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01 Jan 1972
TL;DR: The Time Inside as mentioned in this paper is a collection of case histories of cities transformed by time: London after the Great Fire of 1666; Bath, the city preserved in eighteenth-century amber; Stoke-on-Trent, scarred by centuries of industrial development; Ciudad Guayana, a new but not an instant city; and Havana, a container for social revolution.
Abstract: In the personal image of a city, the sense of place is meshed with the sense of time. A financial district that bustles on Friday is a lifeless desert on Sunday. Any neighborhood has its deposits of slow historic change, and the bulldozers can suddenly release a buried memory of time past. Time-place is a continuum of the mind, as fundamental as the space-time that may be the ultimate reality of the material world. Kevin Lynch's book deals with this human sense of time, a biological rhythm that follows a different beat from most "objective" timepieces. The center of his interest is on how this innate sense affects the ways we view and change -- or conserve, or destroy -- our physical environment, especially in the cities. "... The image of the spatial environment [is] a scaffold to which we attach meanings and a guide by which we order our movements. This image has an immediate practical role in our lives and also a deeper psychological one.... Many parallel statements can be made about the environmental image of time.... Both images have intimate connections with the esthetics of landscape, and both have general implications for social structure and social change." The book is illustrated with numerous photographs and marginal drawings that make its analysis specific. It opens with several case histories of cities transformed by time: London after the Great Fire of 1666; Bath, the city preserved in eighteenth-century amber; Stoke-on-Trent, scarred by centuries of industrial development; Ciudad Guayana, a new but not an instant city; and Havana, a container for social revolution. The next chapters take up place as an emblem and embodiment of past, present, and future time. "The Time Inside" deals with the biology and psychology of time and with its social aspects. An interlude illustrates the symbols of time in a particular place (Boston) and allows residents to comment on how they respond to this time-place. The analysis resumes, taking up the esthetics of environmental time, the proper management of change, and the relation (or lack of one) between environmental and social change. A final chapter looks at all these themes from a general perspective.
612 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a temporal dimension and locational properties that are derived from age data: (a) the individual life time or life span from birth to death-chronological or developmental age as an approximate index of stage in the aging process; (b) the social timetable of the life course (e.g. entry into marriage, retirement), which is defined by age criteria in norms and social roles; and (c) historical time in the course of social change-birth year or entry into the system as an index of historical location.
Abstract: Age has long been recognized as a basic element in social structure and the life course, but we have only recently achieved some appreciation of its diverse meanings and implications. To interpret the effects or correlates of age and birth year we must specify the variables they represent. The complexity of this task is suggested by the following temporal dimensions and locational properties that are derived from age data: (a) the individual life time or life span from birth to death-chronological or developmental age as an approximate index of stage in the aging process; (b) the social timetable of the life course (e.g. entry into marriage, retirement), which is defined by age criteria in norms and social roles; and (c) historical time in the course of social change-birth year or entry into the system as an index of historical location.1 The focal point of the lifetime framework is the inevitable and irreversible process of aging; that of social time, age differentiation in the sequential patterning, and configuration of social roles; and that of historical time, cohort membership, differentiation, and succession, with their implications for life histories, aging, and social change. Each temporal focus is associated with a distinctive tradition of theory and research: lifetime, BUhler (1935), the biological cycle of life as reflected in attitudes toward life (see also BUhler & Massarik 1968); social time, theoretical analyses by Linton (1942) and Parsons (1942), and Eisenstadt's (1956) influential synthesis of ethnographic materials on age differentiation; and historical, Mannheim's (1952, orig. 1928) essay on "The Problem of Generations." Continuities within the social time perspective are illustrated by theoretical formulations of social transitions in the life course, from Cottrell's (1942) propositional inventory on adjustment to age
611 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a dynamic and variable portrayal of networks to demonstrate how they gradually assume different forms and functions for women and for men that differentially affect settlement outcomes, particularly opportunities to become legal.
Abstract: Most research on social networks and immigrant incorporation focuses on the short-term and positive functions of networks, neglecting changes in networks over time. Author present a dynamic and variable portrayal of networks to demonstrate how they gradually assume different forms and functions for women and for men that differentially affect settlement outcomes, particularly opportunities to become legal. The gendered social relations of neighborhood, work, and voluntary associations interact to produce this outcome. The conclusions suggest that social networks can both strengthen and weaken over time, can change differentially for different segments of the immigrant community, and therefore can have disparate effects on incorporation.
611 citations
TL;DR: Greenwood et al. as mentioned in this paper presented the introduction to Action Research: Social Research for Social Change, a collection of articles on action research for social change, with a focus on social justice issues.
Abstract: Introduction to Action Research: Social Research for Social Change. Davydd J. Greenwood and Morten Levin. Thousand Oaks, CA; Sage. 1998. 274 pp.
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26 Jul 1994
TL;DR: McRobbie as discussed by the authors argues that cultural studies scholars must return through ethnic and empirical work; the sound of living voices and spoken language; and examine the new youth cultures as images of social change and signs of profound social transformation.
Abstract: Postmodernism and Popular Culture brings together eleven recent essays by Angela McRobbie in a collection which deals with the issues which have dominated cultural studies over the last ten years. A key theme is the notion of postmodernity as a space for social change and political potential. McRobbie explores everyday life as a site of immense social and psychic complexity to which she argues that cultural studies scholars must return through ethnic and empirical work; the sound of living voices and spoken language. She also argues for feminists working in the field to continue to question the place and meaning of feminist theory in a postmodern society. In addition, she examines the new youth cultures as images of social change and signs of profound social transformation. Bringing together complex ideas about cultural studies today in a lively and accessible format, Angela McRobbie's new collection will be of immense value to all teachers and students of the subject.
610 citations