2. The Social Logics of Need: Consumer Desire in Mombasa

2019 ◽  
pp. 34-58
Keyword(s):  
The Social ◽  
Social Logics ◽  
Consumer Desire

The Fabrication of Networked Socialities

2009 ◽  
pp. 207-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Landri
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Social Studies Of Science ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Theoretical Frame ◽  
Virtual Communities Of Practice ◽  
Social Logics

This chapter is dedicated to analyse the fabrication of networked socialities, that is to address the complex interweaving of technologies of information and communication and the manifold instantiations of sociality. Networked socialities are digital formations being produced out of the intertwining of social logics outside and inside digital spaces and society. Such contribution is organized as follows: first, it will present the theoretical frame necessary to grasp the fabrication of sociologies in our information age, drawing on some concepts elaborated by the social studies of science and technology, together with the studies of the global digital worlds. Then, it will highlight the analytical fruitfulness of this perspective by describing some digital formations, such as social network sites, virtual communities of practice, and electronic markets. Finally, it will discuss the effects and the implications of such fabrication as a re-configuration of social, the emerging post-social relationships as well as the increasing fragility of knowledge societies.

scholarly journals The possibilities and limits of political contestation in times of ‘urban austerity’

Urban Studies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (9) ◽  
pp. 2087-2106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Crispian Fuller ◽  
Karen West
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
City Government ◽  
Discourse Theory ◽  
Policy Area ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Social Logics ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

This paper seeks to provide a conceptual framework in which to examine the social practices of contemporary austerity programmes in urban areas, including how these relate to different conceptions of crisis. Of current theoretical interest is the apparent ease with which these austerity measures have been accepted by urban governing agents. In order to advance these understandings we follow the recent post-structuralist discourse theory ‘logics’ approach of Glynos and Howarth (2007), focusing on the relationship between hegemony, political and social logics, and the subject whose identificatory practices are key to understanding the form, nature and stability of discursive settlements. In such thinking it is not only the formation of discourses and the mobilisation of rhetoric that are of interest, but also the manner in which the subjects of austerity identify with these. Through such an approach we examine the case of the regeneration/economic development and planning policy area in the city government of Birmingham (UK). In conclusion, we argue that the logics approach is a useful framework through which to examine how austerity has been uncontested in a city government, and the dynamics of acquiescence in relation to broader hegemonic discursive formations.

Introduction

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Hook
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
The South ◽  
The Social ◽  
Prejudice And Discrimination ◽  
Social Prejudice ◽  
Social Logics

The theoretical objectives of this special focus on critical contexts of pathology are briefly examined under four general themes: ‘over-determining psychopathology’, ‘opposing universalizing and/or apolitical trends’, ‘the social logics of discrimination’, and ‘de-essentializing psychopathology’. This discussion links the different papers gathered together here and pin-points an overall critical imperative, that of destabilizing notions of psychopathology as exclusively individualistic, decontexualized, essentialist or organic forms of ‘sickness’. The paper also reflects on the South Africa context and queries how examinations of psychopathology may inflect broader questions of social prejudice and discrimination.

scholarly journals On the banality of wilful blindness: Ignorance and affect in extractive encounters

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 490-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Bovensiepen
Keyword(s):  
Development Project ◽  
The Other ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Resource Abundance ◽  
Oil Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
Ethical Evaluations ◽  
The One ◽  
Social Logics

Research on strategic ignorance tends to focus on the deliberate manufacture of non-knowledge as a tool of governance. In contrast, this article highlights the ‘banal’ workings of wilful blindness, how it can become a normalised part of corporate routine. It examines the diverse dynamics of wilful blindness that became visible in the planning and implementation of a mega oil development project in Timor-Leste, including spatial distancing, denial of moral implications, and the production of effervescent moments of collective solidarity. It concludes that affective states are key in the normalisation of wilful blindness, which operates at the unstable boundary between intention and affect. An emphasis on wilful blindness helps us to bridge the gap between political economy approaches that emphasise the disruptive impact of resource abundance, on the one hand, and anthropological approaches that highlight the social logics and ethical evaluations of main actors involved, on the other.

scholarly journals Plural Inheritance Laws, Practices and Emergent Types of Property—Implications for Updating the Land Register

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 6087 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaid Abubakari ◽  
Christine Richter ◽  
Jaap Zevenbergen
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Physical Property ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Individual Property ◽  
Land Registration ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Logics ◽  
Land Register

Sustaining up-to-date land registers in the global south is an increasing concern for the protection of tenure, development of land markets and long-term sustainable planning practices and policy. It requires both the prompt reporting of land transfers and also an alignment between prevailing land rights and official recording systems. The literature on land registration highlights some effects of inheritance practices on the land register and land development. Taking these studies a step further, our research investigates how such effects evolve from the rules that guide inheritance practices using a qualitative research approach. We found that normative practices of inheritance mostly lead to communal property through numerous processes which have implications on the timing and likelihood of possible registration. Also, we found that the significance of land and buildings in the social context transcends the physical property per se and includes dimensions of spirituality and social identity. Our findings explain the misalignment between the official and social logics of property and suggest likelihood of non-reporting. We conclude that flexibility is required in recording communal rights in rural areas and that the transition to individual property is more likely in peri-urban and urban areas where the social logics of property have broken.

Design Thinking at the Core: Learn New Ways of Thinking and Doing by Reframing

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Ge ◽  
Larry Leifer
Keyword(s):  
Design Thinking ◽  
Belief System ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Improve Design ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ways Of Thinking ◽  
Extensive Body ◽  
Social Logics

We present a theoretical framework about how designers learn new ways of thinking and doing named the reframing theory. The theory underlines why some designers’ creative behaviors endure and some not in face of a conflicting social belief system. In this paper, we first describe the problems that designers and educators face when the cultures that designers attach to and the social logics that they invoke to make sense of their practices are constantly changing. Second, we decode the phenomenon and unpack the problems by drawing on an extensive body of research on cognitive processes, learning theories, and social influences. Third, we propose a theoretical framework to denote that the key to develop and maintain enduring creative behaviors is through reconstruction of one’s perceptions. This theory-oriented paper ends by discussing future directions for educators and researchers, with the aim to advance the research and academic discussions about how to improve design ability.

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