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Group 1 Social Analysis

Group 1 presents on social analysis. Social analysis investigates the root causes of social problems by critically analyzing available evidence from multiple perspectives, especially those most affected. It examines issues related to politics, culture, society, and more. Three frameworks for conducting social analysis are described: the iceberg model looks at individual acts, underlying ideologies, and maintaining structures; the basic critical thinking model asks questions about problems; and the ways of reading social problems model breaks issues down into fundamental parts. The result of social analysis can be greater social justice, understanding of interconnected issues, and informed policymaking. The group asks which model is most difficult to understand.

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Group 1 Social Analysis

Group 1 presents on social analysis. Social analysis investigates the root causes of social problems by critically analyzing available evidence from multiple perspectives, especially those most affected. It examines issues related to politics, culture, society, and more. Three frameworks for conducting social analysis are described: the iceberg model looks at individual acts, underlying ideologies, and maintaining structures; the basic critical thinking model asks questions about problems; and the ways of reading social problems model breaks issues down into fundamental parts. The result of social analysis can be greater social justice, understanding of interconnected issues, and informed policymaking. The group asks which model is most difficult to understand.

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SOCI AL ANALYSI S

Group 1

Presenters:

Ran
John
Carol
Anchit
Shehzar


What I s
Social Analysis
Social analysis is a method of
investigating the reasons social problems
begin in the first place.

Social analysis is therefore about asking
questions, critically analyzing all the
available evidence from all perspectives,
including the interests of those who are
most affected by the social problems.
Social Analysis (contd.)
A critical or analytic way of understanding
humanities as it relates to political, cultural and
social processes

It includes human suffering, religion, poverty,
education, Technological, Health, war,
discrimination, societal biases and abuse.
Frameworks for Conducting
Social Analysis
The Iceberg Model

Basic Critical Thinking/Questioning Model

Ways of Reading Social Problems Model

The Iceberg Model
Individual Acts
Ideologies Exist Structures That Maintain
The Iceberg Model
Individual acts appear at the top of the
pyramid because they are the ones that are
most visible.

If we dig further down to the bottom or root
of a social problem, we find that social
problems are perpetuated because of
ideologies, and the social structures that work
to maintain the inequities we find globally.
Basic Critical Thinking/
Questioning Approach
It is a approach that approaches the social
problem simply by asking critical
questions about the nature of the
problem.

The critical thinking approach requires
that the problem be analyzed from all
sides and perspectives using critical
thinking techniques.

Basic Critical Thinking/Questioning
Approach
What is the social problem?
Who defines it?
Why is it considered a social problem?
Who or what is affected?
Who benefits?
Who loses?
What is the overall cost to society?
What are possible solutions?

Ways of Reading Social Problems
Model
You cannot conduct social analysis by
looking at the entire problem as a whole.
You must break down the problem to its
most fundamental building blocks, and
work your way up so that you find yourself
looking at the entire puzzle and how the
pieces all fit together.

Ways of Reading Social Problems
Taking this approach, you can begin
to read a social problem by:

Examining commonly accepted beliefs
Tracing history
Identifying key players and perspectives
Moving back and forth
Focusing on the system
Result of Social Analysis
Often leads to social justice
Digs beneath the surface of issues and
open up what is happening in society
Leads to solutions
Shows how one problem connects to
the other
Helps with policy making
Question?

Which is the most difficult model to
understand?

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