Talk:Issues in Interdisciplinarity 2019-20/Truth in the Prison System

Meeting Summary Nov 16th  All present. We all discussed and brainstormed possible topics for our wiki book chapter. We narrowed down 2 possible topics that we were all interested in and were tasked to complete readings on each topic for next week to discuss and decide what topic we would like to explore as well as brainstorm possible disciplines that would be relevant. Sdhaliwal19 (discuss • contribs) 10:56, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Meeting Summary Nov 19th: All present. We decided on the topic of truth in punishment focusing on the prison system. As a group we decided that the 3 disciplines we wanted to focus on would be Sociology, Economics, and Psychology as they were all relevant to the topic of punishment and rehabilitation in the prison system, but also were different enough to allow us to highlight possible tensions in the versions of truth that each discipline held in relation to the efficacy of the prison system. For the next meeting, we decided that we would all do some readings on each discipline and make notes based on our research. Sdhaliwal19 (discuss • contribs) 10:56, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Meeting Summary Nov 24th:  All present. We shared our thoughts and research that we did for each of our 3 disciplines. We then spent some time afterward doing some research together, particularly focussing on adding more research for the disciplines of economics and psychology. For our next meeting, we are aiming to have a draft of our introduction and first discipline (sociology). Sdhaliwal19 (discuss • contribs) 10:56, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Meeting Summary Nov 28th: All present. Yesterday we met to discuss the progress of our work so far. We have all, for the most part, completed the required research needed to understand what each discipline perceives the prison system and rehabilitation methods to be. We assigned each member to start on one section. Vanessa contributed to the sociology paragraph while Shagun began the introduction and economics section. We used this meeting to consolidate our ideas and highlight the important tensions that our chosen disciplines displayed in terms of truth in the prison system. While we were initially worried about finding enough differences between sociology and psychology, we found several significant ones.19vanessat (discuss • contribs) 11:01, 8 December 2019 (UTC) Below is an outline that we all contributed to which highlights the main clashes that we are aiming to discuss in our evaluation.

Sociology and Psychology
 * Sociology focuses more on reforming the group, while psychology advocates for an individual approach
 * In sociology, Wheeler theorized that inmates experienced more conformity (aka good behavior) prior to release, but psychology adds more depth to this perspective by highlighting the poor mental health consequences
 * Here we see different constructions of truth by different disciplines whereby one (sociology) focuses on good behavior (externally seen), while psychology has an inherent focus on the wellbeing of individual (internal, psychological)
 * Leads to clash in relation to the effect and rehabilitation of the prison system
 * clashes between Sociology’s social constructionism and psychology’s interpretivism
 * How is social constructionism different from traditional psychology? Burr, V. (2003) Social constructionism. Routledge, London.

Economics vs Psychology
 * Rehabilitation for the sake of reintegration into the workforce rather than to be mentally healthy and truly reformed

Sdhaliwal19 (discuss • contribs) 10:20, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Meeting Summary Dec 1st: In this meeting, we collaboratively worked on the evaluation/conclusion portion of our chapter. Shagun focused on explaining the tensions in different variations of truth provided by sociology and psychology. Vanessa explored how epistemological theories of truth were different in these 2 disciplines as well. Selina explored the variations in truth in economics compared to the other disciplines. Sdhaliwal19 (discuss • contribs) 12:52, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Meeting Summary Dec 8th: We edited the evaluation for clarity, specifically the part about social constructionism and psychology's methodology and economics vs. other disciplines. We also added new headings that are more detailed to polish up our organisation. 19vanessat (discuss • contribs) 11:08, 8 December 2019 (UTC) Here is the link to the google document that we used to organize our research and notes https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mMk8FqMCH4wVkI0qRG2FouWJ37CwQaBwdrwXrV5ji9I/edit?usp=sharing Sdhaliwal19 (discuss • contribs) 10:55, 26 November 2019 (UTC)