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Everyday Sociology - course description

General information
Course name Everyday Sociology
Course ID 14.2--D-ES-S22
Faculty Faculty of Social Sciences
Field of study Sociology
Education profile academic
Level of studies Second-cycle studies leading to MS degree
Beginning semester winter term 2022/2023
Course information
Semester 1
ECTS credits to win 2
Course type obligatory
Teaching language english
Author of syllabus
  • dr hab. Dorota Szaban, prof. UZ
Classes forms
The class form Hours per semester (full-time) Hours per week (full-time) Hours per semester (part-time) Hours per week (part-time) Form of assignment
Class 15 1 - - Credit with grade
Lecture 15 1 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the most important aspects of everyday sociology. Students will have the opportunity to learn about the most important and popular issues covered in this trend and the basic methodological assumptions. The main issues covered in the course: sociology of emotions, issues of sexuality, quality of life, lifestyle issues, pop culture reflection of reality

Prerequisites

Scope

1. Basic assumptions of everyday sociology, theoretical reflection, methodological issues

2. Sociology of place - the concept of home and living, living space

3. Sociology of time - free time, work time, holiday time

4. Sociology of family, social relations and relationships

5. Sociology of objects - things as an element of everyday life

6. Sociology of the body - non-verbal communication, gender, body identity

7. Sociology of media - media and relations between individuals, social groups, media, political, business and cultural institutions

8. Quality of life - main trends, empirical research, controversial issues

9. Lifestyle issues - conceptual arrangements, operationalization, structural perspective

10. Sociology of emotions, love as a social construct

11. Sociology of sexuality

12. Everyday life in pop culture

Teaching methods

Lecture, group work, work with audiovisual material, e-learning, discussion, e-learning, blended learning

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

Lecture - selection test with open-ended questions. Minimum credit threshold 50%

Exercises - essay on a selected topic from the issues given in the first class

Final grade - average of grades from the lecture and exercises

Recommended reading

  1. Campbell ML (2002) Mapping Social Relations: A Primer in Doing Institutional Ethnography. Toronto: University of Toronto.
  2. Cohen S and Taylor L (1993 [1976]) Escape Attempts: The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Everyday Life. London: Sage
  3. Giddens A (1993) New Rules of Sociological Method, rev. edn. Cambridge: Polity
  4. Goffman E (1959) The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. New York: Doubleday Anchor Books
  5. Sztompka P (2008) The focus on everyday life: A new turn in sociology. European Review 16(1): 23–37.

Further reading

Notes


Modified by dr Tomasz Kołodziej (last modification: 15-04-2022 12:49)