Situating practices : the archive and the file cabinet
Practicing historical geography
Historical geography ; Massachusetts ; Organization ; Practice of geography ; Research ; United States of America
Paper deals with the Stockbridge Library Historical Room as an example of how its filing systems are the result of a set of social and institutional practices and technologies that, in turn, are part of a larger forms of social and spatial
System of social information in the practice of social geography
Concept ; Géographie sociale ; Information ; Système d'information géographique ; Théorie
Concept ; Geographical information system ; Information ; Social geography ; Theory
Many experts in the field speak of the need for the creation of social information, and this aspect of information is the subject of the present paper. Definition of social information. Sources of social information. Geographic information systems.
Epistemología ; Estrategia de actores ; Geografía económica ; Metodología ; Práctica social
The AA. first highlight the diverse strands of economic geography scholarship that have an explicit interest in practices and then propose an epistemological and methodological framework for a practice-oriented economic geography. A reformulated
retroductive methodology is outlined to assess the impacts and theoretical significance of particular economic-geographical practices.
Examen de la valeur des théories de la pratique sociale pour la géographie culturelle. L'A. considère la relation entre culture et usage de la langue en s'inspirant de la philosophie récente de Wittgenstein, qui explore les concepts de compréhension
Audiovisual ; Photography ; Place ; Socialpractice ; Tourism
Audiovisuel ; Lieu ; Photographie ; Pratique sociale ; Tourisme
The paper seeks to renegociate the role of visuals and visual practice within the tourist experience. The A. explores the ways in which visuals (photography) enliven tourists' becoming through a multiplicity of fluid and dynamic performances
, practices and processes. The emerging dynamics of visual practice renegociate new understandings between tourists and place to establish a series of conceptual moments.
Practices of solidarity : opposing apartheid in the centre of London
Activisme ; Apartheid ; England ; Géographie sociale ; London ; Royaume-Uni ; Solidarité transnationale
Activism ; Apartheid ; England ; London ; Social geography ; United Kingdom
Activismo ; Apartheid ; Geografía social ; Inglaterra ; Londres ; Reino Unido
This paper examines the spatial practices of the Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy in London (1986–1990). It explains how this movement produced solidarity with those resisting apartheid in South(ern) Africa. It argues that how the need
for anti-apartheid solidarity was framed politically cannot be understood in isolation from how it was performed in practice. The study of solidarity is enriched by paying attention to the micropolitics of the practices through which it is enacted
Caring for workers' dependents. Gender, class and local state practice in Melbourne
Australie ; Collectivité locale ; Communauté ; Femme ; Melbourne ; Participation ; Relations sociales ; Service ; Service social ; Société urbaine ; Victoria
Australia ; Community ; Local government ; Melbourne ; Participation ; Services ; Social relations ; Social service ; Urban society ; Victoria ; Woman
Focusing on child-care provision, but with some reference also to services for aged dependents, the paper describes the community-service practice of two Melbourne municipalities and the class and gender biases they incorporate.
Importance de l'aspect spatial dans la théorie sociale. Les trois tendances de la géographie sociale: l'empirique, la théorique et la pratique (de politique). (Vnm).
Concept ; Développement urbain ; Géographie humaine ; Justice sociale ; Logement ; Planification ; Qualité de la vie
La planification et la justice sociale: les planificateurs sociaux ne doivent pas être confondus avec les sociologues ou les anthropologues sociaux. La préoccupation portant sur les aspects sociaux d'un plan d'aménagement de l'urbanisme est souvent
Culture/economy and spaces of economic practice : positioning households in post-communism
Behaviour ; Economic restructuring ; Economic strategy ; Food production ; Household behaviour ; Slovak Republic ; Social network
Through an exploration of the spaces of household economic practice concerned with food production on family plots of land and with inter-household networks of reciprocity, the paper argues that such activities can be better situated within
the context of the articulation between deep-seated and long-standing economic practices imbued with cultural significance. It explores the inter-section of these cultural and economic practices through the lens of non-market production of surplus product
The A. scrutinizes the form of planning practice that has developed within the welfare state and emphasizes two different aspects of this practice, the ethical and pragmatic aspects. The usual form of action can be characterized as a certain form
Concept ; Espace ; Espace-temps ; Globalisation ; Géographie sociale ; Individu ; Lieu ; Modèle ; Société
Concept ; Model ; Place ; Social geography ; Society ; Space ; Space time
Human extensibility is fundamental to the ongoing processes of social structuration in which socialpractices are constitutive of social structures and social structures constrain persons and practices. While extensibility is partly determined
Observing guerrillas in the wild : reinterpreting practices of urban guerrilla gardening
Activism ; Built up area ; England ; Gardening ; Project ; Public space ; Social geography ; Social interaction ; Socialpractice ; United Kingdom ; Urban area ; Urban renewal
Activisme ; England ; Espace bâti ; Espace public ; Espace urbain ; Géographie sociale ; Interaction sociale ; Jardinage ; Pratique sociale ; Projet ; Royaume-Uni ; Rénovation urbaine
Activismo ; Espacio construido ; Espacio público ; Espacio urbano ; Geografía social ; Inglaterra ; Interaccíon social ; Proyecto ; Práctica social ; Reino Unido ; Renovación urbana
Using the example of ‘F Troop’—a group of gardeners operating on a site in an English midland city, this paper focuses on the practices of urban guerrilla gardening. It argues that the social backgrounds and motivations of those involved
Performing resistance ? Re-reading practices of urban cycling on London's South Bank
Cycling ; Daily life ; England ; London ; Mobility ; Neighbourhood ; Public space ; Redevelopment ; United Kingdom ; Urban area ; Urban practice ; Urban regeneration
The paper focuses on the urban cycling practices of bike trails and BMX in order to illustrate that these practices are perhaps not as resistant as previous accounts have argued. Using ethnographic methods, it discusses the practice and reception
of display, sociality, and authority inherent in these public performances. These styles of riding largely perform the social and cultural norms enshrined in the redevelopment of the South Bank.
Marxism ; Perception ; Philosophy ; Practice of geography ; Research ; Social theory ; Society
Abstraction ; Marxisme ; Perception ; Philosophie ; Pratique de la géographie ; Recherche ; Réalisme ; Société ; Théorie sociale
L'article concerne la philosophie du réalisme utilisée par les géographes pour expliquer la complexité des sociétés : l'approche « réaliste », associant plusieurs méthodologies (théories marxiste et sociale), éclaircit la nature des faits sociaux et
The imagineering of resistance : Pollock Free State and the practice of postmodern politics
Autoroute ; Conflit ; Environnement ; Glasgow ; Géographie sociale ; Mouvement social ; Postmodernisme ; Protection de l'environnement ; Royaume-Uni ; Scotland
Conflict ; Environment ; Environmental conservation ; Glasgow ; Motorway ; Post-modernism ; Scotland ; Social geography ; Social movement ; United Kingdom
of an ecological encampment located in the projected path of the motorway. Such resistance is characteristic of a postmodern political practice. It is symbolic and extensively mediated.
Practicing new economic geographies : a methodological examination
Decision making process ; Economic geography ; Epistemology ; Practice of geography ; Research technique ; Social relations
Epistémologie ; Géographie économique ; Pratique de la géographie ; Rapports sociaux ; Stratégie d'acteurs ; Technique de recherche
L'A. étudie quelques implications méthodologiques de la nouvelle configuration de l'économique en géographie économique. Il s'agit de comprendre l'ancrage social de l'action économique, de cartographier les identités changeantes des acteurs sociaux