Wellness
Turning something into a product that can be bought and sold.
Commodification
Used to cognitively organize and classify people, objects, and processes in society
A theory that focuses on gender inequality
Feminist Theory
Which company engages in Greenwashing? (Appearing to be eco-friendly, but heavily reliant on coal, for example)
Lululemon
founded in 2014 “to empower wellness worldwide by educating public and private sectors about preventative health and wellness
Global Wellness Institute
Are essentially assumptions we have about the way society does—or at least we believe should—work
Paradigm
Strength/Weakness, Rational/Emotional, Indifference/Compassion are examples of what?
Binary Attribute
What concept by C. Wright Mills can help analyze the issue of obesity in the United States?
Sociological Imagination
Coined the term "high-level wellness” in 1959
Halbert L. Dunn
A supposition or a system of ideas put forth to explain something
Theory
A theory that focuses on the relationship between race, racism, and power in society
Critical Race Theory
One of the consequences of the mass production and consumption of Quinoa in the Global North.
Malnutrition in the Global South
The belief that wellness is a desirable lifestyle choice, attained through self-discipline and bodily control, that provides social acceptance
“the false redemption of wellness”
Are formulations through which social scientists strive to advance knowledge around human interaction and how societies have formed.
Theories (in the social sciences)
focusses on the subjective lived experience of individuals
PHENOMENOLOGY
What theoretical framework is used in a video to discuss the racism and oppression Black girls experience in the United States? (Hint: Coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw (1989), this framework helps to examine the interconnection between race, gender, class etc.)
Intersectionality
A term used to talk about new political, economic reforms in 1980s which involves privatization of public services, the diminishing role of the state, and an emphasis on individual responsibility.
Neoliberalism
Includes: macro, meso and micro levels of analysis, and binary oppositions
POST-STRUCTURALISM