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Chapter 1 (Ucsp)
Chapter 1 (Ucsp)
BROAD SPECTRUM OF
CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY,
CULTURE AND POLITICS
CHAPTER 1
Starting points for
understanding society,
culture and politics
Activity 1
DESIGNING JOEY
DESIGNING JOEY
Joey is a typical teenager. With this single description, how
do you define who this person is how do you design Joey’s
life to be a successful person someday? This activity will be
done by group. You are about to create a personal
narrative of Joey’s life based from the social, cultural and
political contexts below. If you are ready, then let us
design and decide how life will unfold for Joey.
SOCIETY
constantly changing
directly or indirectly
shaped and influence
by several factors
One biological nature yet different in
many respects
Earth
Intellectual superiority
ANTHROPOLOGY
multi/interdisciplinary
course that integrates
and combines the
contents, methods and
theories.
POLITICAL
SOCIOLOGY
SCIENCE
Social Science
science that deal with the study of people within the
context of their social relationship within
institutions and natural environment, political
systems and cultures.
Political
Anthropology Sociology
Science
Anthropology Sociology Political
Science
-the systematic -the study of
-the study study of social politics and
of behavior and power from
humans, human groups domestic,
international,
past and and
present comparative
perspectives
A cursory look of topics
Anthropology Sociology Political Science
Genetics and evolution
Ideologies
Cultural Variations Culture, society
States and constitutions
Concept of culture Socialization
Regimes and political
Communication and Groups and organizations
culture
language Social inequality
Political communication
Social stratification Gender stratification
Interest groups
Sex, gender and culture Race and ethnicity
Elections
Associations and interest Social institutions
Legislatives, executives,
groups (families, religion,
judiciaries
Religion education, government)
Political economy
The arts Social change
International relations
Cultural change
Source: Ember, Ember & Peregrine
Macionis (2010, p. vii) Roskin et. al (2014)
(2002, pp.iii-iv)
Science
and
Common Sense
Science and Common Sense
Tea drinking
Means of maintaining good
health
Tradition or ritual
The Sociological Imagination
Self Society
Summary: Being
humane
Social
Science
Society
Biological
creature
At the end, this course simply wants you to
be human and humane. It is about humans
who:
have evolved, developed and survived the tests of
time coping with the changes wrought about by
modernization and environmental degradation,
collectively triumphed amidst threats,
exploitations, marginalization and oppression in a
society marred by inequities, social struggle and
conflict;
are driven to act, to change, to build and to bring
about positive life-long transformation for the
benefit of society and the world.
Being humane means
learning by doing to live
positively and to treat
others with respect, genuine
love and compassion.
Assignment:
InOslo paper, make a creative
representation or meme about the social
and cultural changes in the Philippines.
Use “before” and “after” to categorize
the transition of change in your creative
outputs.
Before After