18th of July, 2019
SoE
Inform the faculty of your absence in advance.
Recap
Society is not simply the aggregate of individuals.
Society is counter-intuitive.
Durkeim's point. He systematically argues it.
Six individuals is not a society.
A society will have an entity more than the six individuals.
Kiran:
Trying to figure out what sociology is.
Sociology is the study of something, figuring out what that thing is.
Let's categorise it.
Behaviours, structures, organisation.
Keep Things Simple.
Prachi:
In the last class we tried to define sociology.
We defined certain examples, table and dance.
Social institutions, structure, behaviour.
Newton: Underlying principles governing
***
Did you go through the books on sociology?
[ Download sociology NCERT books ]
Topics that we study in sociology.
Market, is also studied extensively in economics.
Culture, is studied in anthropology as well.
Delimiting the definition of sociology.
Which questions could we leave for other disciplines?
New branch of knowledge is there is an aspect of life not being studied by other disciplines.
SOC came around 19th century. ECO goes back to 17th century.
Until and unless you feel there is an aspect of human life not being studied by other disciplines, only then do we form a new discipline
Early sociologists,
What is the phenomena left for us that is not being studied by other disciplines?
Are the existing methods of reflection not sufficient?
Different religions have certain views about marriage. Religious text.
Somewhere SOClists feel the method to study a topic is not adequate.
August Comte invented sociology. He felt the method to study society could be better.
We should study social life using scientific methods.
Social Physics.
We started studying heavenly bodies by careful observation, systematic documentation and classification. Observe the phenomena as it is. Be a neutral observer. August Komte ..
There are certain laws that explain the phenomena.
Hope. If natural phenomena can use scientific methods, why can't we. - SOCgists.
Galileo said" Heavier things fall faster.
Not everything falls at the same rate.
Demonstration: Pen and Paper.
Galileo said it with logic. He tried to demonstrate it.
We need careful observation and application of logic, then we know the truth.
Everything will fall at the same speed if the air pressure is constant.
Careful observation, making causal connection.
We have Physics, Chemistry and Biology. We need sociology.
Cause and effect. This understanding of cause and effect will help us to understand and predict.
People realised that there is a wide difference between natural sciences and sociology.
Phenomena being studied in sociology is radically different from the natural phenomena.
Get the crux of the reading that is being sent you to.
Core reading from the compendium is a MUST READ.
Seminal essay - essay which someone keeps referring to.
Keep making attempts. Keep reading. Read original works.
August Komte felt social fact can be studied with same scientific precision by careful observation.
What is careful observation?
Logical observation.
Scientists keep thinking.
Building a theory.
With one theory we can explain a thousand things.
August Komte was too hopeful and ambitious.
Social phenomna are qualitatively different from natural phenomena.
Fact
The light of speed in vacuum is 3 x 10^8 m/s in vacuum.
New Delhi is capital of India after 1911.
Certain facts are facts.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
Delimiting, Hazing.
All living beings die.
Nutrition is essential for living organisms.
The human heart has four chambers.
26 letters in English alphabet.
***
Opinions
Abortion is not good.
India can be a member of Security Council. ( This is a prediction. )
Euthanasia should be made legal.
***
What is the difference between facts and opinion?
Facts Opinions
Objective ( from object ) Subjective
( a person who is doing
Objective:
Object
Its imposing a fact.
Cannot be objective.
Someone who does is the subject.
Its better to clarify.
Objective: reality which is independent of the observer.
Facts are observer independent.
Facts don't depend on the mood of the person.
Water will boil at 100 degrees everywhere.
Observer - independent
Difference between fact and truth.
Fact is an established truth.
Facts need to
Currency notes: Poor man's cheque.
Difference between 100 rupees note and 100 rupees.
Currency note is not rupees.
Hard Fact
You don't have 100 rupees. You have a hundred rupees note.
Natural facts: Observer independent facts. Timeless facts.
Social Fact: Though different from natural fact, social fact is a fact. Its dependent on the observer, though not on the independent observer. Time-bound. Space-bound?
We still call if a fact because it's independent of individual observation.
Facts are certain, opinions are uncertain.
Social facts are facts.
Can I sue the Bangalore autowallas for not using meters ?!!
A reality which is a distinct phenomena.
We cannot 'do' social physics.
Social facts are independent of the individual.
Institution
" Gandhi is the father of the nation "
Facts exist.
Not forced by collective.
Facts do not depend on human consciousness.
We are saying that social facts are observer dependent fact.
If all the Indians disappear, the 200 rupee currency note will also vanish. Hence its a social fact.
Social fact: Somehow, its certain.
Social facts are dependent on the collective.
Barter system, putting value in coin. Accepting currency notes.
Our salary is just a number.
Facts are independent of individual feelings.
Social fact is mandates by the collective.
We created a demon but now the demon is harming us.
Norms and social facts
Social Fact: Established
What's in a number? Marriage.
Coercive.
Is every law a social fact?
In terms are laws, social facts have authority. Coercion.
My wife and me want buy a three wheeler. Can we come in it?
( Students laugh ). The laugh is a coercion.
Certain social facts have legal power.
Ostracizing.
Social habit/idea
You are calling it fact but you add an adjective before it.
Social fact has some certainty like a fact, some something different.
Durkeim: Doesn't problematize the issue of power.
For durkeim, coercion is not a problem.
Social facts are facts because its independent of humans.
Two different diktats: ( Sabrimala Case )
That gives sociologists the job!!
Durkeim was trying to establish a job for himself.
All social facts are products of human consciousness.
Some social facts are artefacts, like the currency note. Some social facts are symbolic.
A sociologist cannot be as certain as a natural scientist.
Caste system is a social fact. It can impose itself.
Patriarchy is a social fact.
Social facts can outlive time. It guides individual practice.
How is caste system a social fact?
For eg. Girl wants to marry other caste which is lower. What stops the father to get her married is the social fact.
Log kya kahenge? The 'log' are the social fact.
All social facts are not demons.
Caste system is recognised by law.
Collective could be a small group as well
How does a social fact take birth?
How does a social fact die?
The choice of a dress.
Three Wheeler.
Doodle Dude
Sociologists can decipher patterns.
Challenging social fact.
Social facts are time-relative.
Hegemony.
Social facts bring cohesion and solidarity in the society.
Durkeim
@ Read Durkeim and Giddins.
***
CDL
:)
CDL
Coffee / Snack Break
Immerse yourself in the life of the school
Help with anything that's needed.
" Sorry, I really don't think I can teach! "
We are not adequately prepared for teaching as of now.
Kannada rhymes?
Actively seek opportunity with the children.
3 days of school immersion for the first time.
Observation: Objective description of the events, a note of it, in as much detail as possible. Right now, keep observations as detailed as possible.
Reflections: Thoughts, free flowing, how you felt, questions that arise in your mind about whatever is happening.
Make a distinction between observation and reflection.
Describe.
" Some children were feeling shy, and not answering the question "
More and more observations and reflections.
Free flowing description, as detailed as possible.
Culling out, churning out information, distilling the experiences.
What difference do you find here?
On the 26th, Mon, Tue, Wed
Compensatory class
Section Mentor,
Nothing is more effective than being there for each other.
Be Proactive.
Just dont distance yourself form what is happening in the college.
Issues of language ?! Bring it up!
Reach out to others.
Don't pile up things.
We are in the real world.
We will spend 10-15 minutes of recap.
Recap:
Child
Development
Learning
We deconstructed the three words.
Domains of development
Different aspects in which children develop.
There's universal about the experiences children have.
Who's development are we studying?
What about children should be studied?
We dont make effort ot listen to children.
We've become extremely patient with children.
Children are there, they are happy to talk, its just that we don't listen.
The initial few years are formative years.
These are the years when the mind and the body are physically growing.
The child is malleable at this stage. The child is ready to learn.
Questions that we need to deal with.
We are not here to shape future. Let's treat and understand children as people, its a stage of their life. Let's understand them for what they are. As adults we often look down upon the. We constantly think that children are powerless, have no agency, they have to be constantly moulded.
Good questions to ask!
Why don't you just leave children on their own for some time?
Early childhood education.
The reason why ECE is being given such impetus because they feel that if they start young they will stay in school . There is a breakdown.
Impact of starting education early.
In India we must make career choice way too early.
School : An inevitable thing.
Children from all kinds of marginalised sections.
School
How valuable is the schooling experience?
[ Spaces for sharing thoughts ]
NEP 2019
The choice of subjects.
To what extent will it happen.
CCE.
Why study the child?
What do you think are the sources of knowledge where we gain information about children?
How do we form beliefs about children?
How do we refer to children?
Divinity, kindness, innocence, curiosity, naughty, lovely, mysterious, excited, full of questions, hyper active, expressive, fearful, full of questions, vulnerable, shameless, dependent, not conditioned.
Family, teachers, television and media ( portrayal of children ), films and literature, children on reality TV.
Has the definition of children changed?
Aren't they smart cookies ?
In the media they are made to behave like adults.
Children - to invoke emotions in the adults, Oliver Twist.
Lolita
Indian Law
Scientific study
Juvenile Delinquency
The way the state looks at its children
How do we know who the child is?
A child is a child till the parents are alive.
Mould of the child.
Age, a contestable criteria
Juvenile Delinquency Act
What type of definition of child are we focussing at?
Looking at a child in relation to an adult..
A child is less physically, intellectually, emotionally developed that adults.
You can neither understand childhood or adulthood in isolation.
The being and the becoming.
We need to think of the stage now.
Lens for looking at children.
We assume a relationship of power with child.
History of childhood: Interesting ways of looking at children:
Children: Miniature adult
Economy running on children.
Job of the adult is to help the child become disciplined........
Centuries of Childhood :
Flipkart Ads using children
No coherent answer who is a child
Marketing strategy keeping children as decision-makers
The Invisible Children
Historical work
Contexts:
Various representations of a child
Adults view children as not being part f of their group.
Early stages of life.
Special Children
Cultural angle
Who is this adult who has decided it?
Where would Benjamin Button fall?
Using the definition of child for our own convenience.
Childhood in animals.
~~~~
Lens of History and lens of Culture, social, legal, political, , commerical
In India the age of adolescence never existed
Extended transition
To-Do:
We meet after two weeks. ( On the 31st of August )
Read the James readings.
Read Confining Childhood in India - Wadia
[ 1.44 - 1.57 ]
Inform the faculty of your absence in advance.
Recap
Society is not simply the aggregate of individuals.
Society is counter-intuitive.
Durkeim's point. He systematically argues it.
Six individuals is not a society.
A society will have an entity more than the six individuals.
Kiran:
Trying to figure out what sociology is.
Sociology is the study of something, figuring out what that thing is.
Let's categorise it.
Behaviours, structures, organisation.
Keep Things Simple.
Prachi:
In the last class we tried to define sociology.
We defined certain examples, table and dance.
Social institutions, structure, behaviour.
Newton: Underlying principles governing
***
Did you go through the books on sociology?
[ Download sociology NCERT books ]
Topics that we study in sociology.
Market, is also studied extensively in economics.
Culture, is studied in anthropology as well.
Delimiting the definition of sociology.
Which questions could we leave for other disciplines?
New branch of knowledge is there is an aspect of life not being studied by other disciplines.
SOC came around 19th century. ECO goes back to 17th century.
Until and unless you feel there is an aspect of human life not being studied by other disciplines, only then do we form a new discipline
Early sociologists,
What is the phenomena left for us that is not being studied by other disciplines?
Are the existing methods of reflection not sufficient?
Different religions have certain views about marriage. Religious text.
Somewhere SOClists feel the method to study a topic is not adequate.
August Comte invented sociology. He felt the method to study society could be better.
We should study social life using scientific methods.
Social Physics.
We started studying heavenly bodies by careful observation, systematic documentation and classification. Observe the phenomena as it is. Be a neutral observer. August Komte ..
There are certain laws that explain the phenomena.
Hope. If natural phenomena can use scientific methods, why can't we. - SOCgists.
Galileo said" Heavier things fall faster.
Not everything falls at the same rate.
Demonstration: Pen and Paper.
Galileo said it with logic. He tried to demonstrate it.
We need careful observation and application of logic, then we know the truth.
Everything will fall at the same speed if the air pressure is constant.
Careful observation, making causal connection.
We have Physics, Chemistry and Biology. We need sociology.
Cause and effect. This understanding of cause and effect will help us to understand and predict.
People realised that there is a wide difference between natural sciences and sociology.
Phenomena being studied in sociology is radically different from the natural phenomena.
Get the crux of the reading that is being sent you to.
Core reading from the compendium is a MUST READ.
Seminal essay - essay which someone keeps referring to.
Keep making attempts. Keep reading. Read original works.
August Komte felt social fact can be studied with same scientific precision by careful observation.
What is careful observation?
Logical observation.
Scientists keep thinking.
Building a theory.
With one theory we can explain a thousand things.
August Komte was too hopeful and ambitious.
Social phenomna are qualitatively different from natural phenomena.
Fact
The light of speed in vacuum is 3 x 10^8 m/s in vacuum.
New Delhi is capital of India after 1911.
Certain facts are facts.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
Delimiting, Hazing.
All living beings die.
Nutrition is essential for living organisms.
The human heart has four chambers.
26 letters in English alphabet.
***
Opinions
Abortion is not good.
India can be a member of Security Council. ( This is a prediction. )
Euthanasia should be made legal.
***
What is the difference between facts and opinion?
Facts Opinions
Objective ( from object ) Subjective
( a person who is doing
Objective:
Object
Its imposing a fact.
Cannot be objective.
Someone who does is the subject.
Its better to clarify.
Objective: reality which is independent of the observer.
Facts are observer independent.
Facts don't depend on the mood of the person.
Water will boil at 100 degrees everywhere.
Observer - independent
Difference between fact and truth.
Fact is an established truth.
Facts need to
Currency notes: Poor man's cheque.
Difference between 100 rupees note and 100 rupees.
Currency note is not rupees.
Hard Fact
You don't have 100 rupees. You have a hundred rupees note.
Natural facts: Observer independent facts. Timeless facts.
Social Fact: Though different from natural fact, social fact is a fact. Its dependent on the observer, though not on the independent observer. Time-bound. Space-bound?
We still call if a fact because it's independent of individual observation.
Facts are certain, opinions are uncertain.
Social facts are facts.
Can I sue the Bangalore autowallas for not using meters ?!!
A reality which is a distinct phenomena.
We cannot 'do' social physics.
Social facts are independent of the individual.
Institution
" Gandhi is the father of the nation "
Facts exist.
Not forced by collective.
Facts do not depend on human consciousness.
We are saying that social facts are observer dependent fact.
If all the Indians disappear, the 200 rupee currency note will also vanish. Hence its a social fact.
Social fact: Somehow, its certain.
Social facts are dependent on the collective.
Barter system, putting value in coin. Accepting currency notes.
Our salary is just a number.
Facts are independent of individual feelings.
Social fact is mandates by the collective.
We created a demon but now the demon is harming us.
Norms and social facts
Social Fact: Established
What's in a number? Marriage.
Coercive.
Is every law a social fact?
In terms are laws, social facts have authority. Coercion.
My wife and me want buy a three wheeler. Can we come in it?
( Students laugh ). The laugh is a coercion.
Certain social facts have legal power.
Ostracizing.
Social habit/idea
You are calling it fact but you add an adjective before it.
Social fact has some certainty like a fact, some something different.
Durkeim: Doesn't problematize the issue of power.
For durkeim, coercion is not a problem.
Social facts are facts because its independent of humans.
Two different diktats: ( Sabrimala Case )
That gives sociologists the job!!
Durkeim was trying to establish a job for himself.
All social facts are products of human consciousness.
Some social facts are artefacts, like the currency note. Some social facts are symbolic.
A sociologist cannot be as certain as a natural scientist.
Caste system is a social fact. It can impose itself.
Patriarchy is a social fact.
Social facts can outlive time. It guides individual practice.
How is caste system a social fact?
For eg. Girl wants to marry other caste which is lower. What stops the father to get her married is the social fact.
Log kya kahenge? The 'log' are the social fact.
All social facts are not demons.
Caste system is recognised by law.
Collective could be a small group as well
How does a social fact take birth?
How does a social fact die?
The choice of a dress.
Three Wheeler.
Doodle Dude
Sociologists can decipher patterns.
Challenging social fact.
Social facts are time-relative.
Hegemony.
Social facts bring cohesion and solidarity in the society.
Durkeim
@ Read Durkeim and Giddins.
***
CDL
:)
CDL
Coffee / Snack Break
Immerse yourself in the life of the school
Help with anything that's needed.
" Sorry, I really don't think I can teach! "
We are not adequately prepared for teaching as of now.
Kannada rhymes?
Actively seek opportunity with the children.
3 days of school immersion for the first time.
Observation: Objective description of the events, a note of it, in as much detail as possible. Right now, keep observations as detailed as possible.
Reflections: Thoughts, free flowing, how you felt, questions that arise in your mind about whatever is happening.
Make a distinction between observation and reflection.
Describe.
" Some children were feeling shy, and not answering the question "
More and more observations and reflections.
Free flowing description, as detailed as possible.
Culling out, churning out information, distilling the experiences.
What difference do you find here?
On the 26th, Mon, Tue, Wed
Compensatory class
Section Mentor,
Nothing is more effective than being there for each other.
Be Proactive.
Just dont distance yourself form what is happening in the college.
Issues of language ?! Bring it up!
Reach out to others.
Don't pile up things.
We are in the real world.
We will spend 10-15 minutes of recap.
Recap:
Child
Development
Learning
We deconstructed the three words.
Domains of development
Different aspects in which children develop.
There's universal about the experiences children have.
Who's development are we studying?
What about children should be studied?
We dont make effort ot listen to children.
We've become extremely patient with children.
Children are there, they are happy to talk, its just that we don't listen.
The initial few years are formative years.
These are the years when the mind and the body are physically growing.
The child is malleable at this stage. The child is ready to learn.
Questions that we need to deal with.
We are not here to shape future. Let's treat and understand children as people, its a stage of their life. Let's understand them for what they are. As adults we often look down upon the. We constantly think that children are powerless, have no agency, they have to be constantly moulded.
Good questions to ask!
Why don't you just leave children on their own for some time?
Early childhood education.
The reason why ECE is being given such impetus because they feel that if they start young they will stay in school . There is a breakdown.
Impact of starting education early.
In India we must make career choice way too early.
School : An inevitable thing.
Children from all kinds of marginalised sections.
School
How valuable is the schooling experience?
[ Spaces for sharing thoughts ]
NEP 2019
The choice of subjects.
To what extent will it happen.
CCE.
Why study the child?
What do you think are the sources of knowledge where we gain information about children?
How do we form beliefs about children?
How do we refer to children?
Divinity, kindness, innocence, curiosity, naughty, lovely, mysterious, excited, full of questions, hyper active, expressive, fearful, full of questions, vulnerable, shameless, dependent, not conditioned.
Family, teachers, television and media ( portrayal of children ), films and literature, children on reality TV.
Has the definition of children changed?
Aren't they smart cookies ?
In the media they are made to behave like adults.
Children - to invoke emotions in the adults, Oliver Twist.
Lolita
Indian Law
Scientific study
Juvenile Delinquency
The way the state looks at its children
How do we know who the child is?
A child is a child till the parents are alive.
Mould of the child.
Age, a contestable criteria
Juvenile Delinquency Act
What type of definition of child are we focussing at?
Looking at a child in relation to an adult..
A child is less physically, intellectually, emotionally developed that adults.
You can neither understand childhood or adulthood in isolation.
The being and the becoming.
We need to think of the stage now.
Lens for looking at children.
We assume a relationship of power with child.
History of childhood: Interesting ways of looking at children:
Children: Miniature adult
Economy running on children.
Job of the adult is to help the child become disciplined........
Centuries of Childhood :
Flipkart Ads using children
No coherent answer who is a child
Marketing strategy keeping children as decision-makers
The Invisible Children
Historical work
Contexts:
Various representations of a child
Adults view children as not being part f of their group.
Early stages of life.
Special Children
Cultural angle
Who is this adult who has decided it?
Where would Benjamin Button fall?
Using the definition of child for our own convenience.
Childhood in animals.
~~~~
Lens of History and lens of Culture, social, legal, political, , commerical
In India the age of adolescence never existed
Extended transition
To-Do:
We meet after two weeks. ( On the 31st of August )
Read the James readings.
Read Confining Childhood in India - Wadia
[ 1.44 - 1.57 ]
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