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What is sociology? Well, like other sciences, sociology is a mirror to understand the community. It's simple like this.
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If a couple, husband and wife, get married and have children whose faces are similar to theirs, that's a biology course. But if the child is similar to the neighbor, that's a sociology course.
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From this example, I want to say that the social world is surrounded by uncertain things, so sociology is present to be a tool for us to see signs or social patterns in full. The difference is, if medical science uses a thermometer to measure and analyze the state of the body,
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Well, if you are a sociologist, the tool is yourself. Our self is equipped with statistical knowledge, theory, and of course methodology.
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With these three things, sociology scientists are responsible for collecting data, analyzing data, and explaining what phenomena are happening. So, there should be no allergy word for all phenomena in society. Well, I've said before, in sociology, we are the tool.
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To be a sophisticated tool, we must have what is called Sociological Imagination. Have you ever seen how SpongeBob and Patrick can have such a good imagination, only with an empty box? Have you ever seen it? Well, it's the same with sociology. We also need imagination to enrich and guide us when we see a phenomenon.
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This is needed so that our explanation is not stifling and people who do not learn sociology are in trouble when they hear our explanation. For example, what is the cause of divorce? If you study sociology and use sociology imagination, you can't just say that the cause of divorce is because of the angry father-in-law, but you can link it to the too much traffic.
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Wow, cool, right? You can put it on. Well, for that there are three ways to have sociology imagination. The first is seeing the general in the particular.
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It means you see the general things from the special things. For example, the divorce issue. That's actually a very special matter between husband and wife. Even though, maybe in a relationship between husband and wife there are things related to religion, ethnicity, economy, even social status from each couple.
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Then the second one is seeing the strange in the familiar. Which means you must be annoyed. Do you know what is annoyed? Annoyed is when you want to know something.
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Well, you must be clever and ask things that have actually happened and are around you. For example, you see a guy shooting a girl with a flower. Yes, even though you're fat, but you're not forbidden to be mad to know why you have to use flowers to shoot. Have you ever asked why you have to use flowers to shoot? Well, the third and last is
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Seeing personal choice in the social context. This means you don't see phenomena with a horse's eye. Usually there is a social context that is behind the phenomenon. For example, why am I fat? Actually, being fat is a personal choice. But you as a sociologist must be able to explain what kind of social context causes that personal choice to be made.
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Maybe because of religion, because of family, or just because it hasn't happened yet. Well, those are examples of the imagination of other individuals. As a sociologist, you have to be able to imagine something more than common sense, with an imagination that is of course unique and different. Okay, maybe that's it.
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So, our first video to welcome you, Skeolia friends. Welcome to sociology
