Social sciences

The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is an arts organization that has served the New York City arts community and global community for over 150 years. Located at 30 Lafayette Ave in Brooklyn, New York, BAM features works in a variety of artistic mediums. These mediums enjoyed by individuals and families of varying ages and backgrounds include: dance, theatre, music, film, and opera. Led by President, Karen Brooks, who has held the position since 1979, BAM is an arts organization that places a…

Swales defined discourse communities as "a group of people who link up in order to pursue objectives that are prior to those of a socialization and solidarity, even if these latter should consequently occur” (Swales, 220). This definition of a discourse community creates an expectation that a group must follow in order for it to be considered a discourse community. New members that are added to discourse communities also have an expectation that in order to become a full member, each individual…

What is a discourse community? What does it take to be a part of a discourse community? A discourse community describes the ways in which language use is defined by a certain community. Since there are many forms of communication, it is very imperative to understand how a discourse community communicate because the members basically have their own language and communication method. First you must obtain knowledge and have creditability in the particular field, topic, issue or area of interest…

A forensic Anthropology studies dead bodies and determines who the person is and they determines the cause of the person death. When someone dies they call a forensic Anthropology to finger out why this is person dead. When skeletonized remains are discovered, the first step to determine whether the bones is human remains. If so, the sex, race, age, stature, of the skeleton in order to established the identification of the remains, determine manner and cause of death and, if homicide, forensics…

I learned a multitude of different issues in this class. Some of the truly interesting points I learned about where what sociology was, social deviance, and power elite theory. These three topics made me question society and how issues work. Starting off with sociology, initially I assumed it was how we socialized with each other and different ways to be social. I was partially right, sociology is a type of scientific view of the world. It involves testing thing, hypothesis, and gathering data.…

research, collecting quantitative and qualitative data, three sociological theories have stood the test of time. These dominant theories are, the Structural-Functional Approach, the Social-Conflict Approach and the Symbolic-Interaction Approach. “Each sociological theory presented has a unique way of explaining social behaviour in the real world”. (Thiessen, 2017) These theories have all been developed by good sociologists; sociologists who remain objective and unbiased while collecting…

Sociologist often use the most three important theoretical approaches, structural-functional approach, the social-conflict approach, and the symbolic-interaction approach. These three approaches majorly contribute to the understanding of how our society works. Sociologist also apply these three theoretical approaches to how families function and their operations. Structural-functional approach and social-conflict approach are on the macro-level of analysis, while symbolic-interaction approach is…

Introduction I am going to look at the connection between how a personal trouble is the result of a bigger public social issue based on C. Wright Mills’ notion of the sociological imagination. He described how the relationship between “personal troubles” and “public issues” is essential in understanding his notion of sociological imagination. For Mills, “the individual and the social are inextricably linked and we cannot fully understand one without the other” (Page 1, The Sociological…

causes a cessation of norms and a collective consciousness between different groups within society. This causes the ideals of community and social restraint to weaken, leading to chaos and anomie (Emile Durkheim's Theories: Functionalism, Anomie and Division of Labor). Anomie is defined as a lack of moral regulation; absence of norms or stablished standards; social upheaval. This Durkheimian theory helpful in explaining deviant behavior and…

Being Socially Imaginative The Sociological Imagination is the concept by C. Wright Mills, and it expands on the notion that sociology has a role in everyday life. Another way of seeing it is expanding one's view from their own lives to a broader spectrum of society. Two of Mills’ methods for cultivating a sociological imagination include thinking historically and thinking across kinds of sources, although Mills recommended avoiding using only one method since it could lead to biased results.…