Modern and Postmodern - Sociology of the City - Lecture Slides, Slides of Sociology

Download Modern and Postmodern - Sociology of the City - Lecture Slides and more Slides Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! The Sociology of the City Modern & Postmodern ‘Spaces and Places’ docsity.com Space & Place • ‘Place has to be one of the most multi- layered and multi-purpose words in our language’ (Harvey, 1993 p.4) • ‘Space’ = nowhere – merely a physical/geographical location - inauthenticity • ‘Place’ = somewhere – emotionally and personal significant - authenticity docsity.com Topophilia (& Topophobia) (Yi Fu Tuan, 1999) • Affection for place • ‘Religious’/Familial Ties. • Traditional identity and collective memory • Hostility to: Change, Renewal, Rationalisation, & Commodification Why? Destroy Authenticity and Sense of Place docsity.com Modernity, Postmodernity & The City • The Rational Society & The Rationalisation of Urban Space: • 1. Personal to impersonal attachment (space) • 2. Standardisation diminishes unique characteristics. • 3. Relocation – Out of Town/Edge City • 4. Spaces reflect power (who goes where?) • 5. Spaces are commodified • 6. Space and behaviour • Modernity - Disenchantment, Rationality and Modernity (Weber) • Postmodernity - Re-enchantment (Baudrillard, Derrida, Bryman etc.) docsity.com Grand Visions : Ebenezer Howard (1890’s +) • Ebenezer Howard & The Garden City (late 19th C.) – the roots of (sub)urban disneyfication? • (See also Raymond Unwin) docsity.com New Urbanism • Anti-Modernist Urban Sprawl & Zoning – see Jane Jacobs • ‘Traditional Neighborhood Design’ • Collaborative Planning • Neighbourhood/ Pedestrian Scale & Social Interaction • Sustainable Cities docsity.com The Postmodern City • The City as Text (Derrida) • Simulacra (Baudrillard) • Disneyfication (Bryman) • Hybridity docsity.com The Fantasy City (Hannigan, 1998) • 1) Theme-o-centric • 2) Branding • 3) 24 hour experience • 4) Modular (global brands) • 5) Solipsistic • 6) Postmodern docsity.com