scholarly journals Re-wilding Parkdale? Environmental gentrification, settler colonialism, and the reconfiguration of nature in 21st century Toronto

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 263-286
Author(s):  
Jessica Parish
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Settler Colonialism ◽  
Urban Trees ◽  
Ecological Degradation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Park Area ◽  
A Site ◽  
The City ◽  
Shed Light

In 21st century Toronto, the labour of caring for urban trees is entangled with both gentrification processes and the social reproduction of settler colonial space. This paper contributes to the study of environmental gentrification through a study of the social reproduction of settler colonial relations to land in the Parkdale–High Park area of Toronto. Specifically, I take up the hyper-visibility of some forms of social reproduction, in order to shed light on how the mundane, quotidian ‘non-work’ of living in/with/for capitalism becomes a site of privilege and a luxury pursuit for more affluent residents. The paper highlights the processes and practices whereby settler colonial urban subjects seek out ‘nature’ as a temporary outside where they can escape from widely accepted downsides of capitalist urbanism, including a diverse array of social and physical ills, from stress, to obesity, to ecological degradation. The paper asks: whose social reproduction does the presence of urban trees serve? In the context of 21st century financialized gentrification, cities are increasingly normalized as spaces of wealth and luxury. It is therefore crucial to pay attention to the raced, gendered, and colonial micro-politics through which urban ecologies are transformed in the service of an anti-democratic vision of the city as a space of leisure and luxury.

scholarly journals Trees and their seed networks: the social dynamics of urban fruit trees and implications for genetic diversity

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurore Rimlinger ◽  
Marie-Louise Avana ◽  
Abdon Awono ◽  
Armel Chakocha ◽  
Alexis Gakwavu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Urban Trees ◽  
Tree Planting ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Exchange Networks ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City

AbstractTrees are a traditional component of urban spaces where they provide ecosystem services critical to urban wellbeing. In the Tropics, urban trees’ seed origins have rarely been characterized. Yet, understanding the social dynamics linked to tree planting is critical given their influence on the distribution of associated genetic diversity. This study examines elements of these dynamics (seed exchange networks) in an emblematic indigenous fruit tree species from Central Africa, the African plum tree (Dacryodes edulis, Burseraceae), within the urban context of Yaoundé. We further evaluate the consequences of these social dynamics on the distribution of the genetic diversity of the species in the city. Urban trees were planted predominantly using seeds sourced from outside the city, resulting in a level of genetic diversity as high in Yaoundé as in a whole region of production of the species. Debating the different drivers that foster the genetic diversity in planted urban trees, the study argued that cities and urban dwellers can unconsciously act as effective guardians of indigenous tree genetic diversity.

scholarly journals Social reproduction and anemia in infancy

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Fujimori ◽  
Luciane Simões Duarte ◽  
Áurea Tamami Minagawa ◽  
Daniela Laurenti ◽  
Rosali Maria Juliano Marcondes Montero
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Homogeneous Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Working And Living Conditions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

This study assessed the relationship between anemia in infancy and the social reproduction profile of the families. It was conducted with a representative sample of 254 children of the city of Itupeva, SP. Hemoglobin < 11g/dL, determined by portable hemoglobin analyzer, was used to define anemia. Profiles of social reproduction had been built by 2 groups of indicators: working and living conditions. Three social homogeneous groups had been defined: upper, intermediate, lower. Anemia was prevalent in 41.7%, and more frequent in lower social groups (13.2%; 40.6%; 46.2%), but with no significant difference (p>0.05). However, profile of social reproduction of anemic families showed significant difference (p<0.05). Occurrence of anemia was related to poor working conditions in lower social groups and consequently inappropriate living conditions.

Music in the Work of Social Reproduction

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Drott
Keyword(s):  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Historical Materialism ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Practice Turn ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Shed Light

This article interrogates music’s role in the work of social reproduction by bringing into dialogue two seemingly antithetical approaches to thinking music’s relation to the social. One is historical materialism; the other is work informed by the “practice turn” in music sociology, exemplified by Tia DeNora’s studies of music as a “technology of the self.” By taking seriously the proposition that under certain conditions music may itself function as a technology, and by reframing this proposition along materialist lines, this article aims to shed light on the changing functions music has come to assume in late neoliberalism. In particular, new modalities of digital distribution like streaming, by simultaneously driving down the cost of music and normalizing its therapeutic, prosthetic, and self-regulatory uses, increasingly cast it as a cheap resource that can be harnessed to replenish the cognitive, affective, and/or communicative energies strained by the current crisis of social reproduction.

CRISE, RENTISMO E OS LIMITES PARA O DIREITO À CIDADE HOJE NO BRASIL

GEOgraphia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (42) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Pedro Henrique de Mendonça Resende
Keyword(s):  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Right To The City ◽  
Land Conflict ◽  
Brazilian Society ◽  
The Social ◽  
Belo Horizonte ◽  
The Right ◽  
Social Wealth ◽  
The City

Resumo: As três primeiras partes deste artigo apresentam três elementos que perpassam a sociedade brasileira contemporânea: os limites irreversíveis alcançados pela reprodução social do capital, as formas rentistas de acumulação capitalista da riqueza social e os obstáculos à realização do direito à cidade. Na quarta parte deste artigo os três elementos anteriormente apresentados são brevemente articulados por meio de apontamentos acerca de fenômenos e processos relacionados aos conflitos presentes na região das ocupações da Izidora, localizada na periferia norte da metrópole de Belo Horizonte.Palavras-chave: Crise de reprodução do capital. Rentismo. Direito à cidade. Conflito fundiário urbano. Ocupações da Izidora (Belo Horizonte/MG). CRISIS, RENTISM AND THE LIMITS TO THE RIGHT TO THE CITY TODAY IN BRAZILAbstract: The first three parts of this article present three elements that permeate contemporary Brazilian society: the irreversible limits currently achieved by the social reproduction of capital; the rentier forms of accumulation of capitalist social wealth; and the obstacles to the realization of the right to the city. In the fourth part of this article the three elements previously presented are briefly articulated by means of notes about phenomena and processes related to the conflicts in the region of occupations Izidora, located on the northern periphery of the metropolis of Belo Horizonte.Keywords: Crisis of capital reproduction. Rentierism. The right to the city. Urban land conflict. Region of occupations Izidora (Belo Horizonte/MG). CRISE, RENTISME ET LES LIMITES DU DROIT À LA VILLE AUJOURD’HUI AU BRÉSILRésumé: Les trois premières parties de cet article présentent trois éléments qui imprègnent la société brésilienne contemporaine: les limites irréversibles actuellement atteintes par la reproduction sociale du capital; les formes rentières de l’accumulation de la richesse sociale capitaliste; et les obstacles à la réalisation du droit à la ville. Dans la quatrième partie de cet article, les trois éléments précédemment présentés sont brièvement articulés à travers des notes sur les phénomènes et les processus liés aux conflits dans la région des occupations Izidora, situé à la périphérie nord de la métropole de Belo Horizonte.Mots-clés: Crise de la reproduction du capital. Rentisme. Le droit à la ville. Conflit foncier urbain. Région d’occupation Izidora (Belo Horizonte/MG). 

scholarly journals Problematising the Official Athens Mosque: Between Mere Place of Worship and 21st Century ‘Trojan Horse’

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 485
Author(s):  
Christina Verousi ◽  
Chris Allen
Keyword(s):  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Thematic Structure ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Global Terrorism ◽  
A Site ◽  
The City ◽  
Original Approach

This article investigates the ‘problematisation’ of the recently inaugurated mosque in the city of Athens, the capital’s first ‘official’ mosque since the country was liberated from the Ottoman Empire almost two centuries ago. Building on and developing the existing scholarly literature on the problematisation of mosques in the contemporary European setting, this article generates new knowledge by focusing on the Greco-specific context of that same problematisation: an amalgam of history, geography, religion and culture, that asymmetrically shape and inform how and why the new Athens mosque is—and indeed continues to be—a site of conflict and opposition. Presenting new empirical data, this article uses an innovative and original approach to bring together two separate pieces of fieldwork undertaken first-hand by the authors in 2001/2 and 2019/20. Analysing the two sets of data, a threefold thematic structure is employed that focuses on Greece’s history, Christian Orthodoxy and global terrorism. This article first explores the existing scholarly canon relating to the contemporary problematisation of mosques through a focused overview of Greece’s history, religion and culture appropriate to mosques and in part, Muslims and Islam. From there it sets out the findings from the two periods of fieldwork to illustrate and evidence discourses of opposition towards the mosque and how these serve to function both symbolically and tangibly. Using the thematic analysis, theories relating to the ideological processes of Islamophobia are deployed to elucidate a better understanding of the Athens mosque. In doing so, this article makes a timely contribution.

scholarly journals Flâneuring and observing the city. The self-ethnographic experience in urban planning

2021 ◽  
Vol 899 (1) ◽  
pp. 012015
Author(s):  
V Pamporis ◽  
A Micheli
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Self ◽  
Subjective Perception ◽  
Individual Perceptions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Architectural Structures ◽  
The City ◽  
Shed Light

Abstract In this article, our intension is to shed light on this thought: the city in all its dimensions, becomes a reception space not only in the base of individual perceptions but also through a “nostalgic” lived dimension for something that may have been irrevocably lost or for something that is desirable. This point of view enables us to approach the city in an emotionally way of seeing, against the irrational, technical and unquestionable manner used by urban specialists. So far, the social and anthropological factor in urban planning has not been the main goal on the projects. Nevertheless, the postmodernity perspective demands new steps forward on urban field thought which are more dialectical and with a strong personal value imprint of the inhabitant’s demand. The study aims to evaluate the (possible) attitudes, representations, conflicts and desires of inhabitants and specialists for specific urban environments (cases) integrating the sense of the imaginary (subjective) perception and the dimensions arising from the reception of architectural structures and forms in the space but also to gain insight of a dipper understanding of the idealistic image of the city entities.

scholarly journals Pespuntes semióticos III

LETRAS ◽  
2010 ◽  
pp. 99-124
Author(s):  
Gastón Gaínza
Keyword(s):  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Social Experience ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City

El estudio parte de que todo ser humano accede a la semiosis de la reproducción social, de su entorno existencial. Utilizando la noción de semiosfera (Lotman), y derivaciones conceptuales como la de texto, en un sentido amplificado, se analizan tres aspectos de la experiencia social de un individuo: el fenómeno de la otredad, geográfica y cultural; la ciudad como marca situacional e ideológica, incluido su tratamiento literario; y la conciencia de los contrastes en el devenir histórico de un país. The basis of this study is that all human beings are part of the semiosis of social reproduction, of their existential environment. Using the notion of semiosphere (Lotman), and conceptual derivations such as that of text, in a simplified sense, three aspects are analyzed regarding the social experience of an individual: the phenomenon of geographical and cultural othemess; the city as a situational and ideological sign, including its literary treatment; and the awareness of contrasts in a country's historical future.

CRISE, RENTISMO E OS LIMITES PARA O DIREITO À CIDADE HOJE NO BRASIL

GEOgraphia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (42) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Pedro Henrique de Mendonça Resende
Keyword(s):  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Right To The City ◽  
Land Conflict ◽  
Brazilian Society ◽  
The Social ◽  
Belo Horizonte ◽  
The Right ◽  
Social Wealth ◽  
The City

Resumo: As três primeiras partes deste artigo apresentam três elementos que perpassam a sociedade brasileira contemporânea: os limites irreversíveis alcançados pela reprodução social do capital, as formas rentistas de acumulação capitalista da riqueza social e os obstáculos à realização do direito à cidade. Na quarta parte deste artigo os três elementos anteriormente apresentados são brevemente articulados por meio de apontamentos acerca de fenômenos e processos relacionados aos conflitos presentes na região das ocupações da Izidora, localizada na periferia norte da metrópole de Belo Horizonte.Palavras-chave: Crise de reprodução do capital. Rentismo. Direito à cidade. Conflito fundiário urbano. Ocupações da Izidora (Belo Horizonte/MG). CRISIS, RENTISM AND THE LIMITS TO THE RIGHT TO THE CITY TODAY IN BRAZILAbstract: The first three parts of this article present three elements that permeate contemporary Brazilian society: the irreversible limits currently achieved by the social reproduction of capital; the rentier forms of accumulation of capitalist social wealth; and the obstacles to the realization of the right to the city. In the fourth part of this article the three elements previously presented are briefly articulated by means of notes about phenomena and processes related to the conflicts in the region of occupations Izidora, located on the northern periphery of the metropolis of Belo Horizonte.Keywords: Crisis of capital reproduction. Rentierism. The right to the city. Urban land conflict. Region of occupations Izidora (Belo Horizonte/MG). CRISE, RENTISME ET LES LIMITES DU DROIT À LA VILLE AUJOURD’HUI AU BRÉSILRésumé: Les trois premières parties de cet article présentent trois éléments qui imprègnent la société brésilienne contemporaine: les limites irréversibles actuellement atteintes par la reproduction sociale du capital; les formes rentières de l’accumulation de la richesse sociale capitaliste; et les obstacles à la réalisation du droit à la ville. Dans la quatrième partie de cet article, les trois éléments précédemment présentés sont brièvement articulés à travers des notes sur les phénomènes et les processus liés aux conflits dans la région des occupations Izidora, situé à la périphérie nord de la métropole de Belo Horizonte.Mots-clés: Crise de la reproduction du capital. Rentisme. Le droit à la ville. Conflit foncier urbain. Région d’occupation Izidora (Belo Horizonte/MG). 

scholarly journals La regata Sevilla-Betis: pasado, presente y futuro = Sevilla-Betis regatta: past, present and future

2018 ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Juan Gavala
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City ◽  
Impacto Económico ◽  
Shed Light

Resumen: El propósito de este artículo es arrojar luz sobre el origen, evolución y presente de la Regata Sevilla-Betis, la prueba deportiva más antigua que se sigue desarrollando en Sevilla y la regata de remo de larga distancia más importante de toda España. Para la revisión histórica se ha utilizado un método cualitativo mixto (interactivo y no interactivo). Para conocer el presente de la Regata se ha estimado realizar un análisis del impacto económico, social y deportivo de la prueba. Para el impacto económico se ha realizado un balance de costes/beneficios, mientras que para conocer los impactos social y deportivo se procedió a pasar una encuesta (Porras, et al., 2010) tanto a los asistentes como a personas que viven en Sevilla. Los resultados más destacados son que la Regata en sus inicios sufrió altibajos e incluso llegó a desaparecer durante varios años, sin embargo, volvió a resurgir y se presenta actualmente con casi sesenta años de vida, y cincuenta ediciones completadas, y con una valoración deportiva por parte de la ciudad de un 71%, una valoración social del 63% y una importancia económica del 50% por lo que la valoración de la Regata Sevilla-Betis como evento deportivo es del 57%Abstract: The purpose of this article is to shed light on the origin, evolution and present of the Seville-Betis Regatta, the oldest sporting event that is still being developed in Seville and the most important long-distance rowing regatta in Spain. For the historical review, a mixed qualitative method (interactive and non-interactive) has been used. In order to know the present of the Regatta, an analysis of the economic, social and sporting impact of the race was estimated. For the economic impact, a balance of costs / benefits was made, while to know the social and sporting impacts, a survey was carried out (Porras, et al., 2010) both to the attendees and to people living in Seville. The most outstanding results are that the Regatta in its beginnings suffered ups and downs and even disappeared for several years, however, it resurfaced again and is currently presented with almost sixty years of life, and fifty editions completed, and with a sports valuation by part of the city of 71%, a social valuation of 63% and an economic importance of 50%, so the valuation of the Sevilla-Betis Regatta as a sporting event is 57%.

VICTORIANS LIVE: Images of Empire: Art and Artifacts in Cape Town, South Africa

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 335-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole G. Silver
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
British Colony ◽  
Cultural Domination ◽  
A Site ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The City ◽  
Victoria Street

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA–eclectic, vibrant, and heterogeneous–still bears the marks of its past as a site of Victoria's empire. The city abounds in English Victorian artifacts: buildings, statues, fountains, streets and their names (even to Victoria Street and Rhodes Drive) are all reminders of the period, but one wonders what, if anything, they mean to the people who live with them. Some recognize them as a legacy–pleasant or unpleasant– of the days when the Cape was a British colony; to others they are symbols whose context has been forgotten, to yet others, they are simply objects devoid of extrinsic meaning. All are, however, artifacts of imperialism, in its broader sense of the social, political, economic, and cultural domination of one group over all others.

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