soci103 Sociology

The Local-Global Nexus Exercise This assignment is an applied exercise based on the sociological principle of praxis. Students will apply theoretical knowledge they learn in the classroom to everyday, practical lived experiences. It consists of four parts. Follow these steps to complete this assignment: • Select any two chapters in your course textbook. • Select one social problem or issue, such as homophobia, anti-Semitism, anti-Black racism, Islamophobia, anti-Aboriginal discrimination, residential school, sexism, racial profiling, etc., from each of your selected chapters from your textbook (Links to an external site.) Using online news media (UNESCO and International News Organisations) , (Links to an external site.) select one local news outlet in Canada and look for one case study/example of ONE LOCAL event/case study and ONE foreign ( outside of Canada) and find ONE GLOBAL event/case study, which illustrates each of your chosen social issue or problem. • In other words, research four case studies: two local and two global. • Briefly define each social issue or problem. • Briefly summarize each article. • Answer the following questions for each case study: What are the causes of the social issue/problem? Who are the victims? Who are the beneficiaries? Who caused it? What caused it?