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KPE 100

Physical Cultural Studies

Week 6 October 19, 2022

Agenda

• Guests
• Break
• Referencing
• ‘Key Concept of the Week’
• Reading – Paraschak et al (Chapter 5)
• Research – Thangaraj (2010)
• Peer review
• Next class

• Dr. Boba Samuels
• Assistant Professor, KPE
• Director, Health Sciences Writing Centre

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Reminder

REFERENCING

For your written assignments…

You must use a proper referencing style when you cite

other people’s work!

This is important in order to:

• Be respectful
• Avoid plagairism

Referencing tips

1. Cite often – it makes your work stronger!
2. Provide a complete reference list or bibliography at the end of your paper
3. Choose one style and stick with it! Be consistent!
4. Familiarize yourself:
   • guides.library.utoronto.ca/citing
   • www.citethisforme.com/guides

WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?

10 Concepts for 10 Weeks

• Social stratification
• The ‘Sociological

Imagination’

• Agency vs. Structure
• Social construction
• Identity
  • Policy implications
  • Social stigma
  • The Body
  • Hegemony
  • Discourse

Agency vs. Structure

WEEK 6 – Key Concept of the Week

A vs. S - 1

Structure :

Any or all of the social forces that affect an individual,

community or group

Examples: Money, policies, education, lack of education,

neighbourhood, employment, lack of employment, violence

A vs. S - 2

Agency :

Any or all of the actions that an individual, community or

group undertakes in response to various structures

Examples: Apply for a scholarship, organize a protest, practice

a skill, exercise or train, engage in violence