Sociology

needs to include how your life experiences impacted your sense of gender with influences by race, education, the media, peers

View and Respond to Crystal Moselle’s film “The Wolfpack” (2015, 88 mins) and Podcast/ readings about Cultural Appropriation This film is a story about one particular family in which cinema has an important  role and purpose . Why are films so important to them? How does their act of making films their own relate to and differ from cultural appropriation as described in this weeks readings (please cite at least 2 by author or title) and the assigned 1619 podcast  (Links to an external site.)  episode?  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/podcasts/1619-black-american-music-appropriation.html

Using the SPSS software, open the Afrobarometer dataset or the High School Longitudinal Study dataset (whichever you choose) found in this week’s Learning Resources and then choose two variables that interest you. For this Assignment: Write a 2-page summary and include the following: Early in your Assignment, when you relate which dataset you analyzed, please include the mean of the following variables. If you are using the Afrobarometer Dataset, report the mean of Q1 (Age). If you are using the HS Long Survey Dataset, report the mean of X1SES. A description of what the each of the variables measure. A description of the unit of analysis. A description and explanation of the levels of measurement for each variable (i.e., nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio). Explain how you might conceive these variables to be used to answer a social change question. What might be the implications for social change?

Question:  Read and study at least the article by Chandler on Managerial Capitalism and listen to the vodcast lecture.  What is a shareholder?  Who “owns” General Motors (or another publicly traded corporation)?  Who are the other “stakeholders”?  What are some of the conflicting interests among stakeholders? Watch: https://youtu.be/R-Y1OGLtcm0 Read: Coleman, J. 1986. Social Theory, Social Research, and a Theory of Action. American Journal of Sociology, 91(6), 1309-1335. [ Read pp. 1317-1327] Hedström, P., & Swedberg, R. 1996. “Social Mechanisms.” Acta Sociologica, 39(3), 281-308. [Read pp. 296-299]

Discuss the primary themes of this weeks readings including how any activities or films applied to the content.  Be sure to reference at least 2-3 of the readings in the chapter assigned for this week.

Weight: 25% Come prepared to present on your created persona at the beginning of class on Nov 9. You may still upload your assignment at 11:59 pm on Nov 9. In order to begin to understand the perspectives of the people with whom we may encounter, it is essential for us to critically examine the circumstances from which they have come. In this two-part assignment, you will be given the opportunity to create a persona of an Aboriginal person that has come to be involved in your social work agency (fictional) and then provide an analytical discussion/reflection. Part 1: Creation of the persona (750-1000 words) By using first person narrative, reveal what that persona’s life experience would have been like. 1.How have you been affected by the residential school system? 2. What was your childhood like? 3. How have you been affected by racism? 4. Describe your struggles with the school system, government authorities, etc. 5. Finally, describe your route to involvement with the social services system. Create specific details about yourself regarding your family, community, etc. Although it is expected that you take on the persona of someone else, please be sure that your writing reflects your own personal academic skills. It may be tempting to include a writing style that may truly reflect your persona but for the sake of this academic assignment, we will require you to capture the “personality” of your imagined person while still following the constructs of academic writing. Part 2: Analytical Discussion/Reflection (750-1000 words) Based on the persona you created, 1. Identify the colonial policies that may have had an impact on their behaviour 2. Discuss how these policies have impacted /are impacting your created persona 3. Briefly describe your social location, and reflect on how it could influence your work with your created persona 4. What are your thoughts and feelings as you prepare to begin work with this persona as your client? 5. Identify and discuss 2 things you can do in your beginning work towards reconciliation with this persona. This written portion would also include some description of the internal process of doing this assignment, open to description of feelings of empathy, foolishness, anger, frustrations, healing etc. Feel free to discuss some of your own thoughts and experiences both before and after having completed the assignment. Students will be expected to discuss their created personas in class and be prepared to reveal their thoughts and insights about this assignment on November 9th. APA Format

Identify the defining characteristics of an intervention philosophy. In particular, address neoliberalism and the social effects of neoliberal policies in contemporary postsocialist nations.

Sexual deviance is a major social problem in American society. In light of the above statement, please respond to the following in a three page paper to be submitted online: 1. What is your understanding of sexual deviance? 2.  Identify three approaches to studying deviance and discuss how these approaches are related to the concept of sexual deviance.

1.Applying the concept Matrix of Domination, explain how might a poor gay white male might be less privileged than a middle class heterosexual male even though “white” is preferred on the global scale. 2. Stereotypes are often used to incite conflict, tension and devaluing others. Given the negative connotation to the concept, do you think stereotypes can be use to resolve inequality based on race? 3. Explain Institutional Discrimination and discuss how “culture” might be the primary cause of this. 4. Discuss the implications of the social construction of race and gender insofar as social interactions are concerned.

NO COVER PAGE. Movie Analysis Assignment  View one of the movies listed below or assigned by the instructor. After viewing the movie write a brief report using the criteria listed below.  Criteria:  • Did the characters accurately exhibit the mental health disorders categorized by the list below? Give specific examples to explain. (20points)  • What societal/cultural attitudes are reflected about mental illness? (20 points)  • How did you react to the characters? (15 points)  • State 3 NANDA diagnoses and psychiatric nursing care you would provide to the main character(s)? (25 points)  • How could the film be used to help patients, families, and multidisciplinary staff understand mental illness/treatment? (15points) This paper must be typed using APA format. (5pts) Movie choices One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest Film – The Ray Charles Story The Karen Carpenter Story; Rain Man Film – The Ray Charles Story Or any other film that has to do with psychiatric patients.