Monday, November 10, 2014

SA21 Introduction: Readings


Hello new SA21 students! Until we've set up our Facebook group, here are the readings for next meeting. Also, feel free to browse through the blog. It contains students' projects and articles (and also some of the craziness you can expect from this course this semester!).

1. Classic SA21 texts
  • C. Wright Mills' "Sociological Imagination - Chapter 1: The Promise"
  • Peter Berger's "Invitation to Sociology" (Excerpt) 
  • Articles can be found here: http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/51124_ch_1,2.pdf 

2. Two articles applying the sociological imagination:
  • Ricardo Abad's "The Fetish for Grades" (short article posted here http://vagaroso.blogspot.com/2008/02/fetish-for-grades-by-ricardo-g-abad.html)
  • Jesse Rosario's "In the Name of the Grade" (link here: http://jemrosario.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/the-guidon-in-the-name-of-the-grade.pdf)

Have fun reading! See you in class!