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Sociology-

The scientific study of human social behavior. As the study of humans in their collective aspect, sociology is concerned with all group activities: economic, social, political, and religious. Sociologists study such areas as bureaucracy, community, deviant behavior, family, public opinion, social change, social mobility, social stratification, and such specific problems as crime, divorce, child abuse, and substance adtiction. Sociology tries to determine the laws governing human behavior in social contexts.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Absolute Deprivation -

A lack of basic necessities relative to a fixed standard such as the amount of food necessary for survival. (source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Abuse -

Causing harm or injury to one's self or others; abuse may be physical, psychological, or sexual, including the misuse of drugs or alcohol. (source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Achieved Status -

A status entered after birth and usually due at least in part to individual behavior.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Acting Collective Behavior -

Crowd or mass behavior oriented to specific goals. (source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Affluent Alienation -

The dissatisfaction that comes not from economic impoverishment, but from the fact that individuals sometimes give up their personalities, integrity, and intellect doing bureaucratic housekeeping chores as their work.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Affluent Society -

An account of American society that emphasizes the apparent wealth and material fascination and well being of a large segment of the population, namely the midtle-classes and above. What this conception often overlooks is that this affluence is possible only to the extent that the American working-class remains essentially in its nineteenth century position and the extent to which some others remain "un-affluent." (source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Age Structure -

The relative number of people of each age in a population.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Age/Sex Structure -

The age/sex structure is also called the population pyramid. This structure or pyramid is a graphic way to show the age and sex composition of a population. The sum of all age and sex groups equals 100 percent of the population. Significant events in a population's history are visualized in a population pyramid. Events such as wars, baby booms, or periods of high in/out migration can affect the age/sex structure significantly. This structure also predicts effects in a population. For example, if a population pyramid shows a bulge in the 10-19 age group, it is predicted that there will be a spurt of population growth over the next decade or two because the said age growth will enter their child-bearing years.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Ageism -

Similar to the dynamics of racism and sexism. It is a set of attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions about the aging process and of people who have been arbitrarily defined as no longer able to be productive because of advancing age, which influence and direct one's interactions with elderly people. Ageism is the discrimination and prejudice against elderly people based on mythologies about the aging process as well as misconceptions about youth, well-rounded ignorance, and stereotypes. Some of the stereotypes about the aged are: they generally have ill health, are conservative politically, alienated, interpersonally and economically dependent, nonsexual, and are physically separated from children. Ageism is structurally operative by enforcement of mandatory retirement age.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Alternative Communities -

A term used to suggest "alternative" institutional forms or living arrangements to the "established" forms, institutions, or life styles. The term is most often used in conjunction with nineteenth and twentieth century communal societies or communes, especially in reference to twentieth century counter cultural communes.

Amalgamation -

The process by which two or more previous racial, ethnic, or nationality identified groups intermarry and produce offspring that are of new racial stock.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Ancestor Worship -

The religious worship of ancestors based on the belief that they possess supernatural power.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Animism -

A religion based on the belief that spirits and ghosts inhabit sacred objects such as trees and rocks.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Anthropology -

The study of culture in small, pre-industrial societies. (source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Anticipatory Socialization -

The process of learning how to perform a role attached to a status we do not yet occupy.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Apollonian -

Refers to one of Ruth Benedict's polar types in her comparative ethnology of North American indigenous peoples. Apollonian culture is typified by members manifesting behaviors that keep them in the midtle of the road, that exemplify moderation, sobriety, and restraint. Individuals within an Apollonian culture do not attempt to medtle with frenzied and disruptive psychological states as do members of Dionysian cultures. (source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Ascribed Status -

A status assigned at birth (source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Assimilation -

The conformity of members of ethnic groups to the culture of the dominant group (source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Biological Determinism -

The belief that individual differences are biologically caused and, therefore, unchangeable.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Bureaucracy -

A complex set of formal, secondary relationships in which (1) entry into statuses is controlled by rigid norms; (2) people specialize in narrowly-defined tasks; (3) roles are rigidly defined by rules; (4) power is distributed in a clear hierarchy; (5) managers specialize in making sure everything works according to the rules; and (6) decisions are based on rational considerations of the organization's best interests rather than on personal feelings of individuals.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Case Study -

A research design that focuses on a single example rather than a representative sample.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Caste -

A social category in a stratification system in which membership depends on ascribed statuses and cannot be changed after birth. (source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Census -

A gathering of information on all members of a population.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Classical Social Movement Theory -

A theory (including several specific approaches) based on the following general model: some kind of strain or disturbance in the social environment(such as an economic depression) creates disruptive psychological states in individuals (such as anxiety) and individuals then channel their energy into social movements in order to relieve their emotional difficulties.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Cohort Effect -

Effects on people's lives that arise from the characteristics of the historical periods during which they experienced stages of life such as childhood or midtle age. (source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Consensus -

A social process within which individuals or groups previously in conflict come to some agreement in regard to the rules, content, intentions, and form of future interactions between them.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Cultural Determinism -

The belief that individual differences are caused by socialization and are, therefore, changeable. (source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Cultural System -

A functional theoretical model of culture seen as a system of interrelated parts, and concerned with the analysis of the functional interaction of the parts within the total system. Following Parsons, the cultural system is usually distinguished from the social system, the personality system, and the biological system. When referring to both the social and cultural systems the term sociocultural system is used.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Culture Lag -

An instance in which technological change occurs before cultural norms and values can be introduced to govern its use.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Differential Association (theory) -

A theory of deviance that argues that in the socialization process people vary in the norms and values they feel allegiance to because they are not equally exposed to the same norms and values.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Ethnic Group -

A set of people who identify with a common cultural heritage.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Ethnocentrism -

An attitude that one's own culture, society, or group is inherently superior to all others. Judging other cultures by your own cultural standards and since, of course, other cultures are different, they are therefore inferior. Ethnocentrism means an inability to appreciate others whose culture may include a different racial group, ethnic group, religion, morality, language, political system, economic system, etc. It also means an inability to see a common humanity and human condition facing all women and men in all cultures and societies beneath the surface variations in social and cultural traditions.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Folkways -

The set of manners and customary acts that characterize everyday life in a social system.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Gatherer-Hunter Society - A society in which subsistence needs are met primarily by gathering existing vegetation and hunting wild game.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

J-Curve Theory - A theory of social movements that argues that movements are most likely to occur when a period of rising expectations is followed by sharp and rapidly worsening conditions for members of deprived groups.

Popular Culture:

refers to cultural items or styles that are are well known and generally accepted but not always accepted by the vast majority of society. Nintendo games and top 40 music are examples of popular culture.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Pluralism (ethnic) -

The coexistence of diverse ethnic groups in the same society.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Rising Expectations -

The hope or expectation of a deprived group that social conditions will improve in the near future--thought by some sociologists to be a cause of social movements.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Rite of Passage -

A ceremony marking the transition of individuals from one social status to another.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Shamanism -

A form of animism in which a shaman is believed to have the power to communicate with spirits and thereby influence human life.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Traditional Authority -

Authority legitimated by the acceptance of historical institutional arrangements, the belief in the sanctity of tradition, patterns of social relations, and the fact they exist now, that they "are," i.e., existing institutions gain legitimacy because they have come through time to exist in their present states as well as legitimacy gained because institutions always exist prior to any specific individual so it appears that "that is the way things are." Examples of traditional authority would be chiefs, warlords, and kings.(source: www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology)

Submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

I will start with a short defination of Inuit in a singular, plural and dual form.

Inuit,

the people (this is a plural form, which refers to group of people)

Inuk, is a singular form of a person, Inuit.

Inuuk,

is dual form of two people.

A proper way of definding it:
• One person is Inuk
• Two people are Inuuk
• Group of people and society are Inuit.

Qammaq:

A sod house. This this traditional family dwelling, which is one big room. (Oosten, Jarich and Frederic Laugrand (Ed.) 1999, saullu Nakasuk, Herve Paniaq, Elisapee Ootoova, Paulosie Angmaalik.'Indtroduction,'Vol. 1, Interviewing Inuit Elders, Iqaluit:NAC.)(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

Pujualuit:

mushroom, inside is powery when mature, used for cuts. (Oosten, Jarich and Frederic Laugrand (Ed.) 1999, saullu Nakasuk, Herve Paniaq, Elisapee Ootoova, Paulosie Angmaalik.'Indtroduction,'Vol. 1, Interviewing Inuit Elders, Iqaluit:NAC.)(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

Qulliq:

traditional seal oil lamp, a source of heating cooking This was used to heat the Qammaq, sod house.(Oosten, Jarich and Frederic Laugrand (Ed.) 1999, saullu Nakasuk, Herve Paniaq, Elisapee Ootoova, Paulosie Angmaalik.'Indtroduction,'Vol. 1, Interviewing Inuit Elders, Iqaluit:NAC.)(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

"The qulliq has been crucial survival tool in the lives of Inuit. To be lit, it needed fuel. With the warmth this qulliq gave us, we birthed our children without the use of hospitals. We washed with the water this qulliq heated. The qulliq has done a lot for us... the women had to learn to maintain the qulliq before they got married, as it would be their responsibility in the marriage. There are probably many women without qulliq today." (Elisapee Ootoovak, Invited Elder, Lighting of the Qulliq: p.2. Government of Nunavut, Department of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth. Report from the September Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Workshop. 1999.)(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

Uqsuq:

Oil, blubber, used as fuel for the qulliq.(Oosten, Jarich and Frederic Laugrand (Ed.) 1999, saullu Nakasuk, Herve Paniaq, Elisapee Ootoova, Paulosie Angmaalik.'Indtroduction,'Vol. 1, Interviewing Inuit Elders, Iqaluit:NAC.)(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

Qulittaq:

caribou outer parka, used for hunting. (Oosten, Jarich and Frederic Laugrand (Ed.) 1999, saullu Nakasuk, Herve Paniaq, Elisapee Ootoova, Paulosie Angmaalik.'Indtroduction,'Vol. 1, Interviewing Inuit Elders, Iqaluit:NAC.)(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit:

What is Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit? "Because Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit encompasses all knowlede and many things of Inuit Culture, we cannot define it all in one word" Working Group Presentation: (p.14. Government of Nunavut, Department of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth. Report from the September Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Workshop. 1999.)(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

Growing recognition for traditional knowlede "The spiritual aspect [of tradition knowledge] is integral to the cosmological and ethical beliefs of Indigenous societies. [...] The second feature of traditional knowledge is its practical basis: traditional explanations of environmental pheonmena are based on cumulative, collective experience, tested over centuries by people who required a sophisticated and practical knowledge of the land on which they depend for every aspect of life." (Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, vol.4,1996:456).(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

Defining IQ

To quote,

"The term Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) encompasses all aspects of traditional Inuit Culture including vaules, world-view, language, social organization, knowledge, life skills, perceptions and expectations. Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit is as much a way of life as it is sets of information." (Louis Tapardjuk. Report of the Nunavut Tradition Knowledge Conference (1998). (NSDC) Nunavut Social Development Council Article 32 of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. (1993))(Nunavut Social Development Council annual report (2000). On Our Own Terms. The State of Inuit Culture and Society,p.79.)(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

Consensus:

Groups reached a consensus when they arrive at a general agreements based on a process of thinking and talking together. For consensus methods to work, members share common values as cooperation, commitment to other members, and tolerance of differing ideas. Time must be taken to provide for a thorough discussion, and opposing opinions must be stated. All members must agree with the decision and be prepared to follow up as it is implemented.(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

Consensus government

as a practiced in the territorial legislature, owes more to the absence of political parties than to traditional Aboriginal influences. At the same time, it is no accident that political parties have failed to take hold in the Nunavut for they are widely viewed among Aboriginal people as alien, counterproductive institutions, inappropriate for the resolution of northern problems such as land claims, division and self-government. Graham White and Kirk Cameron. Northern Governments in Transition. (1995). The Institute for Research on Public Policy.(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

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• absolute poverty
• achieved status
• activity theory
• ageism
• age-sex pyramid
• age stratification
• agriculture
• alienation'the experience of isolation resulting from powerlessness.' Marx in Macionis
• animism
• Anomie A term used to describe crime and social deviance suggested by the absense of social norms. Submitted by Daniel Bruyere
• anticipatory socialization
• ascribed status
• assimilation
• authoritarianism
• authority