, there weren’t many social interactions between riders as they kept to themselves. When the bus came, I sat towards the back in order to observe the interactions that took place within the bus during the hour trip to Downtown Napa.
Sociological Theory To be able to evaluate Functionalism, Marxism and Interactionism we must first look at the strengths and weaknesses in each. There are many variations and interpretations of each of these theories, therefore for the sake of simplicity only the key ideals will be discussed. Functionalism looks at society as an organized structure of inter-related institutions; and the various ways these institutions interact together within a social structure. Examples of these 'institutions' are the family, work, education and religion.
Sociologists take a unique approach when observing and evaluating social situations. According to C. Wright Mills (1959), we need to take a “sociological approach” to situations to better grasp the full meaning behind them. Mills states, “neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.”
The reality of the conversation that I had with my parents that night allowed me not only to realize my gender, but realize what it meant to be a man. My dad had taken on the responsibility of financial advising, emotional stronghold, all time driver, caretaker of the farm, provider, father, and husband for as long as I had been alive. I realized all the things that my dad had taken care of for the past fourteen years was now my responsibility, even if only for a weekend. The beginning years of my life, my father and I weren’t that close, but after this moment, I enraptured that feeling of being trusted by my dad to do his job. In this lifetime, we all have responsibilities that must be taken care of for this world to continue on as we know it. After being able to look into your life and realize who you are and who you
Being raised in a single parent family home, has opened my eyes to many perspectives discussed in family society class. [opting out, choice gap, second shift roles, separate spheres, and plan b] perspectives have taught me different ways to look at families in society today. When I examined these perspectives, not only did it put me in a situation to think of different outcomes to better families, but it also made me brainstorm on how these perspectives play an important role in careers, and how sometimes they are not really discussed amongst society today. Within this paper I will explain and display sociological perspective examples that lead to relation stories within my life period.
We seek knowledge to assist us in living quality and productive life. Research helps us to correctly define social issues and human actions. Every day we are faced with matters such as poverty, crime, and unemployment, hence we need continual research to find causes and solutions to aid in changing these social problems. Sociological Researchers use different methods and designs to study the society and social behaviors. Research methods vary according to the source of information, information collection tools (types) and how the information was sampled. Fieldwork or Ethnography is the most used type of sociological research, it helps in analyzing the characteristics of the population. Ethnography was the main form of sociological research
All around the world, every single individual believes in different things and possesses different ideals. Oftentimes, these beliefs and ideals fall into line with different ideologies, such as feminism, different religions, and patriotism, to name a few. However, what individuals often fail to realize is that our ideologies can possess inconspicuous ill intentions, especially when it comes to the domination over other groups of people. In fact, according to the conflict theorists in sociology, ideologies can legitimize domination, conceal domination, claim unification, involve fragmentation, and use reification. That is, ideologies can be used to portray domination as valid and thus acceptable, portray society as completely equal, portray
I also find it interesting that such a show would exist, however, I feel that this goes to show how strong the ethnocentric views are in our society. And like you mentioned in your post, it does seem that the motivation behind the entire production is to generate revenue, from the person filling the role as the outsider to the producers. I feel that this also perpetuates the essentialist perspective, and adds to the power differential of privilege and class. I too felt that it was unrealistic for the individual to attempt to live a life like those living in poverty due to his privileges, and feel that it failed to take into account the many other pieces of poverty that go unmentioned. I feel that the created experiences lack reality
In my own perspective, the actions, behaviors, thought of majority consist what called normal society. That of the minority is defined as deviance. Take an example from China. People who are from Henan province are labeled as bad guys and quacks. This is because of an infamous fake medicine case in the 1990s in Henan Zhoukou, which shocked all people in China when the televisions started to popular in China. Some People in Henan province did these bad things, but all people in Henan province were considered as bad guys and quacks. When people who are not from Henan province talked about people who are from Henan province, the first word is bad, although some people from Henan are honest. It is the infamous fake medic case that produces labels
To most, it’s very easy to imagine how it would feel to grow up without much of anything in life. Hell...I can tell you first hand what it feels like to not have a decent pair of shoes or pants without holes in them, or old “hand-me-down” toys while most of the kids you know have “state-of-the-art” toys. To many children in this kind of situation, it seems like a very bleak world to live in. No child should ever have to experience this kind of life. However, due to ignorant parents and an even more jacked-up government, there are many children that will always be in this predicament.