Sociology 100 2 F Introduction to Sociology 01242020

Sociology 100 -2 F: Introduction to Sociology – 01/24/2020 Prof. Christian W. Erickson, Ph. D. -christian. erickson@morton. edu

Sociology 100 -2 F: Introduction to Sociology – 01/24/2020. • Professor Christian W. Erickson, Ph. D. • e-mail: christian. erickson@Morton. edu. • Web (academic – external): christianerickson. org. • Syllabus, slides, assignments posted on Blackboard. • Course Status. • MLK Day, follow-up. • MLK Day Page (Prof. Erickson’s external site) with active research links. • February is “African-American/Black History Month. ” • National Archives (USA): “African-American History” and “African American Research. ” • First Aircraft Carrier (USA) named after an African-American Dorie Miller (World War II Hero) • Reading: This week Chapter 2, Chapter 3 next Week. • Next Week: Chapter 1 discussed Monday; Chapter 2, Wednesday; Chapter 3, Friday. • Paper Assignment 1 and Presentation Assignment Overview distributed in class Wednesday (Jan. 24), now archived on Blackboard. • Detailed list of possible paper/presentation subjects distributed in class today (Friday, Jan. 24). • Subject #20: Colonization of Mars… ? NASA it is a ways off… 2035? 2050? 2100? – Elon Musk wants to go, like very soon “ 1 Million on Mars by 2050”?

Sociology 100 -2 F: Introduction to Sociology – 01/24/2020. • Critical Data. • Population. • United States and Global Population: US Census Bureau. • “From Pyramids to Pillars: Two Centuries of Change in the U. S. Population, 18602060” (US Census Bureau Youtube Channel). • United States – Ethnic Makeup of Population. • Population “Dot Map. ” • Chicago Population “Heat Map. ” • Why does population (and age distribution of population matter)? • 47 countries witness surge in civil unrest – trend to continue in 2020 - Political Risk Outlook 2020 • Sociology of Crime/ “Deviance. ” • Chicago “Gang Map. ” • City of Chicago “Crime Map. ” • City of Chicago “Homicide Map. ”

Sociology 100 -2 F: Introduction to Sociology – 01/24/2020. • Critical Data. • Economy: • Total Size of Global Economy 2019. • Inequality. • Oxfam Report and “World’s Billionaires Have More Wealth than 4. 6 Billion People. ” • World Economic Forum 2020 Annual Meeting (now). • Military. • Global Military Spending. • Nuclear/Thermonuclear Weapons.

Sociology 100 -2 F: Introduction to Sociology – 01/24/2020. • Global Population Forecast (United Nations).

Sociology 100 -2 F: The Family – 01/24/2020. • Research. • American Sociological Association. • Morton College Library – Research. • Morton College Library Resource Finder. • Local Libraries. • Example: Brookfield (Illinois) Library. • Berwyn Public Library. • Cicero Public Library. • Stickney-Forest View Public Library. • Lyons Public Library. • Mc. Cook Public Library. • Specialized Local Libraries. • Pritzker Military Library. • Newberry Library.

Sociology 100 -2 F: 01/24/2020. • Case Study: Sociology of Science, Xenobots. • Endgadget (01/15/2020): “Researchers create the world's first living, programmable robots. ” • RT (Russia Today) America (01/14/2020): “Manmade Biological Robot Comes to Life. ” • RT (Russia Today) (01/18/2020): “Xenobots are here: Tiny bio-robots inside your veins may heal you & will definitely be weaponized by West to take out ‘bad guys’. ” • MIT Technology Review “Living Machines” and National Academy of Sciences (USA) “Reconfigurable organisms” (01/14/2020). • Class: • Pull out a piece of paper, and write: • Name, date, and 2 F (class section). • What are xenobots, and how would a sociologist (you) explain what this new technology says about “American” and global “society”/ “civilization, ” in the second decade of the 21 st century? • What are the potential benefits, and or dangers, posed by this new technology? • What “actors” (individual, group, institutions) and broad forces, dynamics, or trends, are represented by this case.

Sociology 100 -2 F: 01/24/2020. • Case Study: Sociology of Science, Xenobots. • Relevant concepts and Chapters from Conley. • “sociological imagination” (Conley p. 6) – “… the ability to see the connections between our personal experience and the larger forces of history. ” For example, increasingly rapid pace of techno. change (especially robotics and AI – Artificial Intelligence – Conley 103, 124, 577 -578). • Conley Chapter 17: ”Science the Environment, and Society. ” • Chapter 17 not assigned, but will be discussed, and “sociology of science and technology” will provide many “case studies” in class throughout the semester. Also a research interest of mine.