Una sociología de lo no marcado: redirigir nuestro enfoque
Resumen
Wayne Brekhus, sociólogo y profesor en la Universidad de Missouri, señala en el artículo que presentamos a continuación que la sociología estadounidense ha desarrollado una "tradición de lo marcado", es decir, una tendencia a centrar su atención en las características "políticamente sobresalientes" y "ontológicamente inusuales" de la vida social. Consideramos que esta afirmación, con sus matices, puede aplicarse a la disciplina en otros contextos. Al enfocarse en problemas políticamente relevantes y mediáticamente visibles, muchos sociólogos dirigen su atención a los fenómenos "sobresalientes" de la realidad, dejando de lado los aspectos más "comunes" y mayoritarios de la vida social. Estas dimensiones, que a menudo pasan desapercibidas, suelen agruparse en categorías residuales como la de "sociología de la vida cotidiana" o en términos científico-institucionales como "otras sociologías". Como consecuencia, muchos de los fenómenos menos estudiados de la realidad social se interpretan a través del sentido común, mientras que aquellos que sí son investigados son caracterizados como "extraordinarios" subrayando su particularidad y diferencia. El trabajo de Brekhus busca destacar estos aspectos ignorados de la realidad social y proporcionar herramientas analíticas que amplíen la mirada. Por ello, creemos que esta traducción ofrece un aporte valioso para la reflexión sociológica y epistemológica en nuestros contextos académicos y profesionalesCitas
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