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Hey guys!
I noticed that Legal Studies had this kind of thread so I decided to make one for Society & Culture! One of the syllabus dot points in each Depth Study is to provide contemporary examples, so I hope this thread could be a place where we can share articles and other contemporary examples. Obviously, I can't cover for all of the Depth Studies so it would be great if you guys could also help out and expand the list of articles.

Social and Cultural Continuity & Change

Cathedral's tap-and-go collection payments divide congregation
Is Social Media Bad For You? - SimplyPodLogical #32

China
Ai Weiwei's Beijing studio razed by Chinese authorities
Big brother watches students in China: pupils under eye of AI
China's Social Credit System seeks to assign citizens scores, engineer social behaviour
Shaolin Temple raises the red flag
The bombshell decision Canberra wanted to bury
Chinese parents fight in the streets over crowded classrooms
What a coincidence: ABC news website blocked in China
SK-II: Marriage Market Takeover
Our Man in China
Too Many Men
China Says Its Gender Imbalance "Most Serious" in the World
Gender Imbalance: How China's One-Child Law Backfired on Men
If China's on the rise, why do many want out?
China's Digital Dictatorship
China's Army and Climate Change
China's new forests will be the size of Ireland
Han Zicheng, 85, didn't want to die alone so he put himself up for adoption
Burying ‘One Child’ Limits, China Pushes Women to Have More Babies
China's Chilling 'Social Credit System' Is Straight Out of Dystopian Sci-Fi, And It's Already Switched On
Viewpoint: Chinese mosque standoff risks peace in model Muslim province
Chinese woman dies after four abortions in a year trying for boy
The quiet revolution: China’s millennial backlash
Behind The Great Firewall of China
The great firewall of China: Xi Jinping’s internet shutdown
From #MeToo to #RiceBunny: how social media users are campaigning in China
China's Hidden Camps
China working to 'exterminate' Uighur people, detention facility eyewitness says
Women shave their heads to protest lawyer's detention in China
China's Century of Humiliation & Why The South China Sea Is Such a Big Problem...
#MeTooUyghur Buzzfeed International

Japan
What Japanese women are saying about discrimination in Japan
Japanese university scandal signals broader issue of gender inequality in Japan
Japanese Prime Minister’s Wife Trashes ‘Kawaii Girl’ Trend For Making Women Look Weak
Gay Couples in Japan Filed Valentine's Day Lawsuits Demanding Marriage Equality
Gender discrimination: Nation's dignity is being questioned

Afghanistan
Laila Haidari: The Afghan woman who takes on the Taliban and helps to rehabilitate drug users
The Afghan women determined not to lose out in Taliban talks

India
Teenager in Bangladesh burnt alive for reporting sex attack

Belief Systems and Ideologies

Buddhism
Buddha branding is everywhere – but what do Buddhists think?
Myanmar Rohingya: What you need to know about the crisis
Who will help Myanmar's Rohingya?
Violence in Myanmar shows the world needs to stop romanticising Buddhism
Can Anyone Stop Burma’s Hardline Buddhist Monks?
‘We must protect our country’: extremist Buddhists target Mandalay’s Muslims
How Myanmar's Buddhists actually feel about the Rohingya
Rohingya crisis: Meeting Myanmar's hardline Buddhist monks
China says party control over religion in Tibet will only increase
Tibetan voices on China's control
Free Tibet
China’s oppression of Tibetans has dramatically increased
The darker side of Buddhism
Aung San Suu Kyi’s extraordinary fall from grace
Why Tibetan Buddhism is facing up to its own abuse scandal
Buddhist extremism: Meet the violent followers of a religion widely known for its pacifism

Christianity
Cathedral's tap-and-go collection payments divide congregation

Social Inclusion and Exclusion

The terrifying power of stereotypes – and how to deal with them
How much you earn is not always reflected by the suburb you live in
Why the only future worth building includes everyone
The Similarities Project
Australia’s UN report card: making progress, could do better on inequality and climate
From #MeToo to #RiceBunny: how social media users are campaigning in China
Sydney's great divide: public transport leaves outer suburbs behind
Most people with disability ineligible for NDIS, may lose all support
"I'm either too black or not black enough": One teenager's experience

Women
The other healthcare gap affecting women
Where are the men in the pro-choice movement?
CERN Image
Qatar Airways C.E.O. Says Women Can’t Do His Job. Cue Groans and Backpedaling.
Women say they are more likely to miss out on a pay rise
Australia's boom isn't equally shared between men and women
School Father's Day raffle comes with a snag
Men, these figures should embarrass you
Gender inequalities in science won’t self-correct: it’s time for action
New Report Reveals Retirement Is Not So Super For Women
Increasingly, Australia's homeless are not old men
How women led the rise of professional work in the Australian economy
A ‘woman problem’? No, the Liberals have a ‘man problem’, and they need to fix it
New study confirms exactly why nice girls finish last in the office
Lisa Wilkinson on The Project
Don't let Eurydice Dixon's death be a 'cautionary tale'
After Eurydice, what should men do?
Where to direct your hate and hurt over Eurydice Dixon's death
A stunning chart shows the true cause of the gender wage gap
'Pretty ridiculous': Nine hours a day, five days a week, just to cover the rent
A fifth of Australians think women are too outspoken: study
Single women face a frightening future of homelessness in Australia
Anxiety: Why the gender gap in Australia's most common mental illness?
Why women are not in line for the top jobs in corporate Australia
'Tampon tax' scrapped in Australia after 18-year controversy
Labor's super plan for women misses the point
Corporate gender equality 'won't happen without the quota'
Progress on gender equality has 'stalled', new advocacy group argues
Is there really a “woman problem”? | Politics Explained
Study shows retirement savings gender gap is 42 per cent

Social Conformity and Nonconformity

A Tour of Christiania in Copenhangen
Degrowth and Christiania: on Copenhagen’s collective living experiment
Denmark’s Christiania closes off 'Pusher Street' cannabis market
Drugs trade still flourishing in Christiania despite repeated police crack-downs
Stanford Prison Experiment

Hope this helps!

Awesome resource Olivia!

Will definitely add this onto the resource thread :)

Did you find all of those yourself?? :o :o
Good on you olivia

I have a few pop culture ones to add:
2017: the year in pop culture
Insights: Fortnite’s Pop Culture Breakthrough May Last More Than Two Weeks
The Rise and Importance of Fortnite's Pop Culture Crossover Appeal
Television in American Popular Culture
How Popular Culture affects Teens
Music’s Influence on Popular Culture & Society

Quote from: Mada438 on September 10, 2018, 05:30:30 pm

Did you find all of those yourself?? :o :o
Good on you olivia

A good portion are from my Twitter feed and a good portion is what my teacher has shared :D

Quote from: Mada438 on September 10, 2018, 05:30:30 pm

I have a few pop culture ones to add:
2017: the year in pop culture
Insights: Fortnite’s Pop Culture Breakthrough May Last More Than Two Weeks
The Rise and Importance of Fortnite's Pop Culture Crossover Appeal
Television in American Popular Culture
How Popular Culture affects Teens
Music’s Influence on Popular Culture & Society

Ooh thanks for this! Added to the list :)

Found a China-related article today:

If China's on the rise, why do many want out?

Remember if anyone has any resources and articles they'd like to add, just let me know!

New articles have been added to the list:

How much you earn is not always reflected by the suburb you live in

China's Digital Dictatorship

China's Army and Climate Change

China's new forests will be the size of Ireland

Quote from: owidjaja on September 09, 2018, 09:57:51 pm

Hey guys!
I noticed that Legal Studies had this kind of thread so I decided to make one for Society & Culture! One of the syllabus dot points in each Depth Study is to provide contemporary examples, so I hope this thread could be a place where we can share articles and other contemporary examples. Obviously, I can't cover for all of the Depth Studies so it would be great if you guys could also help out and expand the list of articles.

Social and Cultural Continuity & Change
China
Ai Weiwei's Beijing studio razed by Chinese authorities
Big brother watches students in China: pupils under eye of AI
China's Social Credit System seeks to assign citizens scores, engineer social behaviour
Shaolin Temple raises the red flag
The bombshell decision Canberra wanted to bury
Chinese parents fight in the streets over crowded classrooms
What a coincidence: ABC news website blocked in China
SK-II: Marriage Market Takeover
Our Man in China
Too Many Men
China Says Its Gender Imbalance "Most Serious" in the World
Gender Imbalance: How China's One-Child Law Backfired on Men
If China's on the rise, why do many want out?
China's Digital Dictatorship
China's Army and Climate Change
China's new forests will be the size of Ireland

Popular Culture
2017: the year in pop culture
Insights: Fortnite’s Pop Culture Breakthrough May Last More Than Two Weeks
The Rise and Importance of Fortnite's Pop Culture Crossover Appeal
Television in American Popular Culture
How Popular Culture affects Teens
Music’s Influence on Popular Culture & Society

Belief Systems and Ideologies
Buddhism
Buddha branding is everywhere – but what do Buddhists think?
Myanmar Rohingya: What you need to know about the crisis
Who will help Myanmar's Rohingya?
Violence in Myanmar shows the world needs to stop romanticising Buddhism
Can Anyone Stop Burma’s Hardline Buddhist Monks?
‘We must protect our country’: extremist Buddhists target Mandalay’s Muslims
How Myanmar's Buddhists actually feel about the Rohingya
Rohingya crisis: Meeting Myanmar's hardline Buddhist monks
China says party control over religion in Tibet will only increase
Tibetan voices on China's control
Free Tibet
China’s oppression of Tibetans has dramatically increased

Social Inclusion and Exclusion
The terrifying power of stereotypes – and how to deal with them
How much you earn is not always reflected by the suburb you live in

Women
The other healthcare gap affecting women
Where are the men in the pro-choice movement?
CERN Image
Qatar Airways C.E.O. Says Women Can’t Do His Job. Cue Groans and Backpedaling.
Women say they are more likely to miss out on a pay rise
Australia's boom isn't equally shared between men and women
School Father's Day raffle comes with a snag
Men, these figures should embarrass you
Gender inequalities in science won’t self-correct: it’s time for action
New Report Reveals Retirement Is Not So Super For Women
Increasingly, Australia's homeless are not old men
How women led the rise of professional work in the Australian economy
A ‘woman problem’? No, the Liberals have a ‘man problem’, and they need to fix it
New study confirms exactly why nice girls finish last in the office
Lisa Wilkinson on The Project
Don't let Eurydice Dixon's death be a 'cautionary tale'
After Eurydice, what should men do?
Where to direct your hate and hurt over Eurydice Dixon's death
A stunning chart shows the true cause of the gender wage gap
'Pretty ridiculous': Nine hours a day, five days a week, just to cover the rent

Social Conformity and Nonconformity

Hope this helps!

Thank you so much for the resources!
I have a few more to add for China though it may not be as useful as the ones you've put up :)

(OCP + family and demography change)
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/han-zicheng-85-didn-t-want-to-die-alone-so-he-put-himself-up-for-adoption-20180503-p4zd2q.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/world/asia/china-one-child-policy-birthrate.html

(Social Credit System)
https://www.sciencealert.com/china-s-dystopian-social-credit-system-science-fiction-black-mirror-mass-surveillance-digital-dictatorship

(Other)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-45178548

Quote from: chickenlaksa123 on October 07, 2018, 03:43:04 pm

Thank you so much for the resources!
I have a few more to add for China though it may not be as useful as the ones you've put up :)

(OCP + family and demography change)
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/han-zicheng-85-didn-t-want-to-die-alone-so-he-put-himself-up-for-adoption-20180503-p4zd2q.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/world/asia/china-one-child-policy-birthrate.html

(Social Credit System)
https://www.sciencealert.com/china-s-dystopian-social-credit-system-science-fiction-black-mirror-mass-surveillance-digital-dictatorship

(Other)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-45178548

Great additions!
It seems as though China is a good example for both positive and negative reasons. Alot of angles you can take with it when implmenting examples!

Quote from: chickenlaksa123 on October 07, 2018, 03:43:04 pm

Thank you so much for the resources!
I have a few more to add for China though it may not be as useful as the ones you've put up :)

(OCP + family and demography change)
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/han-zicheng-85-didn-t-want-to-die-alone-so-he-put-himself-up-for-adoption-20180503-p4zd2q.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/world/asia/china-one-child-policy-birthrate.html

(Social Credit System)
https://www.sciencealert.com/china-s-dystopian-social-credit-system-science-fiction-black-mirror-mass-surveillance-digital-dictatorship

(Other)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-45178548

The list has been updated! Thanks :D

Added another source on a TED Talk on Pope Francis and technology.

Found some more articles to add to the list:

A fifth of Australians think women are too outspoken: study
Cathedral's tap-and-go collection payments divide congregation
Chinese woman dies after four abortions in a year trying for boy
The darker side of Buddhism
Aung San Suu Kyi’s extraordinary fall from grace
Why Tibetan Buddhism is facing up to its own abuse scandal

Also, if anyone here does Conformity & Nonconformity, it would be great if you could share resources so I could add some to the list!

More resources!

The quiet revolution: China’s millennial backlash
The Similarities Project
Behind The Great Firewall of China
Australia’s UN report card: making progress, could do better on inequality and climate

Another resource added: The great firewall of China: Xi Jinping’s internet shutdown

Quote from: owidjaja on October 13, 2018, 10:44:29 pm

Also, if anyone here does Conformity & Nonconformity, it would be great if you could share resources so I could add some to the list!

Hi hello conformity and nonconformity links right here (specifically the nonconformist town of Christiania in Copenhagen)

A Tour of Christiania in Copenhangen
Degrowth and Christiania: on Copenhagen’s collective living experiment
Denmark’s Christiania closes off 'Pusher Street' cannabis market
Drugs trade still flourishing in Christiania despite repeated police crack-downs

> Zimbardo's theory of deindividuation:
And also the Stanford Prison Experiment film- great way to understand Zimbardo's theory of deindividuation within the prison context.

The Conformity and Non-conformity topic honestly has so little resources compared to other SAC electives as it was newly introduced in 2015 I think. (I struggled a little bit to be honest) But hopefully as the years go by, more resources can be posted ;D

Quote from: beatroot on October 14, 2018, 03:43:00 pm

Hi hello conformity and nonconformity links right here (specifically the nonconformist town of Christiania in Copenhagen)

A Tour of Christiania in Copenhangen
Degrowth and Christiania: on Copenhagen’s collective living experiment
Denmark’s Christiania closes off 'Pusher Street' cannabis market
Drugs trade still flourishing in Christiania despite repeated police crack-downs

> Zimbardo's theory of deindividuation:
And also the Stanford Prison Experiment film- great way to understand Zimbardo's theory of deindividuation within the prison context.

Thanks! I've added it to the list :D

Found another resource: From #MeToo to #RiceBunny: how social media users are campaigning in China

I think I'll add this under Social & Cultural Continuity & Change and Social Inclusion/Exclusion.

Adding a new resource on China: China's Hidden Camps

Found some more resources:

Single women face a frightening future of homelessness in Australia

Sydney's great divide: public transport leaves outer suburbs behind

Just found one this morning for Belief Systems and Ideologies :) Continuity and change will never leave me :')

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/cathedral-s-tap-and-go-collection-payments-divide-congregation?fbclid=IwAR24a7qZXFCAIlt9OUsJwyg3399P8kMxoSoy2In15UjDzgnRftvufkLqgGY

Quote from: angewina_naguen on November 13, 2018, 12:15:10 pm

Just found one this morning for Belief Systems and Ideologies :) Continuity and change will never leave me :')

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/cathedral-s-tap-and-go-collection-payments-divide-congregation?fbclid=IwAR24a7qZXFCAIlt9OUsJwyg3399P8kMxoSoy2In15UjDzgnRftvufkLqgGY

I think I already have this listed under Social & Cultural Continuity and Change but I'll add this in Belief Systems as well :)

I also have a whole stack of resources to add:
Anxiety: Why the gender gap in Australia's most common mental illness?
Buddhist extremism: Meet the violent followers of a religion widely known for its pacifism
Why women are not in line for the top jobs in corporate Australia
'Tampon tax' scrapped in Australia after 18-year controversy
Most people with disability ineligible for NDIS, may lose all support
China working to 'exterminate' Uighur people, detention facility eyewitness says
Labor's super plan for women misses the point

More resources to add:
Corporate gender equality 'won't happen without the quota'
Progress on gender equality has 'stalled', new advocacy group argues

Another resource added: Women shave their heads to protest lawyer's detention in China

It's been awhile since I uploaded another resources so here's another contemporary example in relation to China. (While it is a summary of what's been happening, Philip DeFranco also shows screenshots of their sources if you want to do further reading on this)

A few months ago, I added a link to an article on China and the Uighur people, but a few days ago I saw this post on Buzzfeed International. I just found it interesting that it has turned into a hashtag. Perhaps we could use this as an example to talk about the use of technology, but also how power and authority has almost become one and the same in China (remember, there's a difference between these two concepts!).

I posted this in the Question Thread so I decided to update the list and add them here, along with some more resources:

What Japanese women are saying about discrimination in Japan
Japanese university scandal signals broader issue of gender inequality in Japan
Japanese Prime Minister’s Wife Trashes ‘Kawaii Girl’ Trend For Making Women Look Weak
Gay Couples in Japan Filed Valentine's Day Lawsuits Demanding Marriage Equality
Gender discrimination: Nation's dignity is being questioned

I realised I haven't updated this in a while, so here are a few more resources I've added to the list:

Laila Haidari: The Afghan woman who takes on the Taliban and helps to rehabilitate drug users
The Afghan women determined not to lose out in Taliban talks
Teenager in Bangladesh burnt alive for reporting sex attack
"I'm either too black or not black enough": One teenager's experience
Is there really a “woman problem”? | Politics Explained
Study shows retirement savings gender gap is 42 per cent

It's been SO long since this thread has been updated (apologies for that!) but I wanted to throw in a really good podcast for the Social & Cultural Continuity & Change topic:

Is Social Media Bad For You? - SimplyPodLogical #32

I think both Cristine and Ben do a great job in discussing the nuances of social media usage, which could be great contemporary examples! (And fun fact: they both studied sociology ;) )

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HSC Stuff => HSC Humanities Stuff => HSC Subjects + Help => HSC Society and Culture => Topic started by: owidjaja on September 09, 2018, 09:57:51 pm