Exam 2 Flashcards
(18 cards)
Social autopsy
Looks for causes and effects of natural disasters, accidents, and intentional acts
Buffalo Creek Flood
Kai Erikson. 1972. Occurred in West Virginia it was the deadliest flood that occurred in one of the poorest regions of the US. Since people had such strong bonds, it made it harder to cope with the disaster.
Challenger Launch Decision
1986 NASA launched the space shuttle known as the Challenger within a few seconds it exploded. 7 occupants died. the O-rings were to blame. Diane Vaughn proposes that the work groups formed a distinctive culture. The work group broke rules and developed informal rules that allowed higher level of risk-taking called routinization of deviance.
Klinenberg Heat Wave
Klinenberg’s social autopsy of the Chicago Heat Wave focuses on the distribution of deaths and on the social and organizational processes that allowed the deaths to happen. Most of the people who died were poor elderly white and African american. Klinenberg analyzes that the media and public relations agencies of the city minimized the disaster and chose not to reveal the failure of social services.
Hurricane Katrina
2005 in New Orleans there was a hurricane and a flood where 1400 people died. Uncovered the truth about the poverty of many residents, the poorly maintained state of the levees and canals, confused response of both state and local government, the callous treatment of survivors and inadequate leadership at the top level of FEMA(Federal disaster management agency)
E2 nightclub in Chicago 2003
A fight broke out at a club and so the secuirty gaurds used pepper spray to break up the fight and the people in the club tried to escape because of the pepper spray.21 people died and 50 were injured. The club went over the capacity limit.
Black Hawk Hancock/dance scene
Got involved in the Steppin’ scene and African American social dance in Chicago to analyze race, culture, and identity. The Lindy Hop was done by whites while the Steppin’ was for blacks. Went to the Steppin’ clubs and at first were looked at weirdly for being the only white people. But as they started going regularly many people acknowledged them into their community. They responded to them as dancers and not to the color of their skin.
Routinization of deviance
The need to manage risk and accomplish goals leads to breaking the formal rules that allow a higher level o risk-taking. These informal emergent norms are part of routinization of deviance
Ethnographic data creation
- get your plan together
- figure out what your interested in
- gain entry in the field-spend a considerable amount of time producing data
- step back from the field
- figure out what you’ve learned
- write up process of results
Blank slate
Have to have a blank slate when entering the field. You can’t have any biases you just have to enter the field and take notes.
Biases
map your biases. keep a journal or diary to refelct on how you envision the culture, people,places, things.
Erving Goffman/dramaturgy
dramaturgy: idea that life is like a never-ending play in which people are actors. Goffman believed that when we are born we are thrust in a stage called life and our socialization consists of learning roles
Reflexivity
the exercising awareness of the reciprocal relationship between you and the people you’re studying.
Observers
Unobtrusive observation: -very visual -sits quietly -not part of group -in the picture but not a participant Carnal participation and observation: -fully engaged in the activities of group -interacts with group -involves herslef in all behaviors
Gatekeepers
individuals who control entry and access into a group. could be informal for ex joining a bbq. but other settings it is formal ex prisons and corporations
Studying behavior patterns
you want to ask questions and seek answers concerning variation within a culture
Habitus (latin)
Pierre Bourdieu. Habitus: embodied knowledge.
In-situ (latin)
meaning on position, in the premises.
