An Ethnography Of The Goodman Building

Author : Niccolo Caldararo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030122850

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An Ethnography of the Goodman Building by Niccolo Caldararo Pdf

“An Ethnography of the Goodman Building vividly incorporates a wide variety of methods to tell the story of class struggle in a building, neighborhood, and city that is replicated globally. I read it as a number of boxes inside each other opened in the course of reading. Caldararo recounts the building’s personal “biography” to convey not only the “facts about,” but the “feelings about” the flesh and blood of the building and its surrounding neighborhood.” —Jerome Krase, Brooklyn College of The City University of New York, USA “This unique contribution to the field of urban and regional studies counteracts current trends in the ethnographies of urban movements by offering, with great hindsight, an analysis from a physical space, and from first-hand experience. The focal point is one building, and the author is a former tenant. This perspective is appealing, especially in an era of global connections where macro social movements are on the front line of urban life and research.” —Nathalie Boucher, Director and Researcher, Respire, and Affiliated Professor Assistant, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University, Canada. Through in-depth analysis and narrative investigation of an actual building occupation, Niccolo Caldararo seeks to not only offer an historical account of the Goodman Building in San Francisco, but also focus on the active resistance tactics of its residents from the 1960s to the 1980s. Taking as its focal point the building itself, the volume weaves in and out of every life involved and the struggles that surround it—San Francisco’s urban renewal, ethnic clearing, gentrification, and municipal governance at a time of booming urban growth. Caldararo, a tenant at the center of its strikes and activities, provides a unique perspective that counteracts current trends in ethnographies of urban movements by grounding its analysis in physical and tangible space.

Author : Niccolo Caldararo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783031137457

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A Mental Ethnography: Conclusions from Research in LSD by Niccolo Caldararo Pdf

There has recently been a renewed interest in both casual use of psychedelics as well as experimental use and attempts to discover therapeutic value. There is an effort to recapture the achievements and failures of past work to guide present use. This book is based around material derived from unpublished scientific research from Dr. Robert Mogar’s laboratory and built upon by forty years of field research by the author. The author Niccolo Caldararo participated in a number of studies of perception, including sensory deprivation and psychotropic drugs, some of recent manufacture or discovery and some of primitive or traditional societies. He places this analysis of the physiological aspects of hallucinations, delusions, visions and dreamsn context through an , as well as cross cultural data on dreams, dreaming and drug use and the social value of hallucinations, dreams and visions. The book reviews ethnographic literature in this area and contributes to a comprehensive evaluation of past work done in this area.

Author : Macelle Mahala
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780810145160

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Black Theater, City Life by Macelle Mahala Pdf

Macelle Mahala’s rich study of contemporary African American theater institutions reveals how they reflect and shape the histories and cultural realities of their cities. Arguing that the community in which a play is staged is as important to the work’s meaning as the script or set, Mahala focuses on four cities’ “arts ecologies” to shed new light on the unique relationship between performance and place: Cleveland, home to the oldest continuously operating Black theater in the country; Pittsburgh, birthplace of the legendary playwright August Wilson; San Francisco, a metropolis currently experiencing displacement of its Black population; and Atlanta, a city with forty years of progressive Black leadership and reverse migration. Black Theater, City Life looks at Karamu House Theatre, the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Pittsburgh Playwrights’ Theatre Company, the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, the African American Shakespeare Company, the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival, and Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company to demonstrate how each organization articulates the cultural specificities, sociopolitical realities, and histories of African Americans. These companies have faced challenges that mirror the larger racial and economic disparities in arts funding and social practice in America, while their achievements exemplify such institutions’ vital role in enacting an artistic practice that reflects the cultural backgrounds of their local communities. Timely, significant, and deeply researched, this book spotlights the artistic and civic import of Black theaters in American cities.

Author : Ronald L. Braithwaite,Sandra E. Taylor,John N. Austin
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1999-11-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781452261980

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Building Health Coalitions in the Black Community by Ronald L. Braithwaite,Sandra E. Taylor,John N. Austin Pdf

Examines a wide range of problems and issues associated with the phenomenon of coalition building for health promotion.

Author : M. Jan Holton
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621892724

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Building the Resilient Community by M. Jan Holton Pdf

How do some communities around the world that suffer outrageous violence and trauma manage, with few outside resources, not only to survive, but to thrive? September 11, the devastation of hurricane Katrina, school shootings, and other events of community violence and trauma have taught us, as a nation and a church, about the fundamental importance of building a caring community that fosters resilience and hope. Building the Resilient Community takes a refreshing turn of perspective by giving priority not only to the formally educated voices of the West but to those among the most marginalized and invisible in the world: refugees. Based on ethnographic research in Kakuma Refugee Camp and remote villages of southern Sudan, Holton presents a communal case study of a group of devoutly Christian refugees known as the Lost Boys of Sudan and asks the question, Might they have something to teach us about being a resilient community? As Holton investigates their deeply embedded cultural and religious beliefs that nurture a profound sense of responsibility toward others, we find a communal relationship that reflects a unique sense of care and obligation. This deep frame for communal care breaks through as the root of a remarkable faith narrative that serves to help mitigate symptoms of trauma and to undergird resilience, and may do the same for us.

Author : Andy Priestner,Matt Borg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317003137

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User Experience in Libraries by Andy Priestner,Matt Borg Pdf

Modern library services can be incredibly complex. Much more so than their forebears, modern librarians must grapple daily with questions of how best to implement innovative new services, while also maintaining and updating the old. The efforts undertaken are immense, but how best to evaluate their success? In this groundbreaking new book from Routledge, library practitioners, anthropologists, and design experts combine to advocate a new focus on User Experience (or ‘UX’) research methods. Through a combination of theoretical discussion and applied case studies, they argue that this ethnographic and human-centred design approach enables library professionals to gather rich evidence-based insights into what is really going on in their libraries, allowing them to look beyond what library users say they do to what they actually do. Edited by the team behind the international UX in Libraries conference, User Experience in Libraries will ignite new interest in a rapidly emerging and game-changing area of research. Clearly written and passionately argued, it is essential reading for all library professionals and students of Library and Information Science. It will also be welcomed by anthropologists and design professionals working in related fields.

Author : David Goodman Mandelbaum
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : 0889770131

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The Plains Cree by David Goodman Mandelbaum Pdf

Based on the author's thesis. Part I was previously published in 1940 by the American Museum of Natural History. This revised edition includes two additional comparative sections.

Author : Simon Coleman,Susan B. Hyatt,Ann Kingsolver
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317590668

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The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Anthropology by Simon Coleman,Susan B. Hyatt,Ann Kingsolver Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Anthropology is an invaluable guide and major reference source for students and scholars alike, introducing its readers to key contemporary perspectives and approaches within the field. Written by an experienced international team of contributors, with an interdisciplinary range of essays, this collection provides a powerful overview of the transformations currently affecting anthropology. The volume both addresses the concerns of the discipline and comments on its construction through texts, classroom interactions, engagements with various publics, and changing relations with other academic subjects. Persuasively demonstrating that a number of key contemporary issues can be usefully analyzed through an anthropological lens, the contributors cover important topics such as globalization, law and politics, collaborative archaeology, economics, religion, citizenship and community, health, and the environment. The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Anthropology is a fascinating examination of this lively and constantly evolving discipline.

Author : Karen S. Cook,John Hagan
Publisher : Annual Reviews
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0824322282

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Annual Review of Sociology by Karen S. Cook,John Hagan Pdf

This collection of recent work in the field of sociology presents articles on theory and methods, social processes, institutions and culture, political and economic sociology, differentiation and stratification, the individual and society, policy, and historical sociology. Welfare reform, mathematic

Author : Garth Stahl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317205111

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Ethnography of a Neoliberal School by Garth Stahl Pdf

As a school ethnography, this book explores the controversial schooling practices and strategies embedded in charter school management organizations (CMOs), as well as how these practices influence teaching and learning, school leadership, teachers’ professional identities, and students’ understanding of success. By theorizing the common practices within the organization, Stahl connects current research in neoliberal governance, neoliberal structuring of educational policy, aspiration and social reproduction in schooling. Honing in on the discourse on education reform, Stahl demonstrates that a "unique blend" of neoliberalism and social justice values have permeated the CMO’s institutional culture, promoting the belief that adopting corporate practices will fix America’s schools and ensure equity of opportunity for all. The inclusion of institutional texts (emails, Blackberry messages, posters, and rubrics) balances the personal-subjective and inter-subjective to capture a blend of neoliberalism and social justice reframing.

Author : Jane Braunger,Jan Patricia Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Language acquisition
ISBN : UVA:X004206007

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Building a Knowledge Base in Reading by Jane Braunger,Jan Patricia Lewis Pdf

Author : Emma-Jayne Abbots
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781472598554

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The Agency of Eating by Emma-Jayne Abbots Pdf

Deciding what to eat and how to eat it are two of the most basic acts of everyday life. Yet every choice also implies a value judgement: 'good' foods versus 'bad', 'proper' and 'improper' ways of eating, and 'healthy' and 'unhealthy' bodies. These food decisions are influenced by a range of social, political and economic bioauthorities, and mediated through the individual 'eating body'. This book is unique in the cultural politics of food in its exploration of a range of such bioauthorities and in its examination of the interplay between them and the individual eating body. No matter whether they are accepted or resisted, our eating practices and preferences are shaped by, and shape, these agencies. Abbots places the body, materiality and the non-human at the heart of her analysis, interrogating not only how the individual's embodied eating practices incorporate and reject the bioauthorities of food, but also how such authorities are created by the individual act of eating. Drawing on ethnographic case studies from across the globe, The Agency of Eating provides an important analysis of the power dynamics at play in the contemporary food system and the ways in which agency is expressed and bounded. This book will be of great benefit to any with an interest in food studies, anthropology, sociology and human geography.

Author : Sheena Gardner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780415874946

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Multilingualism, Discourse, and Ethnography by Sheena Gardner Pdf

In addressing the changing field of multilingualism, the aims of this volume are: to focus on cutting edge research on multilingualism which incorporates critical, interpretive perspectives to exemplify the range of approaches to description and analysis which are currently employed within this strand of research on multilingualism to consider the methodological issues which arise in particular kinds of studies in particular sociolinguistic spaces.

Author : Michelle Pentecost,Jaya Keaney,Tessa Moll,Michael Penkler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781009201728

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The Handbook of DOHaD and Society by Michelle Pentecost,Jaya Keaney,Tessa Moll,Michael Penkler Pdf

An indispensable guide for scholars completing interdisciplinary research in the field of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.

Author : Merrill Singer,Pamela I. Erickson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781118863213

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A Companion to Medical Anthropology by Merrill Singer,Pamela I. Erickson Pdf

A Companion to Medical Anthropology examines the current issues, controversies, and state of the field in medical anthropology today. Provides an expert view of the major topics and themes to concern the discipline since its founding in the 1960s Written by leading international scholars in medical anthropology Covers environmental health, global health, biotechnology, syndemics, nutrition, substance abuse, infectious disease, and sexuality and reproductive health, and other topics