Overview
WEEK #2 – PERFORMANCE OF SELVES, GROUPS & “REALITY” (+5 points)
(2) What are some ways that “doing” and “displaying” perspectives apply to your experiences within a kinship group (i.e. family, sorority, fraternity, sports team etc.)? What are the main functions that each of these practices serve? Overall, what do they aspire to express/convey about this group? (4 paragraphs)
● What are 3 “doing” rituals/practices which apply to your experiences within a kinship group (i.e. family, sorority, fraternity, sports team etc.)?
● doing family example #1
● doing family example #2
● doing family example #3
● What are the main purposes/functions of “doing” these practices?
● What are 3 “displaying” practices enacted within your kin group?
● displaying family example #1
● displaying family example #2
● displaying family example #3
● What are the main purposes/functions of these “display” practices?
● Overall, what do these doing and displaying practices aspire to express about this group?
WEEK #4 – EMBODIMENT (+5 points)
(4) Summarize how the following theories would uniquely account for a social basis related to public health/epidemiological outcomes: environmental racism, discrimination/bias, cultural capital, social causes/conditions, and social contagion. A few supplemental resources about these perspectives are posted in our Week #4 Module. (write 1 paragraph for each of the 5 theories)
●Describe how each theory below would uniquely account for a social basis related to public health/epidemiological outcomes, and then provide at least one example:
● environmental racism
● discrimination/bias
●cultural capital
● social causes/conditions
●social contagion