Introduction
In The Elements of Style, Strunk and White famously implore us to show rather than tell what we want to express. In contrast, theoretical work seems perpetually prone to the latter. Nonetheless,...
View ArticleSubmissions and Review
How did we solicit submissions? In June and July 2021, we distributed our Call for Proposals (with guidelines, a submission template, and sample vignettes) to about 25 different scholarly association...
View ArticleAdopting this book
Our hope is that this book will be of use across multiple contexts, including but not limited to university classrooms and other post-secondary learning environments. Given the increasing...
View ArticleHow to use this book
Vignettes are organized alphabetically by the name of the concept or term that the author addresses. While we originally considered a more curatorial approach to the book—for example, creating...
View ArticleStructural Power
Structural Power refers to the ways in which power (such as authority, wealth, and other privileges) is arranged in order to influence the norms of society, institutions, and our interpersonal...
View ArticleHegemony & Counter-Hegemony
Hegemony refers to the social, political, and economic power that a ruling class or group wields, with relative stability, over an extended period of time. Counter-hegemony refers to the efforts of...
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Corporeality
Corporeality refers to our ‘reality’ of both having a body and being a body, meaning that we humans are both material things and producers of material consequences. Tyler Anderson is a doctoral...
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Discourse
Discourse refers to the power embedded within, and reproduced through, how we communicate and what we communicate about. Peter Andrée is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton...
View ArticlePoststructuralism
Poststructuralism refers to a way of thinking that emphasizes the radical uncertainty of knowledge (particularly knowledge in language) and posits that “truth” is not a fixed concept, but instead...
View ArticleSustainability
Sustainability is about meeting the needs of the present without jeopardizing the future; it is a balance between society, the economy, and the environment. Adedotun Babajide holds a master’s degree in...
View ArticleOntological Multiplicity
Ontological multiplicity refers to the interplay between different understandings of what things exist, and how those things interact with each other. Nathan A. Badry is a PhD Candidate in McGill’s...
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Social Nature
Social nature refers to the social lens through which nature is interpreted and thus constructed—through language, imagery, and characterization. Patricia Ballamingie is a professor at Carleton...
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Commodification
Commodification typically refers to the transformation and reduction of ecosystems and their components into natural resources sold on the open market (e.g., forests into trees into lumber or wood...
View ArticleGenealogy
Genealogy is a method of tracing the complex histories and origins of concepts that are assumed to be timeless and/or universal (like morality, sexuality, inalienable rights), and aims to show how...
View ArticleEpistemology of Dissent
The epistemology of dissent is a term that refers to the concepts, categories, and languages through which we understand how people oppose or resist existing political authority. Marta Bashovski is an...
View ArticleRacialization
Racialization refers to a process in which groups of people, including institutions, are categorized by race, resulting in systemic disadvantages for some, and power and privilege for others. Helen...
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Reflexivity
Reflexivity refers to the cyclical process of self-reflection to progress towards a conclusion during any inquiry. Stefani Boutelier, PhD is an Associate Professor of Education at Aquinas College in...
View ArticleEmotional Turn
The emotional turn in social sciences refers to a growing awareness of the role of emotionality in understanding social relationships and experience, both for those who live them first-hand and for...
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Tacit Knowledge
Tacit knowledge refers to implicit knowledge that is difficult to share and express in words, such as personal wisdom, experience, insight, and intuition. Brigitte Champaigne-Klassen is a Master of...
View ArticlePositivism
Positivism refers to a philosophy of science/social science that emphasizes observable phenomena as the basis for knowledge and prioritizes quantitative analysis. Pauline Couper is a geographer at...
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