Sentences with phrase «as a social construct»

One can argue for the use of race as a social construct, but in that case, skin colour has as much to do with it as shoe size.

Equally, the exhibition gives rise to thoughts of home as a social construct, idea or state of mind.

Malcolm Roberts brings up a hoax gender studies paper titled «The Conceptual Penis As A Social Construct» in an attempt to discredit the peer review process, and question Australia's CSIRO, despite the Australian science body having no connection to the paper in question.

Heidrun Holzfeind uses photography, documentary video and sculpture to explore individual and collective narratives that reveal the concept of identity as a social construct dependent on cultural and socio - economical circumstances.

So a history - of - religions approach that suggests that the only valid way to view religions is as social constructs intentionally or unintentionally undermines belief in any particular religion as having divine origins.

«These data suggest that the interplay between race and ethnicity as social constructs and genetic ancestry as a biological construct is more complex than we had realized,» said Noah Zaitlen, PhD, a UCSF assistant professor of medicine and co-senior author on the new study.

The connections between the silos of knowledge and skills as social constructs in learning can both inhibit and allow for understanding.

By relying largely on appropriated imagery and treating the self as a social construct, these artists challenge «the official rhetoric of both our old metaphysical tradition and our new con - sumerist society.»

Artists were asked to examine the bench as a social construct, challenging ideas around parks and communal places and how communities co-exist within these spaces.

Cindy Sherman's explorations of femininity as a social construct are profoundly influential and sit atop the contemporary art canon.

They confront and expose existing narratives as social constructs that will never be more than approximations of a more complex reality.

Dismissing the models as a social construct does her argument no favour and casts doubt on her ability to understand the caveats and uncertainties inherent in global warming models.

Describing academic freedom as a social construct, he said there remains a conviction that non-Indigenous people have some automatic right to research what they wish and a resistance to understanding that Indigenous people are most capable of researching Indigenous issues or that different knowledges count.

However, love can be conceptualized as a social construct that varies between individuals because cultural norms and values as well as early childhood experiences have a great impact on the meaning individuals ascribe to romantic love (Jackson, Chen, Guo, & Gao, 2006).

Using costume, photography and film, Gutierrez produces elaborate narratives scenes that employ pop culture tropes that reveals identity as a social construct.

For myself, color is the way to become specific about black, i.e., black as skin, as a social construct, and as real experience.