Jacobs/Townsley, Living Sociologically COVID-19 Materials
Description
This resource contains 5 videos from authors Dr. Ron Jacobs and Dr. Eleanor Townsley on topics related to sociology in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic:
Inequality and Privilege in the Context of COVID-19
Structure and Contingency in the Context of COVID-19
Power and Resistance During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Solidarity and Conflict during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Global and Local in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Inequality and Privilege in the Context of COVID-19 (Video)
Join Dr. Ron Jacobs -- co-author of Living Sociologically-Concepts and Connections -- for a brief discussion on Inequality and Privilege in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Issues discussed include social distancing, remote learning and remote work, access to medical care and supplies, and health outcomes
Structure and Contingency in the Context of COVID-19 (Video)
Join Dr. Eleanor Townsley -- co-author of Living Sociologically-Concepts and Connections -- for a brief discussion on Structure and Contingency in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Townsley asks to what degree is the pandemic socially structured, and could it have been prevented
Power and Resistance During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Video)
Join Dr. Ron Jacobs (SUNY Albany) - co-author of "Living Sociologically: Concepts and Connections" - for a brief discussion on Power and Resistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Jacobs looks at how power and resistance operate in democratic and non-democratic societies; the relationship between power and culture, as distinguished by coercion and persuasion; and how disciplinary power operates through techniques of surveillance.
Solidarity and Conflict during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Video)
Join Dr. Ron Jacobs (SUNY Albany)- co-author of "Living Sociologically-Concepts and Connections" for a brief discussion on Solidarity and Conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Jacobs looks at how solidarity creates boundaries, and the ways these boundaries create possibilities for solidarity and conflict. Jacobs will also discuss high-solidarity and low-solidarity contexts.
Global and Local in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic (Video)
Join Dr. Eleanor Townsley (Mt. Holyoke College) co-author of "Living Sociologically-Concepts and Connections" for a brief discussion on Structure and Contingency in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Townsley asks what does it mean to say the pandemic is a global and local phenomenon
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