durkheim and colonialism Flashcards
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Essay thesis (capsule)?
Durkheimian procedural rigour is preserved—and sharpened—when the historical origins of assessment categories are documented alongside numeric data, satisfying post‑colonial critique.
Empirical focus of study?
Peer‑assessment sessions in a first‑year English‑for‑Academic‑Purposes writing course.
Durkheim: ‘social facts as things’ means…
Observe social facts via external, measurable traits—rates, rules, coercive sanctions—bracketing moral or metaphysical judgment.
Durkheim’s anti‑philosophy dictum?
Sociology must remain ‘entirely independent of philosophy’ to avoid speculative pre‑notions contaminating causal analysis.
Durkheim causal rule?
A social fact’s cause lies in antecedent social facts, not individual consciousness or metaphysical ideals.
Core post‑colonial critique of neutrality?
Measurement categories were forged in colonial administration; ‘neutrality’ often hides imperial metaphysics.
Wallerstein’s insight on disciplines?
Modern social‑science categories and silos emerged to manage colonial hierarchies.
Irfan Ahmad on anthropology?
Equating ethnography with anthropology privileges a Euro‑Atlantic observer and masks geopolitical asymmetry.
Writing Culture’s message?
Ethnographic objectivity can ventriloquise privilege; narrative devices must be examined for power.
Husserl: Life‑World definition?
The pre‑reflective horizon of taken‑for‑granted meanings underpinning everyday activity.
Schutz: Typification concept?
Stock‑of‑knowledge images (e.g., ‘good student’) used to interpret others in interaction.
Bevan explication interview goal?
Re‑evoke micro‑moments to surface temporal and bodily structures of experience.
Why phenomenology bridges the debate?
It reveals lived processes that convert historically loaded categories into coercive social facts.
Origin of ‘Grammar’ rubric row?
Codified in 1860s British civil‑service manuals distinguishing European officers from colonial clerks.
Origin of ‘Evidence’ rubric row?
Appeared in 1870s Boston missionary composition manuals stressing biblical citation.
Origin of ‘Engagement’ row?
Imported from 2010s ed‑tech dashboards measuring digital attention.
Four data layers acronym?
A‑V‑C‑N: Archive, Video ethnography, Commentary slips + interviews, Numeric scores.
Sample & sessions?
32 students, six peer‑review sessions across a 14‑week term.
Purpose of ceiling cameras?
Provide stable, external observation satisfying Durkheimian measurability.
Interaction maps capture…
Seat positions, gaze lines, interruptions—turning micro‑authority gestures into countable data.
Commentary slips role?
Record immediate decision rationale and emotions before memory re‑edits.
Phenomenological interview focus?
Pinpoint moment of marking to explore inner time & typifications.
Key quantitative variables?
Mark value, assessor/assessed language status, session number, essay length.
