scholarly journals Knowledge society: Cultural and post-cultural questions and implications for an ekistics approach

Author(s):  
Demosthenes Agrafiotis

The author graduated in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), obtained his M.Sc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 1970, with postgraduate studies in Business Management from the Athens School of Commercial Studies in 1972 and obtained his Ph. D from the Université Paris IX-Dauphine (1976-1978). He is a member of 20 scientific associations and committees including the World Society for Ekistics. The text that follows is a slightly revised and edited version of a paper presented by the author at the international symposion on " Globalization and Local Identity, " organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September, 2005.

Author(s):  
Amos Rapoport

The author is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Architecture, School of Architecture and Urban Planning , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. Professor Rapoport is also a member of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE). The text that follows was made available to participants at the international symposion on "Globalization and Local Identity, " organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September, 2005, which Professor Rapoport was finally unable to attend.


Author(s):  
Dieter Frick

The author, after studying architecture in Munich and Berlin, and working in a large number of international architectural offices, served as Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Technische Universität Berlin, and as a member of the Deutsche Akademie für Städtebau und Landesplanung. Dr Frick is also Senior Fellow, Center for Metropolitan Planning and Research, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. His numerous publications have been published extensively in Germany and internationally. He is a member of the World Society for Ekistics. The text that follows is a slightly edited and revised version of a paper presented at the international symposion on "Globalization and Local Identity, " organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19- 24 September, 2005.


Author(s):  
Wu Liangyong

The author is Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies , Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China; member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; and Director of both the Institute of Architectural and Urban Studies and the Center for Human Settlements, Tsinghua University. He is also a member and former President of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE). The text that follows is a slightly edited and revised version of a paper presented at the international symposion on "Globalization and Local Identity," organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September, 2005.


Author(s):  
David Langridge

The author trained and worked initially as an urban planner with workin England and Australia. He was Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Environmental Studies (Architecture Planning, Landscape Architecture), Cheltenham College of Art, between 1971 and 1983. Since 1983, he has lived and worked in Edinburgh as an artist, developing a visual language. His subject matter is the City and its visual form, drawing inspiration from the city of Edinburgh. He is a graduate of the Athens Center of Ekistics and since 2003 a member of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE). The text that follows is the co-ordinator's report of the Poster Session on the afternoon of Friday, 23 September, 2005, with Nobuyuki Sekiguchi as Chairman, at the international symposion on "Globalization and Local Identity," organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September, 2005.


Author(s):  
William Michelson

The author is S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, at the University of Toronto. His special areas are Urban Sociology and Social Ecology, with a focus on built environments. His most recent book is Time Use: Expanding Explanation in the Social Sciences (Boulder, CO,Paradigm Publishers, 2005). Previous books include: Man and his Urban Environment: A Sociological Approach (1970 and 1976), Environmental Choice, Human Behavior, and Residential Satisfaction (1977), From Sun to Sun: Daily Obligations and Community Structure in the Lives of Employed Women and their Families (1985), Methods in Environmental and Behavioral Research (1987), and the Handbook of Environmental Sociology (2002). He is a member of the World Society for Ekistics, as well as the Royal Society of Canada. The text that follows is a slightly revised and edited version of a paper presented at the international symposion on "Globalization and Local Identity," organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September, 2005.


Author(s):  
Julia Otibhor Omokhodion

The author, holder of a Bachelor's degree in Sociology, a Masters'degree in Education Sociology, both from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and a Ph.D in Sociology of Education from the University of Birmingham, England, is currently an Associate Professor of Sociology of Education at Lagos State University, and an Adjunct Professorat Union Institute and University Graduate College, Cincinnati, Ohio,USA. She has over 40 publications (national and international) which include journal articles, book chapters, monographs, text books and commissioned empirical research reports. Dr Omokhodion is an external examiner to some Nigerian universities, a consultant to UNICEF, UNESCO and UNDP, Nigeria Country Offices, Federal Ministry of Education, National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal education, and does accreditation of Courses for Nigerian Colleges of Education. She is currently working on an expanded version of her book on the Sociology of Esan, Edo State, Nigeria and on another book on The Sociology of African Families. Dr Omokhodion is a member of the World Society for Ekistics. The text that follows is a slightly revised and edited version of a paper presented at the international symposion on "Globalization and LocalIdentity," organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September 2005.


Author(s):  
Lawrence D. Mann

The author is Professor Emeritus of Planning, Regional Development & Public Policy, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA and Biarritz, France. He is a member - and currently an Executive Council member- of the World Society for Ekistics. The text that follows is an editedand revised version of a paper presented at the international symposionon Globalization and Local Identity, organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September, 2005.


Author(s):  
Maurizio Bolognini

The author's research interests are: art, technology and democracy. On this latter subject he has published several essays and a book entitled Democrazia elettronica (Carocci, Rome, 2001). As an artist he has worked with digital technologies since the 1980s. One of his best-known works is Computer sigillati (Sealed Computers, 1992): more than 200 machines which are programmed to produce flows of random images and then left to work indefinitely, usually without monitors. His works have been exhibited widely in Europe and the USA. He has put on shows, presentations and performances in Paris, New York , Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sydney. His latest one-man shows include: Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea (Rome, 2003), WilliamsburgArt& Historical Center (New York, 2003), Museo di Arte ContemporaneaVilla Croce (Genoa, 2005). Latest books on his work: D. Scudero (ed.),Maurizio Bolognini: Installazioni, disegni, azioni (on/off line), (Lithos,2003); and S. Solimano (ed.), Maurizio Bolognini: Infinity out of Control(Neos, 2005). The text that follows was made available to the participants of the international symposion on "Globalization and Local Identity, " organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September, 2005, which the author was finally unable to attend.


Author(s):  
Haruhiko Goto

The author is Professor of Urban Design, Associate Dean, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. Dr Goto is a member of the World Society for Ekistics. The text that follows was presented at the international symposion on "Globalization and Local Identity, " organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September, 2005.


Author(s):  
Suzanne Keller

The author, President of the World Society for Ekistics, has served as Professor of Sociology at Princeton University for more than three decades, specializing in the study of Elites and Leadership, Urbanism,and Social Architecture (for the School of Architecture). An early Ekistician, she taught architects and planners at the Athens Center of Ekistics and was part of the overall research program. The goal to have a sociologist play such a central role during those formative years of ekistics was to expand the perspective of architects, planners, and builders to include sociological and psychological concepts and ideas. The recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, she is the author of a leading textbook in Sociology, The Urban Neighborhood (Random House,1968) actually begun in Athens, and most recently, Community, Pursuing the Dream, Living the Reality (Princeton University Press,2004) which received the Amalfi Prize of 2005. She is currently at work on Adult, that is Retirement Communities. The text that follows is an introductory statement to the international symposion on Globalizationand Local Identity, organized jointly by the World Society for Ekisticsand the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September, 2005.


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