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Meet the Professor: Dr. Stephanie Wilson, Sociologist, Educator, and Co-founder of Applied Worldwide
Stephanie: Sociologist, Creator, Researcher 2. As a co-founder of Applied Worldwide, could you briefly explain the organization’s mission? Stephanie: Our mission is to build a bridge between the discipline of sociology and everyday life to improve the well-being of society. As a sociologist, I see endless ways that sociological knowledge could benefit society, but our…
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THE COMPARATIVE METHOD IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
The purpose of comparative method in social anthropology is to study varieties of form of social life and to understand human social phenomena. Franz Boas delineated two methods in the study of anthropology. First, was to reconstruct the history which means to understand the past and reconstructing theories in present. Second, was comparison of social…
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Interview with Assistant Professor Katie Durante, University of Utah, Department of Sociology
1. If you had to describe yourself in three words, what would they be? Integrity, light-hearted, responsible 2. Can you discuss some of your key findings regarding racial and ethnic inequality in the criminal legal system and how it has evolved over the years? One of the areas of research I focus on is racial…
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Interview with Dr. Christina Jackson: Insights into Sociology, Activism, and the Journey Ahead
Short Bio: Dr. Christina Jackson, an Associate Professor of Sociology at Stockton University, specializes in urban sociology, social welfare, and inequality from sociological and public health perspectives. Beyond academia, she’s an engaged scholar-activist, facilitating and consulting with community partners and creative groups on topics like anti-violence, gentrification, housing, food justice, and racial justice. She’s co-authored…
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How To Apply Sociology In Everyday Life: Explained Real Examples
Sociology is the study of society through many theoretical perspectives. The most important lesson of sociology is that society is not an external object to be studied. Instead, all of us are active members of society and constantly influence it. Thus, sociology can be applied in everyday life by all members of society. This article…
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A Short Essay on Schooling and Brief Explanation
Schooling: A school is a place where a student learns his basic lessons of life. it is a place which teaches him how to deal with simple and basic problems: to read, to write, to sketch, to draw, to speak are all simple skills which are enhanced in school. School is a basic and first…
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Explanation on Gender Socialization
Gender Socialization Nature made humans and each human conferred with different responsibility. Everyone has his work to do. Responsibilities are such that they cannot be transferred rather can only be shared so that they may not give extra load on an individual. Even a society is constructed by its framers with the prior intention of…
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What is Sampling and Methods of Sampling
The population within a sample is known as a sampling frame, i.e. for example:- a village of 50 individuals, it experiments with a change then it is considered as a sampling frame. The population from which the sampling frame is taken or chosen is known as parent population. The village of 50 individuals, in the…
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Cultural Diffusion : Definition, Elements and Characteristics
what is culture and culture diffusion Culture or Cultural diffusion is simultaneous and is such a process which cannot be stopped, as it is not an act which people do consciously; it is a process of showing the way to development, and human is created with an intention to get developed. Culture is defined as…
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What is Culture: Basic Elements of Culture and Features
Cultures are rules and laws which are passed from one generation to the next generation. This is a basic definition from which culture can be explained theoretically but to define a culture more precisely we have to classify and name its basic element moreover the subjected elements are needed to be explained in detail; to…
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Define Socialization Process and Conditions for Identification
Socialization is a word which explains and point towards, interaction. Interaction for introducing one’s society to others, this “others” includes in it, children and new person of other society. Without this process cultures of societies neither it can be promulgated nor it can be developed and get modified with development. Socialization is a process which…