These are things like the construction of family, ideas of fairness,
gender constructs, the value of education, etc. Everyday we
receive messages, sometimes violent and coercive, of penalties of
not following the norms and the privileges when you do. Having
social relations as a primary point of investigation underlines the
importance of thinking about the interconnectedness of the
human condition but it doesn’t end there. We must think about
the interconnectedness of all things. Social relations can also
include our relationships that extend beyond humanism to all life
on this planet and beyond. We also center social relations
because it has the important role as a space of generational
cultural dissemination. Social relations reinforce and legitimize
individual and collective behaviors.