Lesson 1 Culture, Society, and Politics as Conceptual.pptx

Lesson 1 Culture, Society, and Politics as Conceptual.

1. Culture, Society, and Politics as Conceptual Tools

2. A B Sociological imagination ∙ ∙the search for the social Social map ∙ ∙ Political Science Traditions ∙ ∙ Sociology Power relations ∙ ∙ Social lens Social forces ∙ ∙ Anthropology Social sciences ∙ ∙ Perspective Connecting personal ∙ ∙ Social location life with history Examine the two sets of words/concepts below

3. Food, or what people around eat as food, mirrors cultural diversity. Balot for example, is a delicacy in the Philippines. Balot

4. Write a short essay arguing that balot is a unique cultural icon of the Filipinos.

5. Culture, society and Politics are concepts. They Exist in the realm of ideas and thoughts. As such, they cannot be seen or touched and yet they influence the way we see and experience our individual and collective lives as social beings. Concepts are created and have been used to have a firm grip of phenomenon. Pierce (1998, 332) describes a concept as “the rational purport of a word or a conception”.

6. This simply suggest that to turn a phenomenon into concept means, for one thing, to make it more rational. Instead of using a word more or less automatically, an attempt is now made to scrutinize it and try to decide what is essential to it. one way to create a concept is by definition. Hence here, the notion of a concept is very much related to that of a definition.

7. The way we live our lives-or should we say, the way we are being steered to live our lives-presupposes omnipotent forces shaping the very fabric of our existence. The categories that we possess as individuals-labels that are ascribed or given to us individually and collectively-are a testament to the operation of these forces which leave us unsuspecting of their intrusive and punitive implications in our lives. Students as Social Beings

8. In other words, our sociality is defined by the very categories that we possess, the categories assigned to us by society at large. These ‘labels’ so to speak, function as tags with which our society read our worth and value. Surprisingly, these categories that we possess are not natural; rather, they are socially constructed. Our genders, for example, mirror the way our culture ‘reads’ us as member of society. Students as Social Beings

9. There are times that we find ourselves in a situation unlike other situations. We personally encounter different ways of doing things, behaving, and making sense of events. We cannot help but ask: Why do people do such thing? What makes it normal and acceptable to some people in some places and unacceptable to others in other places? Social Realities: Behavior and Phenomenon

10. Situation Behavior and Phenomenon 1. Gary graduated a year ago. Despite being blessed with several job offers, he chose to remain jobless and hangout with his barkada . Together they love to istambay in the town plaza especially at night. Istambay

11. Situation Behavior and Phenomenon 2. As a businessman, Mang Leo is used to giving “ padulas ” ( lagay ) to his main suppliers in order to expedite his business transactions with them. Lagay

12. Situation Behavior and Phenomenon 3. Members of the Seventh- Day Adventist Church are strongly prohibited from eating pork and food blood, as well as from smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages. Food Taboos .

13. Situation Behavior and Phenomenon 4. Darius is openly Gay, he lives with his partner Garner. He and Garner are both college professors in the local city College. Same-sex Partnership

14. Situation Behavior and Phenomenon 5. If Grades were to be basis of Rusty’s standing in his economics class, he would surely fail the course. However, he was given a passing grade by his economic teacher, who happened to be childhood friend of his mother. Use of a go-between/ Padrino

15. Write a short Essay What constitutes our sociality as human beings. Performance Task