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Raising a new Generation of Leaders

ARC 212
SOCIOLOGY OF
ARCHITECTURE(HOUSING)
DR. B.A. ADEWALE
ARC. A.O. OWOSENI
September, 2022
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 CONTEXTUAL MEANINGS

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 SOCIOLOGY

Socius Latin
Logos
Greek

Society, association, To speak about or word

togetherness or
companionship

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 SOCIOLOGY

• Study or science of speaking about society

(Indrani,1998).

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• The study of society and culture

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… SOCIETY
A group of people who live within some type
of bounded territory and who share a
common way of life

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… CULTURE
• The ideas, customs, and social behaviour of
a particular people or society

• This common way of life shared by a

group of people is termed as culture
(Stockard, 1997).

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