Marcia Ghidina
Biographic Data
| ID | 4804367 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcia Ghidina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcia |
| FAMILY NAME | Ghidina |
| SIGNATURE | GHIDINA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Asheville |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Deconstructing Victim-Blaming, Dehumanization, and Othering: Using Empathy to Develop a Sociological Imagination
The sociological imagination is a core component of all introductory sociology courses. A main focus of this perspective is how social forces are related to individual lives. Undergraduates are often socialized to rely on individualistic explanations of public issues. These explanations often blame, dehumanize, and other the victim, thereby inhibiting the understanding and application of structural analyses. A classroom activity that sought to in…
Finding God in Grain: Crop Circles, Rationality, and the Construction of Spiritual Experience
Crop circles, which are intricate geometric patterns cut in fields of grain, have taken on spiritual significance for thousands of people across the globe. Based on field work in southwest England and interviews with believers, I analyze the socially constructed bases of this form of 'New Age' spirituality. Using a symbolic interactionist framework, I illustrate how believers define crop circles as spiritual using subjective and normative rationa…
Social relations and the definition of work: Identity management in a low-status occupation
Social relations and the definition of work: Identity management in a low-status occupation
Deconstructing Victim-Blaming, Dehumanization, and Othering: Using Empathy to Develop a Sociological Imagination
The sociological imagination is a core component of all introductory sociology courses. A main focus of this perspective is how social forces are related to individual lives. Undergraduates are often socialized to rely on individualistic explanations of public issues. These explanations often blame, dehumanize, and other the victim, thereby inhibiting the understanding and application of structural analyses. A classroom activity that sought to in…
Finding God in Grain: Crop Circles, Rationality, and the Construction of Spiritual Experience
Crop circles, which are intricate geometric patterns cut in fields of grain, have taken on spiritual significance for thousands of people across the globe. Based on field work in southwest England and interviews with believers, I analyze the socially constructed bases of this form of 'New Age' spirituality. Using a symbolic interactionist framework, I illustrate how believers define crop circles as spiritual using subjective and normative rationa…
Social relations and the definition of work: Identity management in a low-status occupation
Deconstructing Victim-Blaming, Dehumanization, and Othering: Using Empathy to Develop a Sociological Imagination
The sociological imagination is a core component of all introductory sociology courses. A main focus of this perspective is how social forces are related to individual lives. Undergraduates are often socialized to rely on individualistic explanations of public issues. These explanations often blame, dehumanize, and other the victim, thereby inhibiting the understanding and application of structural analyses. A classroom activity that sought to in…
Finding God in Grain: Crop Circles, Rationality, and the Construction of Spiritual Experience
Crop circles, which are intricate geometric patterns cut in fields of grain, have taken on spiritual significance for thousands of people across the globe. Based on field work in southwest England and interviews with believers, I analyze the socially constructed bases of this form of 'New Age' spirituality. Using a symbolic interactionist framework, I illustrate how believers define crop circles as spiritual using subjective and normative rationa…
Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works)