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A speech given by Professor Donald Reitzes in HNU
时间：2012-08-30 15:08:23 点击：11

 

On April 10, 2012，Professor Donald Reitzes was invited to give a speech in our university for the students of the school of economics and political science. The title of the speech was “Contested Place and Home Territory: The Homeless and Atlanta’s Downtown Park”.
By introducing the concept of “sociology “, Professor Donald described the social conditions in Atlanta in view of the habits of the homeless in the Atlanta’s downtown park as well as his own living environment and life experiences. He believed that if a person took a social place as his home, he would take actions to protect it which he regarded as his own territory so as to survive better in the society.
The whole speech was simple but profound, and Donald Reitzes also made a warm discussion with the students. 
A short introduction to Donald Reitzes:
Professor Donald Reitzes was born on July 24, 1949. He graduated from Beloit College and got a bachelor‘s degree of social science in 1971.Then, he received a master's degree in sociology in 1973 and a doctor’s degree in 1977 successively from Indiana University. Now as the member of the American Sociological Association, the American Gerontology Association, the Symbolic Interaction Study Association and the Southern Sociology Association, his research field covers the aging society, adult socialization, community and community organizations, social psychology, symbolic Interaction theory, urban sociology, and urban social psychology, etc. he once received the “outstanding graduate” award from the Georgia State University, the Reuben Hill award from the National Family Relationship Association, and the “distinguished teacher” award from the Institute of Gerontology of Georgia State University.