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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Education
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
English
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Lauren Erdreich
Coordinator Office Hours:
Thurs. 930-1030
Teaching Staff:
Dr. lauren edreich
Course/Module description:
Our perceptions of family and relationships are foundation aspects of personal experience. This course is interested in how personal life reflects the social, and how the social is experienced and shapes our everyday relationships in and beyond the family. The course adopts the lens of the sociology of personal life. We will consider how this lens affords an expanded understanding of family and relations and will delve into selected aspects of relationality as explained by the sociology of personal life.
Course/Module aims:
To gain an understanding of the sociology of personal life
To consider how different types of personal relations reflect the social
To provide tools for analyzing personal relationships from a social perspective
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Explain the conceptual foundations of the sociology of personal life
Differentiate the theoretical assumptions about family and relations vis a vis functional and other social theories of the family
Analyze aspects of personal life from a social perspective
Attendance requirements(%):
80
Students are expected to attend class and participate in discussions
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Readings, lectures, cooperative learning activities, film discussions
Course/Module Content:
Overview of family research
Family practices
Sociology of personal life
Relations and personal life – an anthropological focus
Kinship and knowledge
Queer relations
Friendship
Material affinities
Corporal connections
Required Reading:
Required reading:
1. Overview of family research
Gillies, V. (2003). Family and intimate relationships: A review of the sociological research. Families & Social Capital Research Group, South Bank University.
2. Family practices
Morgan, D. (2011). Rethinking family practices. Springer. Chap. 2.
3. Sociology of personal life
Smart, C. (2007). Personal life. Polity. Chap. 1.
4. Comparative discussion – no additional reading
5. And 6. Relations and personal life – an anthropological focus
Film TBA
Smart, C. (2011). Relationality and Socio-Cultural Theories of Family Life. In: Jallinoja, R., Widmer, E.D. (eds) Families and Kinship in Contemporary Europe. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Palgrave Macmillan, London.pp 13-28.
7. Kinship and knowledge
Carsten, J. (2004). After kinship. Cambridge University Press. Introduction.
8. Queer relations
Plaster, J. (2023). Kids on the Street: Queer Kinship and Religion in San Francisco's Tenderloin. Duke University Press. Introduction, 1-32.
9. Friendship
Winkler-Reid, S. (2023). Individually Ourselves: Personhood, Ethics, and Everyday Life in School. Berghahn Books. Choice of Chap. 4,5, or 6.
10. Material affinities
Holmes, H. (2019). Material affinities:‘Doing’family through the practices of passing on. Sociology, 53(1), 174-191.
11. Corporal connections
Mason, J. (2018). Affinities: Potent connections in personal life. John Wiley & Sons. Pp. 11-28.
12. Research on family and relationality in everyday life
https://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/morgan-centre/research/projects/archive/
Additional Reading Material:
available upon request
Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Home Exam / Referat 55 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 40 %
Attendance / Participation in Field Excursion 5 %
Additional information:
Please note that course requires attendance at a film outside of class hours
The course will be taught in English.
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