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The primary aim of this programme is to examine the pub as a site of everyday life and show how ethnography and participant observation are used in a sociological research project. It follows Diane Watson on...
This one-day event hosted by the Film Studies programme at the University of Surrey on Friday 16th September aims to explore performance in the context of documentary and moving-image documentation. How...
Profiles the four major forms of political organisation: bands, tribes, chiefdoms and states.
Looks at the concepts of family and household from a cross-cultural perspective and examines the basic functions performed by the family and household units.
Covers kinesics (body language), the biological basis of language, the structure of language, the interrelationship of language and thought, and the social context of language uses.
Examines the emergence of societies that were based on the cultivation of plants as a method of food production, leading to the concept of land ownership.
Cross-cultural examples illustrate and explain the specific functions of types of age groups, various common-interest associations, and different forms of social stratificaton.
Demonstrates the diverse forms of systems designed to maintain order within a society, from the religious traditions of Amish communities in Pennsylvania to the mediatory methods of dispute settlements among...
In many cultures marriage is not just a pact between man and woman for sexual access and procreation. Customs are unique within societies and are often related to the economy.
Discusses how cultures are constantly changing, sometimes slowly and peacefully, other times rapidly and violently, sometimes as a result of internal factors such as inventions, other times because of the...
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