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#SaturdaySchool: Sociology Terms and Concepts (D-F)

September 29, 2012 By 1 Comment

This #SaturdaySchool is a continuation of the previous #SaturdaySchool. It discusses important sociology terms to know that begin with D through words that begin with F. Look for the discussion on ethnicity and race. Some questions were raised about the difference between ethnicity and race. One person even asked if they are the same thing?

#SaturdaySchool will continue next week with sociology terms beginning with G. Don’t miss that one!


#SaturdaySchool: Sociology Terms (D-F)

Each week @ProfRagsdale gathers loyal followers around the twitter hearth to spread knowledge, build community, and create change. (September 22, 2012)

Storified by FunkNBeans · Sat, Sep 29 2012 06:55:12

Good morning! #SaturdaySchool 2day is continued chat about social terms – good info 2 know, these terms r used n many convos!Rhonda Ragsdale
If u want 2 participate n #SaturdaySchool please just use the hashtag, join in, ask ?s or watch the discussion – it’s all good!Rhonda Ragsdale
2day we pick up w social terms, review A thru C from last week b4 we get going –> http://funknbeans.com/2012/09/saturdayschool-sociology-terms-and-concepts-a-thru-c/ #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
I’m gonna just dive right in and get going w #SaturdaySchool this morn – we left off w social terms A thru C, so here we goRhonda Ragsdale
demography: study of characteristics of human population, how many, how old we r, how many r married, etc #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Pew Research has many great demographic items –>> http://pewresearch.org/topics/demography/ #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Pew Research has many great demographic items –>> http://pewresearch.org/topics/demography/ #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
What #demography tells us: Almost Half of US Hispanic Population Lives n 10 Metro Areas http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2362/hispanic-population-metropolitan-areas-us-american-community-survey-california-texas #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
#demography The Rise of Asian Americans http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2290/asian-americans-rise-education-college-hispanics-population-income-identity-chinese-japanese-korean-vietnamese-indian-filippino #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Population Assoc of America publishes the journal Demography http://www.populationassociation.org/publications/demography/ #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
More on Demography –> Population Reference Centers List of Terms http://www.prb.org/Educators/Resources/Glossary.aspx #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Great Demography Resources! Population Reference Bureau’s Population Handbook — http://www.prb.org/Educators/Resources.aspx #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
deviance: behaviors that do not conform 2 so-called norms of a particular society at a given time #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Deviance is fascinating 2 me bcuz n 1 society what is deviant is totally normal 2 another group #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Deviance is interesting bcuz while some study it as negative, it is a way we make positive change, 2 deviate #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Deviance and Social Control http://www.people.vcu.edu/~jmahoney/deviance.htm #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Introduction to the Sociology of Deviance http://www.umsl.edu/~keelr/200/intrdev.html #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
A Blog: Sociology of Deviant Behavior http://deviantsociology.wordpress.com/ #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Framing Children’s Deviance: http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/07/26/framing-childrens-deviance/ #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Framing Children’s Deviance: http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/07/26/framing-childrens-deviance/ #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Here are some links I’ve collected over time in regards to crime, criminology, deviance http://bit.ly/OPsnc2 #saturdayschoolChad Gesser
diffusion: process by which a cultural item or trait is spread from one group to another #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Cultural Diffusion: http://anthro.palomar.edu/change/change_2.htm #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
cultural diffusion (anthropology) — Britannica Online Encyclopedia http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/146197/cultural-diffusion via @Britannica #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Can u think of examples of cultural diffusion? #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Can u think of examples of cultural diffusion? #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
SNL does cultural diffusion: Lids- Gangnam Style" http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/lids/1417085/ #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Cultural Diffusion and Its Effects on Japan by Mike Maikeru Bakerhttp://www.samurai-archives.com/cde.html #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
division of labor: how we divide up jobs n each society, the specialization of tasks and occupations #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
The Division of Labor in Society (1893) http://durkheim.uchicago.edu/Summaries/dl.html #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Division of labor often takes place along gender or class lines – there lies the problem #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Division of Labor topic – Nannies, Maids and Sex Workers: Their Common Element http://www.rhondaragsdale.com/nannies-maids-sex-workers-their-common-element.html #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Many relationship arguments r about division of labor #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Many relationship arguments r about division of labor #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
globalization of Hip Hop & Rock ‘n Roll “@profragsdale: Can u think of examples of cultural diffusion? #SaturdaySchool”Prof. Susan Nance
N. American Manga costume / performance clubs “@profragsdale: Can u think of examples of cultural diffusion? #SaturdaySchool”Prof. Susan Nance
Book Rec, Division of Labor Wifework: What Marriage Really Means for Women http://www.amazon.com/dp/1582342768/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_HtDxqb0B3X1V3 #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
The 2nd Shift – A problem w sexual division of labor: http://elearning.la.psu.edu/ler136/lesson-3/the-second-job #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Book Rec: The Second Shift: Working Families and the Revolution at Home http://www.amazon.com/dp/0143120336/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_5yDxqb0XGEXAH #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
domestic violence: violent acts inflicted on one member of a household 2 another #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence http://www.ncadv.org/ #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Domestic violence is not just violence toward women or adults #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Domestic violence is leading cause of injury 2 women between ages of 15 – 44 in the US http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/domviol/facts.htm #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Most common place a woman is attacked or injured in the US is in her home #SatursdaySchool http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/domviol/facts.htmRhonda Ragsdale
3 – 4 million women n US r beaten in their homes each yr by husbands, exs or male lovers http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/domviol/facts.htm #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
85% of domestic violence victims are women http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/domviol/facts.htm #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Domestic violence occurs among people of all races, ages, classes, religions and educational backgrounds #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Ethnic group: group connected by national origin and/or distinctive cultural patterns, different from race #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Columbia’s Center for Race and Ethnicity http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cser/ #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
If we reject the notion that race is biogenetic, then there is no difference between ethnicity and race. @profragsdaleSandy Darity
Brown Univ Center for Study of Race and Ethnicity in US http://www.brown.edu/academics/race-ethnicity/ #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
@SandyDarity @profragsdale Say it Sandy. The core of the confusion that keeps us in this place.Janice@OCG
@SandyDarity I’ve noticed most universities study these ideas together now – finally #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
The Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America http://perla.princeton.edu/ #SaturdaySchooRhonda Ragsdale
Pew on Classifying Race and Ethnicity http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2243/race-ethnicity-non-hispanic-whites-blacks-hispanics #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Via a pediatrician au contrair genetics ARE a factor in race and ethnicity #EvidenceBased @SandyDarity @profragsdale calling @alondra P. Mimi Poinsett MD
@SandyDarity @profragsdale Sorry 2 cut in here, but this drives me crazy. "Race" isn’t biological. But most Americans talk as if it were.Jack Hart
@SandyDarity @profragsdale Doesn’t the continued use of the the word "race" itself perpetuate the lie that humans come in "races?"Jack Hart
@JackHart67 @SandyDarity We agree – race doesn’t denote nationality tho, ethnicity can in sociological terms #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
This is like the view that we get rid of racism by ceasing to use the term race (cont.) @JackHart67 @profragsdaleSandy Darity
Until we address the unfair benefits and penalties associated with race classification, we must use (cont.) @JackHart67 @profragsdaleSandy Darity
ethnocentrism: perspective that one’s culture and way of life are the norm or superior to other cultures #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
the concept of race. Humans do come in races in a social sense with associated social advantages and costs cont. @JackHart67 @profragsdaleSandy Darity
Dispensing with race classification without dispensing with racial inequality is deeply unjust. @JackHart67 @profragsdaleSandy Darity
@SandyDarity @profragsdale Thanks. That is as good a version of the "race" as sociological construct as I’ve heard. That does not changeJack Hart
@SandyDarity @profragsdale the fact that the vast majority of Americans do NOT think of "race" sociologically. They think it is biology.Jack Hart
@SandyDarity @jackhart67 @profragsdale Yes – that technique is dangerous – gives us a false sense of security.Prof. Susan Nance
@SandyDarity @JackHart67 @profragsdale An injustice born of the insanity of a narcissistic frameworkJanice@OCG
@SandyDarity @JackHart67 @profragsdale . . . embedded in the distorted American culture of greed.Janice@OCG
@SandyDarity @jackhart67 @profragsdale Race may not be biologically valid, but people do imagine race, so effectively it existsProf. Susan Nance
@SandyDarity @profragsdale Sociological problems have solutions that R political. Biological problems R viewed as natural—as "god" intended.Jack Hart
@JackHart67 @SandyDarity @profragsdale The state of being human and being American is set in very different and parallel realities.Janice@OCG
What is ethnocentrism? http://www.iupui.edu/~anthkb/ethnocen.htm #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
That’s true and a problem. But we should not stop using the term race when race is linked to disparity (cont.) @JackHart67 @profragsdaleSandy Darity
just because many people think about the concept inaccurately. @JackHart67 @profragsdaleSandy Darity
If we stop using that term, similar classifications will fall under another term, without gaps being eliminated @JackHart67 @profragsdaleSandy Darity
@SandyDarity @profragsdale Folks could be clearer in discussions of "race" by pointing out it is not a biological feature of human diversityJack Hart
ethnography: field of anthropology dealing with scientific/scholarly descriptions of culture(s) #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
What is Ethnography? http://www.brianhoey.com/General%20Site/general_defn-ethnography.htm #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Journal: Ethnography http://eth.sagepub.com/ #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
@SandyDarity @profragsdale Also, the evil here has a name. It is white supremacy. Why use "race" to obscure that fact? That is the root ofJack Hart
@profragsdale always a part of good sociocultural studies ;-) #SaturdaySchoolTheNYGalavant
ethnography — Britannica Online Encyclopedia http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/194292/ethnography via @Britannica #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
@SandyDarity @profragsdale the centuries of injustice in this country. and elsewhere around the world. White supremacists invented "race."Jack Hart
Ethnographic Resources: Folklore, Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, and the Humanities http://www.loc.gov/folklife/other.html #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
UC Irvine Center for Ethnography http://www.ethnography.uci.edu/ #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Carroll’s idea: race/discrimination as symmetry-breaking http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/07/23/spontaneous-social-symmetry-breaking @GradSchoolNinja @SandyDarity @jackhart67 @profragsdaleSherman Dorn
Carroll’s idea awkward, but has lots of merit @GradSchoolNinja @SandyDarity @jackhart67 @profragsdaleSherman Dorn
34th Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum http://www.gse.upenn.edu/cue/forum #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
@SandyDarity @profragsdale U make a compelling case. Hope that more folks like U will step forward & clarify the word "race" & its history.Jack Hart
Yale Urban Ethnography Project http://www.yale.edu/sociology/UEP/ #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Writing Guide: Ethnography, Observational Research, and Narrative Inquiry http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/research/observe/ #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
These terms we use r problematic — they need discussion and debate – that’s why we r here #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
functionalism: simply put, a way of looking at the world and motives thru the functions they serve #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: What is Functionalism? http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/functionalism/ #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
structural functionalism (sociology) — Britannica Online Encyclopedia http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/569609/structural-functionalism via @Britannica #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Structural Functionalism: http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Functionalism_%28sociology%29.html … #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Dare I even mention feminism? I think I have to … #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Dare I even mention feminism? I think I have to … #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Despite the rumors –> feminism is NOT man hating, abortion loving, witchcraft or lesbianism #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
feminism: beliefs and efforts aimed at establishing and maintaining equal rights regardless of sex or gender #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Feminism is about equality NOT female superiority #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Feminism represents a wide range of goals, movements, campaigns and desires #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Feminism (like all social movements) happens in waves and is often referred to by those waves #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
1 of the most important and often over-looked aspects of feminism is womanism #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
"Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender” -Alice Walker #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
@profragsdale And the waves take us back to some of the earlier terms in today’s #SaturdaySchoolKelly Baker Josephs
Many branches of feminism ignore or entirely shut out non-white women, womanism seeks 2 address those issues #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Womanist Musings: Womanism/Feminism…Feminism/Womanism http://j.mp/Q5Rfkh #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
Must Read: Who Cooked the Last Supper: The Women’s History of the World http://www.amazon.com/dp/0609806955/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_eFExqb16MQNF5 #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
@profragsdale Accidental Ethnography: An Inquiry into Family Secrecy (Writing Lives) #SaturdaySchool excellent way 2 Look into What we shareCynthia Sánchez
I’m a woman of Asian descent & hadn’t learned womanism concept till now – Thanks @profragsdaleFrayStreamer
@frayStreamer We could have an entire #SaturdaySchool chat just on womanism !Rhonda Ragsdale
Sociological terms will continue 4 few weeks, we’ve gotten D thru F 2day, keep chatting at the hashtag #SaturdaySchoolRhonda Ragsdale
@profragsdale Feminism is also one of the most misunderstood & misused terms w/regard to social movements. #sociology #SaturdaySchoolTheNYGalavant
@profragsdale yes! Reformist feminism was very blind to the need of WOC. #SaturdaySchoolA D Bonaparte
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