In last week's class, we mainly learned about global sociology as a discipline and if it was even possible. The problem with trying to make it an international study is that everyone has a different way of thinking, priorities, ideas of interest, etc. etc. If sociologists wanted to have this be an international discipline, they would need for it to be relativistic. (Relativistic is open-ended, there is no superior country and all countries have an equal playing field.) However, I personally do not think that is possible. I think, at best, it would be a mix of being relativistic and ethnocentric. (Ethnocentric is focused on certain groups and there is a strong possibility for a bias to be present.) I do not think personally someone can exclude biases for their studies, because we all have them. Every culture is different and it would be hard to look at a different culture other than your own in a purely objective way.
In our first class, we were just mainly talking about globalization in general. Right away, these photos came to mind. Two years ago, I went to visit my friend Lilja in Iceland. I think these photos are a good example of globalization. (If you did not know, Iceland relies a lot on imports. The only things they can really produce are wool, meat, like lamb and beef, and they have a good fishing industry. They cannot grow anything on their land, so they have to have countries send in their fruits and vegetables.) Also, sorry about the quality, one of them I was taking in a moving car and the lighting was bad in the store where I took the other photo.
Sorry, I am posting this one just because this looks cool. This is Kirkjufell (Church Steeple Mountain).
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