Indirect Relationships and Imagined Communities: Large-Scale Social Integration and the Transformation of Everyday Life

2019 ◽  
pp. 95-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Calhoun
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Imagined Communities

scholarly journals Renovation of Shantytowns and Construction of New Communities

2021 ◽  
pp. 121-152
Author(s):  
Guoqing Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Urban Society ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Field Investigations ◽  
New Type ◽  
China’S Cities

AbstractLarge-scale shantytown renovation initiated in 2005 has completely changed the living environment of lower-income residents in Chinese cities. It has also brought about great changes in the make-up of urban communities. Over 100 million people now live in newly renovated former shantytowns, creating a new type of communityacross China's cities and towns. This chapter summarises the evolutionary phases in this process, outlining the characteristics and the different models involved. It then uses research from field investigations into four models of shantytown reconstruction to consider changes in social mobility and levels of segregation within the reconstructed communities. It also establishes the more holistic features of these new communities as a model for future development and greater social integration. The process draws on the shared heritage—the ‘roots and souls’—of earlier communities and reshapes ‘shantytown removal’ in a more socially integrated way for the future development of Chinese urban society.

The Beginnings of Teotihuacán

1960 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
René Millon
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Good Evidence ◽  
The Sun ◽  
The Moon ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
The City

AbstractThe problem of the age of the pyramids of the Sun and Moon at Teotihuacán is considered in the light of evidence from an extensive and hitherto unreported Tzacualli or Teotihuacán I occupation to the northwest of the Pyramid of the Moon. Material from a small excavation in this new zone is commented upon briefly. Previous analyses of the age of the pyramids are discussed in the context of the new evidence, the conclusion being that the Pyramid of the Sun and probably also the Pyramid of the Moon were built in the earliest phase of the occupation of Teotihuacán rather than later as commonly assumed. The relationships of the Tzacualli phase to other sites in the Valley of Mexico are discussed and it is concluded that the pyramids were probably built in about the last century before Christ or earlier. Since the building of these enormous pyramids implies a relatively complex level of social integration, this new level must have come into being some several hundred years or more before the building of the pyramids unless a large-scale migration was involved. For this it is contended there is no good evidence. Linné's new chronological placement of Tlamimilolpa before Xolalpan rather than after is discussed. Comments are made on the significance of this reversal of chronology for the growth of the city and for the expansion of its “influence” to other parts of Mesoamerica.

scholarly journals National Identity and Social Integration in International Marriages between Anglophone Women and Korean Men

Asian Survey ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 630-652
Author(s):  
Sarah A. Son
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Korean Society ◽  
South Korean ◽  
International Marriages ◽  
Cultural Boundaries ◽  
English Speaking

This article investigates the capacity and willingness of women from English-speaking countries, married to Korean men, to integrate into South Korean society, via examination of the expression of national identity in everyday life and the negotiation of relationships across socio-cultural boundaries.

scholarly journals Learning from Fiction to Change our Personal Narratives

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (61) ◽  
pp. 93-109
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Corsa
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Global Environmental

Can fictional literature help us lead better lives? This essay argues that some works of literature can help us both change our personal narratives and develop new narratives that will guide our actions, enabling us to better achieve our goals. Works of literature can lead us to consider the hypothesis that we might beneficially change our future-oriented, personal narratives. As a case study, this essay considers Ben Lerner’s novel, 10:04, which focuses on humans’ ability to develop new narratives, and which articulates a narrative that takes into account both everyday life and large-scale issues like the global, environmental crisis.

scholarly journals Mobilization in everyday life of the population of Trans-Baikal Region during the period of “Chinese complications” (1900-1901)

2021 ◽  
pp. 22-47
Author(s):  
Elena Sevostyanova
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Baikal Region ◽  
Political Conflict ◽  
Behavioral Strategies ◽  
Psychological Reactions ◽  
Power Strategies ◽  
Military Campaign ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Impact

The object of this research is the everyday life of Trans-Baikal Region during the military-political conflict. The official name of the conflict was “Military Campaign in China 1900-1901”, but in common practice it was called “Chinese complications” and “danger on the borders”. The subject of this research is mobilization in everyday life of the population of Trans-Baikal Region during the period of “Chinese complications” (1900-1901). The author examines the impact of mobilization upon life of the population, which behavioral strategies and psychological reactions were prevalent, assessments of the population regarding the causes of the conflict and its consequences for Trans-Baikal region, what and what language was used to describe it. In the analysis of newspaper materials, the article employed the methods of determining semantic-lexical elements; considered the methodological ideas of studying everyday life as a correlation between power strategies and tactics of everyday life. It was established that the population identified mobilization with uncontrolled natural disasters and catastrophic events, such as crop setback, floods, and large-scale epizootics. Mobilization alongside the Russia-China conflict overall, did not entail a surge of anti-Chinese sentiments, although incited xenophobia. The author explores the main issues of everyday life determined by mobilization and measures taken by the regional authorities aimed at ensuring security of the border areas and preventing famine. Analysis is conducted on the ideological and informational role of the church. The Trans-Baikal Church led the charity work, and all priests were authorized to accept donations.

LINGUISTIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TERM "ROAD MAP"

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 85-89
Author(s):  
NATAL’YA M. KOLOKOLOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Sociological Analysis ◽  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
Inappropriate Use ◽  
Road Map

The paper refers to the lexical meaning of the term "road map", which initially had a geographical and cartographic meaning, as a result of the calculated translation of the economic term roadmap into Russian, gained popularity in the administrative activities of institutions. The comparative research conducted in Russian and English is supported by large-scale sociological probing, the results of which prove the inappropriate use of this term in the professional and everyday life of the Russian-speaking population.

scholarly journals The General and the Specific in Modern Historical Knowledge

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-48
Author(s):  
Kseniya Vladimirovna Khvostova
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Historical Event ◽  
Mathematical Methods ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Linguistic Methods

The article focuses on the study of the particular features in understanding the relationship between general and specific manifestations of reality in historical research. The author describes historical civilizations as the unity of social, cultural, political and economic manifestations in societies. The author also examines the role of emergentism and mental causality in the understanding of global social phenomena and gives particular attention to the local-temporal changes in civilizations. The author analyzes the differences in understanding a historical event within the framework of modern philosophy and historical sciences. According to the philosophy of Heidegger and Deleuze, only large-scale phenomena that transcend the boundaries of daily life can be called “events”. An occurrence in everyday life should not be called an event. Taking into account the close ties among major historical events and happenings in daily life, and based on the role of specifics in the modern post-non-classical historical paradigm, the author proposes that the social phenomena of everyday life should also be considered in historical studies as events. The author also discusses the analysis of linguistic methods in historiography and the role of induction in historical research. The text focuses on the particularities of using mathematical methods in the historical analysis of the distant past and highlights historical transdisciplinarity. Finally, the author considers the role of the modern post-non-classical scientific paradigm and the role of synergy in historical research, The findings are illustrated using examples from Byzantine history.

Sport and National Identity

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilwyn Porter
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Imagined Communities ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter explores the role of sport in the construction of national identity. It focuses initially on sport as a cultural practice possessing the demonstrable capacity to generate events and experiences through which imagined communities are made real. The governments of nation-states or other political agencies might intervene directly in this process, using sport as a form of propaganda to achieve this effect. More often, however, the relationship between sport and national identity is reproduced in everyday life, flagged daily by the mass media as an expression of banal nationalism. Particular attention is given to the role of sports that are indigenous to particular nations and also to sports engaged in competitively between nations. These have contributed in different ways to the making of national identities.

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