The City—A Popular Assembly

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludger Schwarte
Keyword(s):  
Primary Task ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Social Events ◽  
Living Together ◽  
The City ◽  
Dense Basis

The architecture of cities provides infrastructures for thousands of people.Yet if it seems that the primary task of this architecture is to make the administration of many people, their living together, their work, their leisure, possible on a rational and dense basis, we ought not oversee that the fulfillment of these functions is not a sufficient condition of what makes a city. Important characteristics of urbanity rather enable the meeting of a multitude of people. Cities count among the conditions for social events insofar as they assemble. In my paper, I propose to analyze this architectural condition as the decisive difference between »Being With« in contrast to just »Being next to«.

scholarly journals Prediction limits of mobile phone activity modelling

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 160900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dániel Kondor ◽  
Sebastian Grauwin ◽  
Zsófia Kallus ◽  
István Gódor ◽  
Stanislav Sobolevsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Full Spectrum ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Social Events ◽  
Prediction Limits ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
City Structure ◽  
The City

Thanks to their widespread usage, mobile devices have become one of the main sensors of human behaviour and digital traces left behind can be used as a proxy to study urban environments. Exploring the nature of the spatio-temporal patterns of mobile phone activity could thus be a crucial step towards understanding the full spectrum of human activities. Using 10 months of mobile phone records from Greater London resolved in both space and time, we investigate the regularity of human telecommunication activity on urban scales. We evaluate several options for decomposing activity timelines into typical and residual patterns, accounting for the strong periodic and seasonal components. We carry out our analysis on various spatial scales, showing that regularity increases as we look at aggregated activity in larger spatial units with more activity in them. We examine the statistical properties of the residuals and show that it can be explained by noise and specific outliers. Also, we look at sources of deviations from the general trends, which we find to be explainable based on knowledge of the city structure and places of attractions. We show examples how some of the outliers can be related to external factors such as specific social events.

scholarly journals Ambivalence in adulthood: Leaving the parental home

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-14
Author(s):  
Celia Regina HENRIQUES ◽  
Terezinha FÉRES-CARNEIRO ◽  
Andrea Seixas MAGALHÃES
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Parental Home ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Leaving Home ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Living Together ◽  
Relational Space ◽  
Gains And Losses ◽  
The City ◽  
Leaving The Parental Home

Abstract The purpose of this study was to understand the articulation of dialogues during the emerging adult's leaving home process including the problematization and tensions involved. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 middle-class young adults, aged 26 to 36, who still lived with their parents in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Several categories emerged from the content analysis, among which three are presented in this article: apprehension concerning the relational space, agreements and negotiations, and the perceptions of leaving the parental home. It was verified that leaving the parental home is a dynamic process negotiated between family members. It became evident that the gains and losses from living together for a long period of time are part of an ambivalent relational environment. The time necessary for the development of parent-children relationship cannot be determined chronologically since it is the time necessary for the subjects to understand themselves at a relational level.

scholarly journals Identidades, saberes, memoria histórica y prácticas comunitarias. Indígenas tobas migrantes en la ciudad de La Plata, capital de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

2003 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliana Tamagno
Keyword(s):  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Common Origin ◽  
National Society ◽  
Slave Labor ◽  
Market Society ◽  
La Plata ◽  
Living Together ◽  
Kinship Bonds ◽  
The City

Un trabajo de investigación sostenido desde 1985 con gente toba migrante en la ciudad de La Plata (Argentina) nos permite afirmar que no es cierto que han perdido su identidad, si por identidad entendemos un sentido de continuidad y una memoria coherente que evidencia el reconocerse en un origen común y que se objetiva en prácticas comunitarias. Prácticas comunitarias que se expresan no sólo en la insistencia en vivir juntos sino también y como consecuencia de ello, en el uso de la lengua de origen y en la vigencia de los lazos de parenteco establecidos según la tradición. Los testemonios, que acusan la fuerza de la memoria y de los proprios saberes, muestran que son capazes de reflexionar sobre si mismos y sobre la sociedad de la cual forman parte y actuar en consecuencia, de resolver situaciones manteniendo su distintividad. También nos muestran que no han estado a los márgenes y que no están excluidos, aunque su inclusión en la sociedad nacional haya estado mediada por la imposición de las leyes de la sociedad de mercado que, mediante la expropriación del territorio que ocupaban, los diezmó y confinó, conviertiéndolos en mano de obra ‘esclava’ al servicio de los emprendimientos productivos que el blanco estableciera en la región de origen. Abstract Investigation began in 1985 with Toba migrants in the city of La Plata, Argentina, allow us to say it is not certain they have lost their identity, if by identity we mean a sense of continuity and a coherent memory that makes evident a feeling of recognition around a common origin and that objectifies itself in communal practices. The latter express themselves not only in an insistence on living together but also in the use of a origin language and in kinship bonds established according to a tradition. Testimonies showing the force of memory and local knowledge are also able of reflection on themselves and on the society of which they are a part and act in consequence, maintaining their distinction. They also show us that these migrants are not in the margins and have not been excluded, even if their inclusion in the national society has been mediated by imposition of the laws of market society, which, through expropriation of their territory, have killed and confined them, converting them in “slave” labor to the service of enterprises established in the region by whites.

Positing the Polis: Topography as a Way to De-centre Urban Thinking

Urbanisation ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-154
Author(s):  
Filip De Boeck ◽  
Sammy Baloji
Keyword(s):  
Urban Theory ◽  
Urban Living ◽  
The Past ◽  
Living Together ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Gains And Losses ◽  
The City

Urban living constantly attempts to ‘suture’ the city, finding ways to stitch gains and losses, or pasts and futures together in the moment of the ‘urban now’. De Boeck’s reflection on the complexities of the postcolonial urban world in the Central African locale is shaped around the visual archive that he built up over the past years with photographer Sammy Baloji. This article addresses the possibilities of such a combination of ethnography and photography to de-centre and reframe urban theory and build an alternative urban archive to explore in novel ways what this ‘suturing’, this living and living together, might mean in Central Africa’s urban worlds today.

Signs and Meanings in the Representations of their Home City by the School Pupils of Daugavpils

2012 ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Mairita Folkmane ◽  
Ilva Skulte
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Living Together ◽  
Ethnic Schools ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

Daugavpils historically was the place where different ethnic groups are living together, interacting on the public spaces. The mixture of cultures is represented in the city landscape - home to every inhabitant, still having differents accents, figures and symbolical meanings. The following paper is based on the semiotic analysis of the pictures made by the pupils of different (ethnic) schools of Daugavpils, in order to understand what and how cildren "see" their city - what are the signs they use to construct the message about their city together and what do they mean - how different is a pictorial message. To do the analysis collection of the children drawings was made for an exhibition in the hall of the city munipality of Daugavpils - a material for our research. The findings show that besides of expected reference to different cultural traditions and some aestetical preferences, no difference exists between the way children represent their city. Diversity of cultural footprints in the landscape of the city and the pride for their city is present in the works of children coming from different ethnic, linguistic and cultural environments.

scholarly journals Du trouble à l’assistance

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 62-72
Author(s):  
Pedro José García Sánchez ◽  
Erwan Le Méner
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Urban Violence ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
Living Together ◽  
The City

In this paper the authors investigate a less documented side of street children’s (bakoroman) lives in Ouagadougou, namely, their encounters with strangers in town. These encounters lead to resources such as relationships, goods, protective time and space, or learning opportunities and punctuate the narratives of the bakoroman. They are one of the main dimensions of their lives in the urban public space as they go back and forth between the street and their homes (institutional and family). As such, these interactions participate in the construction of their biographical trajectories and bifurcations. From minimum reciprocity to relational vigilance, a broad spectrum of interactions delineates the possibilities and limits of an «ethics of fragility». Across these encounters the children create their space in the city, through circumstantial pedagogies of living together. These interactions can be read as resources to regulate urban violence, other than institutional or charitable interventions.

scholarly journals Islam Dan Diskriminasi Lgbt Dampaknya Pada Penurunan Ekonomi

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-90
Author(s):  
Yusnani ◽  
Welsi Haslina ◽  
Magfirah
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Code ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Living Together ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City ◽  
Descriptive Method

Sexual relations between members of the same sex article 292 of the Indonesian Criminal Code (KUHP) regulates that adults who commit immoral acts of same-sex homosexuals who are not yet adults are threatened with imprisonment for a maximum of five years. Islam regulates both the Qur'an and Al-Hadith in qath'i (firm) and muhkamat (clearly legal provisions) strongly opposed this behavior. Allah calls homosexual acts fashyyah (vicious bandages) accursed. This study applied the concept of the role of the clerics of the Health Service Coordinating Board in the prevention of homosexual HIV / AIDS in the city of Padang, a method for overcoming a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches resulting in policy recommendations. To describe the analysis of this research used descriptive method of prescriptive synthesis analysis. The government has not yet implemented the Draft Law article 292 The proposal applies a criminal law of five or a maximum of ten years, both adults and children or is punished equally with adultery both whipping law for single whips for married people. The regional economy will rise if the Islamic economy is upheld, investors can advance if they intend to improve the welfare of living together.

scholarly journals Intelligent Transportation Cyber-Physical System: On Crowd through Event Detection for Public Urban Transportation

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S11) ◽  
pp. 2375-2379
Keyword(s):  
Event Detection ◽  
Intelligent Transportation System ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Crowd Sensing ◽  
Social Events ◽  
Crowd Density ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Event Detection ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
The City

Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) has become the popular area of research since the last decade. Knowing the crowd density in every region of the city is of high importance for an ITS in delivering adequate transport facility to the public. Further, the occurrence of social events draw public crowd occasionally, in any specific region of the city. Thus, the combination of both the identification of crowd density and the social event detection lays a path to an interesting research in ITS. Having said, this paper proposes a methodology for the effective design of ITS with a primary focus on crowd sensing. The paper also presents a taxonomy of methods used to gather crowd density information through various sources. Furthermore, the research works that focused on event detection and crowd analysis are studied. Finally, the open challenges are identified and outlined which are promising research directions for ITS.

When Tenants Claimed the City

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Gold
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Urban Neighborhoods ◽  
World War ◽  
Racially Diverse ◽  
Postwar America ◽  
Living Together ◽  
The City

In postwar America, not everyone wanted to move out of the city and into the suburbs. For decades before World War II, New York's tenants had organized to secure renters' rights. After the war, tenant activists raised the stakes by challenging the newly dominant ideal of homeownership in racially segregated suburbs. They insisted that renters as well as owners had rights to stable, well-maintained homes, and they proposed that racially diverse urban communities held a right to remain in place—a right that outweighed owners' rights to raise rents, redevelop properties, or exclude tenants of color. Further, the activists asserted that women could participate fully in the political arenas where these matters were decided. Grounded in archival research and oral history, this book shows that New York City's tenant movement made a significant claim to citizenship rights that came to accrue, both ideologically and legally, to homeownership in postwar America. The book emphasizes the centrality of housing to the racial and class reorganization of the city after the war, the prominent role of women within the tenant movement, and their fostering of a concept of “urban community rights” grounded in their experience of living together in heterogeneous urban neighborhoods.

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