Pre-Sociologist

Karl Marx

https://www.google.com/amp/s/newrepublic.com/amp/article/155403/american-farming-runs-exploitation

This article represents Karl Marx theory because it is an example of the lower, working class being exploited by the companies they work for. The farmers talked about in this article received the exact same treatment of the working class Marx talked about. These farmers are going through struggles of not being paid fair and stable wages, not being about to join unions, and having unsafe living conditions for workers they hired. This of course all was happening while they were doing hard and potentially dangerous work.

Pierre Bourdieu

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/education/2017/nov/21/english-class-system-shaped-in-schools

This article represents bourdieu’s theory because it talks about the resources giving to the children of the working class. It was discovered that the children of the working class did not get an equal education to kids of parents in the upper class. The wealth and inclination of the child’s parents determined how good of an education they would get. They receive less resources and teachers that aren’t as qualified, thus making it much harder for them to have opportunities for social class mobility.

Max Weber

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/science/rich-people-longer-life-study.amp.html

This article repsrwdent weber’s therory because it talks about the advantages the wealthy have in order to live a healthy and happier life or better life chances. The article talks about how the wealthy not only have better healthcare and access to funds when they do get sick, they have the ability to have a healthier lifestyle and engage in activities that improve your health. The lower class may not have the access to healthier food options or out of school activities because of the amount of money you need to sustain these things or even get them in their area of living.

Chapter 10 Kinship & Family

Anthropology students,

These are your final three Fieldwork Assignments for the Spring of 2020. The due dates are below. Feel free to submit them early!!!

1) Kinship & Family

 Using the key, construct a kinship diagram for your (extended) family showing AT LEAST 10 relationships. First, upload a photo of your diagram. Second, analyze your diagram. Families are more than lines on a family tree. Families represent stories, interesting people, power, even mysteries. What story does your family tree tell? Full instructions are on p. 372-373 of your textbook. Due Sunday night, April 4th at 11:59 pm

2)  Social Class & Inequality

Find 3 news stories that illustrate Marx’s, Weber’s, and Bourdieu’s of social class (one article per theorist). Post a link to each story and do a brief write up ( a paragraph each) that explains how the story illustrates social class using the selected theorist’s concepts. Be sure to focus on social class, not race!  Due Sunday night, April 12th at 11:59 pm

3) The Price of Sugar

After reading Chapter 8, you should be familiar with the processes by which children are taught gender norms and values. Cultural institutions, including schools, churches, and even governments, all inundate us with messages about gender values throughout our lives, but there is another cultural institution that has far more influence on modern American children: television. As children watch cartoons on TV, they are inundated with ads for toys and other products. Many of these ads present explicit gender roles, thereby further enculturating children with values and norms. For this exercise you will watch Saturday morning cartoons and make a log of the commercials aired during those cartoons. Note what each commercial is for, whether the product is gendered, and if so, in what way.

Instructions: Complete and then submit the exercise(s) below as directed by your instructor.

Post a summary of your observations to your tumblr blog answering the following questions: How many commercials were aimed at boys? How many at girls? Were any commercials not gendered? What techniques did the ads use to attract boys or girls? In what ways do these commercials teach gendered behavior? After reading your classmates' posts, consider whether it is natural that "boys will be boys" or if we actively create gender roles.

Watch the Human Family Tree before class next Tuesday. Take good notes, and be prepared to take a Kahoot quiz on the film on Tuesday in class.