Key Sociological Concepts and Citations

Key Sociological Terms and Citations

Week 2: Futurism and Social Actors

  • Futurism:
  • Social Actors:

“For a generation often accused of being passive and totally preoccupied with their own selves, their digital devices and social media, young people are ready to show that there is another side to their life trajectories—that they are future-makers.” (Spyrou, 2020, p. 3)

Week 3: Colonialism, Biopolitics

  • Settler Colonialism: When people from a place of imperial power move to a region and displace those indigenous
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Baroque Tombs: Bernini vs. Michelangelo

It appears as the claw of a lion, sometimes as a heraldic device or as an element of protection.

Changes from Michelangelo to Bernini

It is the position of the virtues—which, in Bernini’s case, are Charity and Justice, two of the cardinal virtues. The standing figures appear here, attached to the shape of the tomb, the funeral urn, so that they can give a curvature to the body, which leads to the naturalistic interpretation of the Baroque world’s own bodies. It must be stressed that the internal

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Vocabulary for Describing Adventures, Homes, and Sounds

Unit 9: Describing an Adventure

Adjectives and Nouns

  • Arid: desert, island, landscape
  • Intrepid: traveler, group, voyage
  • Idyllic: spot, conditions, setting
  • Grueling (agotador): hike, climb, race
  • Swirling (turbulento): mist, water, wind
  • Exquisite: waterfalls, flowers, views

Phrasal Verbs

  • Setting out to do something: Prepararse para alguna cosa
  • Run into: Meet someone unexpectedly
  • Kicks in: Begins to have an effect
  • Set off: Begin a journey
  • Turned out to be: Become
  • Win through: Succeed after some difficulties

Anger

  • Lose
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Lyric Poetry: Key Features and Forms

Lyric Poetry: Main Features

Lyric poetry is a broad and varied genre characterized by its intensive use of the poetic function of language. It expresses emotion, feelings, imaginations, and personal experiences, serving as a vehicle for privacy, subjective changes, allusion, and connotation.

Key Characteristics of Lyric Poetry

1. Emotion and Immediacy

Lyric poetry expresses the feelings and emotions of its creator. The underlying sentiments are recognized directly and immediately by the receiver, who

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Art and Beauty: Creation, Meaning, and Perception

Art and Beauty

Artistic creation, or the work of art, is an activity aimed at the production of beautiful objects. It is a type of symbolic action and involves both the mastery of technique and intuition.

Historical Conceptions of Art

The Western tradition elaborated the concept of art from the Aristotelian conceptions of techne or ars. In this conception, it includes, as undifferentiated, any activity or practice learned from experience.

Plato had a positive concept of art, considering it a copy of

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Romanesque and Gothic Art: Key Features & Differences

Romanesque and Gothic Art: Key Features

What is the Crossing?

The crossing is the place where the two arms of the church cross. A tower with a dome was often built at this location.

The Facade

The facade typically consisted of a large door flanked by two towers. Above the door, a tympanum, a space decorated with sculptures, was common.

Ceiling Support

Ceilings were supported by round arches, large columns, and pillars. The walls were very thick, and the windows were small, allowing little light to enter,

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