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"This book examines a variety of subjective spatial experiences and knowledge production practices in order to shed new light on the specifics of contemporary socio-spatial change, driven as it is by, inter alia, digitalization, transnationalization and migration. Considering the ways in which emerging spatial phenomena are conditioned by an increasing interconnectedness, it asks how spaces are changing as a result of mediatization, increased mobility, globalization and social dislocation. With attention to questions surrounding the negotiation and (visual) communication of space, it explores the arrangements, spatialities and materialities that underpin the processes of spatial refiguration by which these changes come about. Bringing together the work of leading scholars from across diverse range disciplines to address questions of socio-spatial transformation, this volume will appeal to sociologists and geographers, as well as scholars and practitioners of urban planning and architecture"--

This book examines a variety of subjective spatial experiences and knowledge production practices in order to shed new light on the specifics of contemporary socio-spatial change, driven as it is by inter alia, digitalization, transnationalization and migration. Considering the ways in which emerging spatial phenomena are conditioned by an increasing interconnectedness, this book asks how spaces are changing as a result of mediatization, increased mobility, globalization and social dislocation. With attention to questions surrounding the negotiation and (visual) communication of space, it explores the arrangements, spatialities and materialities that underpin the processes of spatial refiguration by which these changes come about. Bringing together the work of leading scholars from across diverse range disciplines to address questions of socio-spatial transformation, this volume will appeal to sociologists and geographers, as well as scholars and practitioners of urban planning and architecture.

In most reflections on cross-cultural comparison, scholars assume that "cultures" can be relatively clearly demarcated spatially and that "space" itself is a given entity. However, theories such as the theory of refiguration of spaces have stressed both that it is important to deconstruct the category "space" itself and that social processes have been characterized by major spatial transformations since the mid-twentieth century. Based on this idea, in two FQS thematic issues scholars from various disciplines will ask what consequences the refiguration of spaces has for cross-cultural comparison and what one can methodologically learn from research on cross-cultural comparison about the analysis of refiguration of spaces. In the first issue, authors from sociology and historical sciences are focusing mostly on the methodological issues. In this article, we provide a frame for this debate by ordering the earlier discussion on cross-cultural comparison along four questions: Why do we compare? Who or what are we comparing where and when? How can we compare? What methodological conclusions can be drawn from the debate on cross-cultural comparison concerning the analysis of social processes across different spatial scales and time layers in order to assess causality?

"Through a variety of empirical studies, this volume offers fresh insights into the manner in which different forms of communicative action transform urban space. With attention to the methodological questions that arise from the attempt to study such changes empirically, it offers new theoretical foundations for understanding the social construction and re-construction of spaces through communicative action. Seeing communicative action as the basic element in the social construction of reality and conceptualising communication not only in terms of the use of language and texts, but as involving any kind of objectification, such as technologies, bodies and non-verbal signs, it considers the roles of both direct and mediatised (or digitised) communication. An examination of the conceptualisation of the communicative (re-)construction of spaces and the means by which this change might be empirically investigated, this book demonstrates the fruitfulness of the notion of refiguration as a means by which to understand the transformation of contemporary societies. As such, it will appeal to sociologists, social theorists and geographers with interests in social construction and urban space"--

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com , has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license Through a variety of empirical studies, this volume offers fresh insights into the manner in which different forms of communicative action transform urban space. With attention to the methodological questions that arise from the attempt to study such changes empirically, it offers new theoretical foundations for understanding the social construction and reconstruction of spaces through communicative action. Seeing communicative action as the basic element in the social construction of reality and conceptualizing communication not only in terms of the use of language and texts, but as involving any kind of objectification, such as technologies, bodies and non-verbal signs, it considers the roles of both direct and mediatized (or digitized) communication. An examination of the conceptualization of the communicative (re-)construction of spaces and the means by which this change might be empirically investigated, this book demonstrates the fruitfulness of the notion of refiguration as a means by which to understand the transformation of contemporary societies. As such, it will appeal to sociologists, social theorists, and geographers with interests in social construction and urban space.

Following the concept of refiguration of spaces proposed by KNOBLAUCH and LÖW (2017), in this article I emphasize interfaces for theory building, methods, and comparative research from an economic geography and regional economics perspective. Since the refiguration of spaces offers an abstract frame capable of grasping spatial relations of any order and across various scales, I will discuss the utilization of concepts of space in both subdisciplines by employing a textbook analysis. Moreover, I will include two examples of current economic phenomena where refiguration takes place. Namely, I will analyze the internationalization of companies and world trade interdependencies according to concepts of space, their implication on methods, and comparative research. In my findings, I show that the abstract frame of refiguration of spaces unlocks great potential if applied consistently. Economic geography has a great deal to offer for the micro-foundation in the refiguration of spaces, working with qualitative methods and forward-thinking concepts of space (e.g., relational or topical points of view for comparison). Regional economics allows for progress concerning the macro-foundation in the refiguration of spaces through the increased availability of regional or big data and advanced quantitative methods (e.g., manifold indexes capturing refiguration).

In this article, I translate the analysis of the production of space as a social process into a processual methodology sensitive to its political aspects. This requires taking actors as well as the different socio-spatial logics into account. One of the main transformations since the 1970s - the historical period under scrutiny in the analysis of the refiguration of spaces - is that of re-scaling. This means that the relationship between socially meaningful geographic arenas (global/worldwide, national, regional, metropolitan, urban, local, bodily), and thus the (hierarchical) order of spatial scales as a whole, has been changing. In order to investigate the diachronic process of refiguration, I have therefore developed a multi-actor and multi-scalar approach. My methodological contribution starts from the inquiry into the socio-theoretical dimension of scale. I do so by asking what sociological analysis can learn from the (mostly geographical) scale debate, and, conversely, what a sociological contribution to this debate might look like. The empirical context from which this intervention stems is research on non-profit and non-governmental organizations in housing and asylum politics. Methodologically, two distinct approaches of social theory are discussed here respectively: that of Norbert ELIAS's figurational sociology, and that of Henri LEFEBVRE's theory of space.

Dieser zweite FQS-Schwerpunkt zum Thema "Die Refiguration von Räumen und Kulturvergleich" unterscheidet sich vom ersten dadurch, dass die Autor*innen 1. aus anderen Disziplinen stammen, 2. weniger die zeitlichen, dafür stärker die räumlichen Aspekte der Refiguration von Räumen betonen sowie sich 3. stärker auf Vergleichspraktiken von Forschenden statt auf den Vergleich substanzieller Unterschiede im Gegenstandbereich konzentrieren. Wie stark sich Praktiken von Forschenden unterscheiden können, wird durch den Vergleich von Grundlagenwissenschaften wie der Soziologie mit angewandten Wissenschaften wie der Stadtplanung deutlich. Wir veranschaulichen dies, indem wir zunächst zeigen, dass Forschende in ihrer Praxis eine Balance zwischen Engagement und Distanzierung im Sinne von Norbert ELIAS (2007 [1987]) herstellen müssen. Wissenskulturen von Disziplinen unterscheiden sich durch spezifische Balancen von Engagement und Distanzierung. Wir erläutern am Beispiel eines Vergleichs der deutschsprachigen Soziologie und der Stadtplanung, wie in Grundlagenwissenschaften und angewandten Wissenschaften in der Forschungspraxis diese Balance zwischen Engagement und Distanzierung austariert wird und wie sich diese Balance im Zuge der Refiguration von Räumen wandelt. Wir diskutieren abschließend, wie Unterschiede in der Balance von Engagement und Distanzierung in verschiedenen Wissenskulturen die Wechselwirkung zwischen Praktiken des Vergleiches und der Refiguration von Räumen beeinflussen sowie welche Fragen sich für die künftige Forschung stellen.

Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird die Analyse des sozialen Prozesses der Produktion von Raum in eine prozessuale Methodologie übersetzt, die dessen politische Aspekte zu fassen vermag. Hierfür ist es wichtig, sowohl Akteur*innen als auch verschiedene sozialräumliche Logiken zu berücksichtigen. Eine der wichtigsten Transformationen seit den 1970er Jahren – dem historischen Zeitraum, der in der Analyse der Refiguration von Räumen untersucht wird – ist die der Re-Skalierung. Das bedeutet, dass sich das Verhältnis zwischen gesellschaftlich bedeutsamen geografischen Arenen (global/weltweit, national, regional, metropolitan, städtisch, lokal, körperlich) und damit die (hierarchische) Ordnung der räumlichen Maßstabsebenen insgesamt verändert hat. Um den diachronen Prozess der Refiguration zu untersuchen, wurde ein Multi-Akteur*innen- und Multi-Skalen-Ansatz entwickelt. Ausgangspunkt sind die gesellschaftstheoretischen Dimensionen von Skalen. Hierfür kläre ich zunächst, was für eine soziologische Analyse von der (zumeist geografischen) Skalendebatte gelernt werden kann und umgekehrt, wie ein soziologischer Beitrag zu dieser Debatte aussehen könnte. Empirisch basiert dieser Beitrag auf meiner Forschung zu Non-Profit- und Nichtregierungsorganisationen in der Wohnungs- und Asylpolitik. Methodologisch werden hier zwei unterschiedliche gesellschaftstheoretische Ansätze miteinander diskutiert: der der figurativen Soziologie von Norbert ELIAS und der der Raumtheorie von Henri LEFEBVRE. ; In this article, I translate the analysis of the production of space as a social process into a processual methodology sensitive to its political aspects. This requires taking actors as well as the different socio-spatial logics into account. One of the main transformations since the 1970s—the historical period under scrutiny in the analysis of the refiguration of spaces—is that of re-scaling. This means that the relationship between socially meaningful geographic arenas (global/worldwide, national, regional, metropolitan, urban, local, bodily), ...

Raumplaner*innen setzen sich mit Perspektiven auseinander, die Lebensqualität und zukünftige Entwicklung von Städten und Regionen betreffen und von gesellschaftlicher Relevanz sind. Basierend auf unterschiedlichen institutionellen und kulturellen Rahmenbedingungen sind Planungssysteme mit vergleichbaren Merkmalen entstanden. Diese Systeme sind an die jeweiligen kulturellen, normativen und räumlichen Voraussetzungen angepasst. In diesem Artikel präsentieren wir eine vergleichende Untersuchung, um Veränderungen in Planungskulturen aufzuzeigen im Kontext schrumpfender Städte in den USA, in Deutschland, und in Japan. Die Ergebnisse ermöglichen mit Blick auf Schrumpfungsprozesse Interdependenzen zwischen Veränderungen in Planungskulturen und gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen aufzuzeigen und Planungskulturen aus dem Blickwinkel der Refiguration von Räumen zu beleuchten. Schlussfolgernd stellen wir die Hypothese auf, dass Planungskulturen entsprechend einer polykontexturalen Logik durch eine Vielzahl von Faktoren bedingt werden, wie zum Beispiel geografische Einheiten (Staaten, Regionen, Städte) und auch Themen wie Stadtschrumpfung.

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"Ideas about matters of public concern are shaped by the spaces associated with them: Events occur in particular places, political regulations apply to specific territories, people in different locations are differentially affected by issues. Yet, political communication research has neglected the question of how the spaces of public issues are constructed in the public sphere. This is especially true for research on social media communication, which is often perceived as placeless. Yet, social media discourses are driven by unequal attention patterns based on users' interests, resources, and abilities. To understand how these patterns manifest spatially, this interdisciplinary monograph builds on public spheres theory, communication infrastructure theory, and urban sociology to develop the framework of issue spatiality. It focuses on how social media users discuss different places in urban policy issue discourses. By applying the framework to four large-scale Twitter discourses on housing markets and cycling infrastructure in two German cities, Berlin and Frankfurt, the research reveals the spatial patterns and inequalities of social media discourses. It demonstrates that digital discourses are overwhelmingly focused on a small number of places in the urban center. These places emerge as the locus of activism and political controversy, while the urban periphery remains hidden or is discussed in purely administrative terms. Places with dense civic infrastructure and privileged residents receive disproportionate attention. The book provides an in-depth look at the ways in which socio-spatial inequalities are inscribed in public communication and shape ideas about societal issues"--

Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Considering the Wall -- 1. Point of View -- 2. Iconicity, or What Makes Social Performances S/tick? -- 3. The Revolution That Did Get Televised -- 4. Post-Revolutionary Nostalgia -- 5. The Death and Life of Great Communist Palaces -- Epilogue: Writing Material Culture -- References -- Index.

Das Konzept des kindlichen Wohlbefindens gewinnt in international vergleichenden Studien zunehmend an Bedeutung und ist von zentraler Bedeutung für das Verständnis von Kindheiten und Generationenordnungen in Gesellschaften. Aktuelle Herausforderungen der theoretischen Konzeptualisierung kindlichen Wohlbefindens betreffen die Normativität des Konzepts, die Art und Weise, wie Kinder selbst Wohlbefinden konzeptualisieren und die Bedeutung sozialer und kultureller Kontexte. Dies gilt auch für die räumliche Dimension kindlichen Wohlbefindens, die bisher kaum systematisch untersucht wurde. Diese Leerstelle hat erhebliche theoretische und empirische Auswirkungen. In diesem Artikel gehen wir davon aus, dass ein besseres Verständnis der räumlichen Dimension von Wohlbefinden hilfreich ist, um nicht nur Wohlbefinden aus Sicht von Kindern besser zu verstehen, sondern auch, wie sich Kindheiten aktuell refigurieren. Auf Basis einer vergleichenden, multinationalen qualitativen Studie diskutieren wir den Wert einer raumanalytischen Auswertung jenseits eines methodologischen Nationalismus. Wir stützen uns dabei auf empirische Beispiele aus Baku (Aserbaidschan), Genf (Schweiz), Berlin (Deutschland), Sydney (Australien) und Tel Aviv (Israel). Unsere Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass Handlungsmächtigkeit, Demokratisierung von Kindheit und die Bedeutung eines translokalen digitalen "eigenen Raums" zentrale Normen im Verständnis von Wohlbefinden der interviewten Kinder sind und zugleich Strukturmomente einer gegenwärtigen Refiguration von Kindheiten unter je spezifischen lokalen Bedingungen. ; Children's well-being has become the subject of attention in international comparative studies of childhood. The concept is central to understanding childhoods and generational orders within societies. Current challenges in conceptualizing children's well-being include addressing the normativity of well-being, how children themselves conceptualize well-being, and how this is embedded in social and cultural contexts. This is especially true ...