Welcome To Rural Sociology 1000 Introduction to Rural Sociology

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Welcome To Rural Sociology 1000 Introduction to
Rural Sociology

• Mary Grigsby
• Associate Professor of Rural Sociology
• Division of Applied Social Sciences

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Class 8 Topics of Discussion

• Class Business
• Case Study Tierra Wools
• Symbolic Interactionism

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Tierra Wools in Los Ojos, NM

• Economic Base
• History
• Social Interaction Described
• How do involved parties experience, interpret,
  influence, and respond to what they and others
  are doing in the course of interacting?

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Los Ojos, NM

• What economic activity is Tierra Wools part of?
  What cultural roots are involved?
• How is Tierra Wools organized? Who runs it?
  Manages it? Does the teaching?
• What is the conflict discussed in the video
  about? How do different people featured in the
  video interpret and make meaning of the conflict?

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The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
Symbols
Focus of Symbolic Interactionist
Shared Meanings as Basis for Social Interaction
Interpretation a Key