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Moral Problems and the Good Life

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Moral Problems and the Good Life

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This course will focus on issues that arise in contemporary public debate concerning matters of social justice. Topics will likely include: euthanasia, gay marriage, racism and racial profiling, free speech, hunger and global inequality. Students will be exposed to multiple points of view on the topics and will be given guidance in analyzing the moral frameworks informing opposing positions. The goal will be to provide the basis for respectful and informed discussion of matters of common moral concern.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Philosophy; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Haslanger, Sally
Date Added:: 09/01/2008

The Move: How the Climate Catastrophe Leads to Refugee Movements

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The Move: How the Climate Catastrophe Leads to Refugee Movements

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This video gives an insight into the reasons why, once again, the poorest are suffering the most from the consequences of climate change. At the same time, it shows how more and more people are joining forces to tackle this injustice and stand firm against the biggest perpetrators of climate catastrophes.

Subject:: Applied Science; Arts and Humanities; Cultural Geography; Environmental Science; Political Science; Social Science; Sociology; World Cultures
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Unit of Study
Author:: Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation Manila
Date Added:: 10/03/2024

Mujer y naturaleza

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Una colección de textos para el debate

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Una compilación de textos escritos por autoras (latinoamericanas, españolas y latinas) que manifiestan un interés especial por la cuestión medioambiental. Estos textos y las actividades de comprensión y reflexión que los acompañan contribuyen: i) a familiarizarse con varias categorías relevantes del feminismo y del ecofeminismo y ii) a explorar, desde una perspectiva ecofeminista, algunos temas recurrentes en la literatura escrita por mujeres.

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La feminización de la naturaleza y la naturalización de la mujer son referentes comunes en diversas culturas. ¿Cómo se aproximan las mujeres a esta asociación? ¿Cómo hablan del medioambiente y de los goces y las problemáticas que este les trae? En este libro prestamos oído a voces de mujeres que se expresan sobre la cuestión. Presentamos una compilación de textos escritos por autoras (latinoamericanas, españolas y latinas) que manifiestan un interés especial por la cuestión medioambiental.

Este libro ofrece la posibilidad de que los estudiantes se familiaricen con conceptos relevantes en el debate feminista y ecofeminista actual, caso de los cuidados, la ecodependencia, la interdependencia y la explotación de los recursos naturales y sociales. Asimismo, contribuye a revisar, desde una perspectiva ecofeminista, algunos temas recurrentes en la literatura escrita por mujeres, caso de la maternidad, el cuerpo y la sexualidad femenina, la violencia, la justicia y la igualdad.

El libro incluye autoras del canon literario español, latinoamericano y latino, además de un amplio repertorio de nuevas voces. La selección busca visibilizar el discurso público elaborado por las mujeres en un contexto social en que persiste su silenciamiento.

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Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Career and Technical Education; English Language Arts; Environmental Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Languages; Reading Foundation Skills; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Textbook
Date Added:: 12/28/2022

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Music of India

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This course focuses on Hindustani classical music of North India, and also involves learning about the ancient foundations of the rich classical traditions of music and dance of all Indian art and culture. Students explore the practice the ragas and talas through learning songs, dance, and drumming compositions, and develop insights through listening, readings, and concert attendance.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Performing Arts; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Ruckert, George
Date Added:: 02/01/2007

Mutual Aid at Work

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The authors' goal is to provide organizers with a resource to form their own mutual aid networks in the Library, Archive, and Museum (LAM) community, as well as bring awareness to existing mutual aid groups and efforts to support LAM workers. This resource will provide possible pathways organizers may take and relevant examples from the workplace, and challenge organizers to interrogate what they define as their community.

They aim to motivate library, archive, and museum workers in the United States to create informed mutual aid networks as a foundation for connecting with and organizing colleagues to take collective action. They hope that these mutual aid networks will communally address issues of precarious employment and limited access to critical resources highlighted by, but not originating from, the COVID-19 pandemic.

This resource contains multiple entry points into mutual aid organizing as well as resources and support that accommodate a spectrum of users at any point in their involvement in mutual aid. If you're new to mutual aid or would like a refresher, the authors recommend that you start with the section, Jumping Into Mutual Aid to ground yourself in the basic concepts, and then move linearly through the content.

Subject:: Applied Science; Information Science; Political Science; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Reading
Author:: Amy Wickner; Caitlin Rizzo; Carli V. Lowe; Karly Wildenhaus; Katharina Hering; Lauren Goodly; Lennifer Wachtel; Lydia Tang; Mary Kidd; Sandy Rodriguez
Date Added:: 07/25/2023

Mythology Unbound: An Online Textbook for Classical Mythology

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Mythology Unbound: An Online Textbook for Classical Mythology

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This online textbook contains short articles on each major deity, hero, monster, etc., in Greek mythology. The text is supplemented with color photographs and maps to enhance the learning experience.

Subject:: Ancient History; Arts and Humanities; History; Literature; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Textbook
Author:: Jessica Mellenthin; Susan O. Shapiro
Date Added:: 02/15/2018

NSA Surveillance and the Politics of Whistleblowing

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Edward Snowden's leak of classified information about the NSA's surveillance of American citizens has touched off a debate about the need for government secrecy versus the public's right to know. Two student readings and discussion questions probe the controversy.

Subject:: Political Science; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Reading
Provider:: Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility
Provider Set:: Teachable Moment
Date Added:: 06/21/2013

NSCC Introduction to Sociology

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Word Count: 123472

ISBN: 978-0-9699813-9-8

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Subject:: Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: NSCC
Author:: NSCC
Date Added:: 08/16/2019

NSCC Organizational Behaviour

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NSCC EDITION

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Organizational Behavior bridges the gap between theory and practice with a distinct ”experiential“ approach.

Word Count: 144863

ISBN: 978-1-990641-25-1

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Subject:: Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: NSCC
Author:: NSCC; University of Minnesota
Date Added:: 06/01/2021

Narrative exposure therapy: A treatment option for survivors of war living with PTSD

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This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"More than 350 million adult survivors of war throughout the world suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) and/or major depression Most live in low- and middle-income countries While treating the systemic impact of PTSD in these areas is extremely difficult, effective treatments are available Exposure therapies, such as Narrative Exposure Therapy, can be brief, culturally sensitive and help communities affected by complex traumatic stress Exposure therapy involves imaginatively reliving the life-altering moments leading to a PTSD diagnosis Evidence suggests that exposure therapy works by reconnecting areas of the brain that stopped communicating due to experiencing one or more traumatic events Although the focus of exposure therapy is on reducing individual PTSD symptoms, the impact of therapy can extend beyond the individual level leading to better relationship functioning and social engagement Multi-level treatments like exposure therapy and relational interventions could be a powerful.."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.

Subject:: Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: Research Square
Provider Set:: Video Bytes
Date Added:: 12/04/2019

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Description of Visual Elements

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Among the various visual elements illustrating Indigenous cultures, the circle is at the centre, which represents being together in spirit of reconciliation. The orange colour represents truth-telling and healing. The pathway represents the road to reconciliation. First Nations, Inuit and Métis are represented in the image.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Graphic Arts; Social Science; Sociology; World Cultures
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration
Provider:: Government of Canada
Date Added:: 09/30/2022

Nationalism, Self-determination and Secession

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What makes a ‘nation’ and what makes peoples strive for nationhood? This unit will provide you with an introduction to studying political ideas by looking at how people who see themselves as nations challenge the existing order to assert their right to a state of their own.

Subject:: Political Science; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: eCampusOntario
Author:: Geoff Andrews; Michael Saward
Date Added:: 03/10/2020

Native Americans Today

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This lesson challenges students' views of Native Americans as a vanished people by asking them to compare their prior knowledge with information they gather while reading about contemporary Native Americans.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Social Science; Sociology; World Cultures
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:: ReadWriteThink
Date Added:: 10/08/2013

Native People in American Culture: Cultural Appropriation

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Welcome to the “Cultural Appropriation” module, where students are guided through a series of readings on how cultural imperialism and appropriation can be defined and what forms they can take, quizzed on those readings, then asked to apply their understanding of content in a series of Application Activities. This module uses Team-Based Learning pedagogy and Sketchnoting. Part of series of modules belonging to the ISU course, "Native People In American Culture."

Subject:: Anthropology; Arts and Humanities; Ethnic Studies; Social Science; Sociology; World Cultures
Material Type:: Lesson; Module; Teaching/Learning Strategy; Unit of Study
Author:: Jen McClung
Date Added:: 06/19/2019

Native People in American Culture: Reading the Media

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Welcome to “Reading the Media” module, where students are guided through a series of readings on how the media treats Native Americans, quizzed on those readings, then asked to apply their understanding of content in a series of Application Activities. This module uses Team-Based Learning pedagogy and Sketchnoting. Part of series of modules belonging to the ISU course, "Native People In American Culture."

Subject:: Anthropology; Arts and Humanities; Ethnic Studies; Social Science; Sociology; World Cultures
Material Type:: Lesson; Lesson Plan; Module; Teaching/Learning Strategy; Unit of Study
Author:: Jen McClung
Date Added:: 06/19/2019

Native People in American Culture: Urban Indian Identity

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Welcome to the “Urban Indian Identity” module, where students are guided through a series of readings on how urban Indian identities can be constructed, quizzed on those readings, then asked to apply their understanding of content in a series of Application Activities. This module uses Team-Based Learning pedagogy and Sketchnoting. Part of series of modules belonging to the ISU course, "Native People In American Culture."

Subject:: Anthropology; Arts and Humanities; Ethnic Studies; Social Science; Sociology; World Cultures
Material Type:: Lesson; Lesson Plan; Module; Teaching/Learning Strategy; Unit of Study
Author:: Jen McClung
Date Added:: 06/19/2019

Native People in American Culture: Ways of Seeing & Knowing

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Welcome to the “Ways of Seeing and Knowing” module, where students are guided through a series of readings on how select notable American Indians "see and know" the world, quizzed on those readings, then asked to apply their understanding of content in a series of Application Activities. This module uses Team-Based Learning pedagogy and Sketchnoting. Part of series of modules belonging to the ISU course, "Native People In American Culture."

Subject:: Anthropology; Arts and Humanities; Ethnic Studies; Social Science; Sociology; World Cultures
Material Type:: Lesson; Lesson Plan; Module; Teaching/Learning Strategy; Unit of Study
Author:: Jen McClung
Date Added:: 06/19/2019

Networked Social Movements: Media & Mobilization

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This seminar is a space for collaborative inquiry into the relationships between social movements and the media. We’ll review these relationships through the lens of social movement theory, and function as a workshop to develop student projects. Seminar participants will work together to explore frameworks, methods, and tools for understanding networked social movements in the digital media ecology. We will engage with social movement studies as a body of theoretical and empirical work, and learn about key concepts including: resource mobilization; political process; framing; New Social Movements; collective identity; tactical media; protest cycles; movement structure; and more. We’ll explore methods of social movement investigation, examine new data sources and tools for movement analysis, and grapple with recent innovations in social movement theory and research. Assignments include short blog posts, a book review, co-facilitation of a seminar discussion, and a final research project focused on social movement media practices in comparative perspective.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Business and Communication; Communication; Graphic Arts; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Costanza-Chock, Sasha
Date Added:: 02/01/2014

Neuroscience and Society

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Neuroscience and Society

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This course explores the social relevance of neuroscience, considering how emerging areas of brain research at once reflect and reshape social attitudes and agendas. Topics include brain imaging and popular media; neuroscience of empathy, trust, and moral reasoning; new fields of neuroeconomics and neuromarketing; ethical implications of neurotechnologies such as cognitive enhancement pharmaceuticals; neuroscience in the courtroom; and neuroscientific recasting of social problems such as addiction and violence. Guest lectures by neuroscientists, class discussion, and weekly readings in neuroscience, popular media, and science studies.

Subject:: Biology; Life Science; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Schüll, Natasha
Date Added:: 02/01/2010

New AS and Advanced Level Sociology Specifications, AS and A2Govt and Politics [Ideologies]

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New AS and Advanced Level Sociology Specifications, AS and A2Govt and Politics [Ideologies]

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UK site geared to Advanced Level Sociology [for 16-18 year olds] although some of the more detailed documents may be suitable for beginning undergraduates. Sociology topics covered are: Introduction to Sociology; Families and Households; Sociology of Education; Social Differentiation and Stratification and there are also links to orther sites for materials on Crime and Deviance and Theories and Methiods.

Subject:: Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Lecture Notes
Author:: Russell Haggar
Date Added:: 04/23/2018