Protests, it seems to me, don't last;
not as long as many may want, or fear.
But violence and killings can, and have.
Are the post-election street marches
across America now
going to fizzle according to this script,
or are there, here, the makings of the Mother
of All Protests?
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Other Side of Noon: Haiku
In the hills' shadows.
Fervid drumbeats recall, God.
Blue haze 'surps the set.
Fervid drumbeats recall, God.
Blue haze 'surps the set.
A Thought ~ 2: Messenger and Message
The messenger is neither
the message nor the medium,
but the sourcer.
the message nor the medium,
but the sourcer.
Friday, November 11, 2016
A Thought ~ 1: Prejudice and Ignorance
Much prejudice arises from ignorance;
ignorance of who one really is,
and of what kind of place
everyone has been before.
ignorance of who one really is,
and of what kind of place
everyone has been before.
Tuesday, November 08, 2016
CAT Questions ~ CSO 302 Qualitative Research Methods, November 2016
UNIVERSITY
OF NAIROBI
DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIOLOGY
CSO 302: QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH METHODS
September-December 2016
SEMESTER [Module II]
TAKE-AWAY CAT
QUESTIONS [Released: 2:05 p.m., November 8, 2016]
CLICK HERE FOR: Instruction, CAT Questions, Deadline and Other Details.
Sunday, November 06, 2016
Time and Distance
Do not ask who will come after you
In the great distance.
Nor will you ever know what became
Of any of them.
In the great distance.
Nor will you ever know what became
Of any of them.
CSO103 - Introduction to Comparative Sociology, Updated Partial Course Outline and Reading List
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY
~ CSO 103.
[Partial Course Outline and Reading List, Updated in
November 2016]
PROF. MAURI YAMBO
INTRODUCTION
CSO 103 is a
first year course designed to introduce students to aspects of social structure
common to all societies. The idea is to highlight concepts which serve as
templates for a comparative or cross-cultural study of selected societies in
today’s world.
CLICK HERE To Read More About The COURSE OUTLINE.
CLICK HERE To Read More About The COURSE OUTLINE.
APPENDIX
1. LECTURE NOTES:
1.1. Yambo, Mauri (2012) “Components of Social Control” (Topic 3)
http://mauriyambo.blogspot.co.
1.2. Yambo, Mauri (2016) “Topic 4: Social Differentiation, Stratification and Class”
http://mauriyambo.blogspot.co.
2. FINAL EXAMINATION PAPERS IN CSO 103:
2.1. Past Final Examination Papers (Batch 1): http://mauriyambo.blogspot.co.
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