Bifurcated Consciousness

Seeing over reading.

Borrowing from Dorthy Smith, Jane Addams' body of work is influenced through this believe of a division between formal books and one's own experiences. She favored one's own experiences over book. In this picture future CSUN students rather than just read from the internet or booklets. Take campus tours to experience the life of the campus first hand.

Fashion

Conforming its a group thing

For Simmel, fashion is a social relationship that makes members conform to the demands and norms of a given group. In this picture, if you want to fit with the "1%". You start to conform to their way of lifestyle like wearing a suit, and walking like you demand respect. So no matter what you conform to the norm of the group.

Conspicuous consumption

You are as high in the social ladder, as long as you can waste that high.

For Veblen this is that the leisure class holds a high social status based on the ability to waste heavy amount of money. Like in the picture in modern day society, this could be having an HDTV, a laptop, a video game counsel, and so on. The more you spend, the more esteem you get from society.

Labor

Creating the future through labor 

According to Karl Marx, our species being is manifested through labor. Through labor we can create things that previously only existed in our minds. In the late 1700's, when the first washing machine was built. From his labor he found a way to create this new machinery that would help people wash their clothes faster.

Dyad and Triad

The strength in numbers

When speaking of social geometry, Simmel talks about Dyad and Triad. Here in this picture explains what Simmel said that Triad is more stable because of the addition of the third member. In Dyad, there are more problems between communication, whereas in Triads the third person is the mediator when problems arises. In Dyads, problems harder to solve between the two people.

Social Ethics

For the concern of the community

For Jane Addams, people like professors practice the right rules and relationships that produces orientation for the individual to action based on the welfare for the community. Professors do this by educating and more important make sure they teach the best way they can. To help their students have a better future, as well as the community as a whole.  

Significant Symbols

Thinking about it I know what this means.

For Mead, in this picture a stop sign is a significant symbol because the message that the sign message gives the same response to the driver. Which is to stop, once you read and think about the message in this stop sign. Which interaction through these symbols he calls uniquely human.