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Robert Edmondson
In this talk I discuss the importance of including the near-term and long-term social, cultural, economic, and political impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, accelerating impacts of climate change, and calls for racial justice. In essence, the point of analysis is to create some predictive validity - some insights into the current state of affairs and evidence-based speculation about future events. If an analysis written today does not include a discussion in the context of the dramatic changes currently underway and an informed perspective on the possible social contours of a post-Covid-19 pandemic world in, say, five years, or a decade..
I discuss the different scales of social and cultural analysis, from global to local, as well as institutional, group dynamics, interpersonal relationships, and the individual. I also describe the dominant theoretical perspectives used in the social sciences since WWIII with an emphasis on critical theory - the foundational approach we will be adopting in this class.
In this episode I outline the Unit 1 discussion topic and provide some further details about the Research Brief assignments.
This is a very broad overview of the course along with some tips and recommendations about how to prepare for the upcoming coursework.