Category: Urban Sociology

  • Notes on Cities and Civilization

    Cities – Natural History Many historians, architects and sociologists have studied cities in different dimensions. Giovanni Botero, for instance, has prophesized that cities grow to a point of greatness and power after which they stand at that stage or return back. His ideologies have been based on historical analysis of ancient cities of Egypt and…

  • EXPLORING THE CITY: INQUIRIES TOWARD AN URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY (NOTES)

    CHICAGO ETHNOGRAPHERS Ethnography is a field of research which includes studying cultural and social aspect from the lives of people. It includes participant observation as a main method of recording and analyzing narratives or accounts of people. Chicago Ethnographers provide us with a good example of the ecological aspect and to understand human behaviour through…

  • The Shape of Urban Life in the Eyes of Sociology

    If you were born millions of years ago, you would probably find yourself a group of people who hunt animals for their livelihood, a group where all  the people have the same purpose in their lives. They all hunt animals, eat and collect whatever they need from the very same source. Now think, if  you…

  • Sociology of Modern Risks – Risk Society!

    Ulrick Beck (1944-2015) was an eminent German Sociologist of contemporary times. He is better known for his influential work entitled, ‘The Risk Society’ wherein he talked about the insecurities and risks produced by the late industrial society. Originally, this top-notch work was published in 1986 in German language and later on it got translated into…

  • Cultural Globalization: Research on Globalization and Local Culture

    Globalization of Culture: This thesis examines how globalization affects the world’s traditions and personalities, and how the effects of this blending of indigenous cultures with the rest of the world from the modern world order. Review of literature– Yogendra Singh, in Culture change in India: identity and globalization (2000). This book investigates Changes in cultural…

  • Beyond Workplace Surveillance & Intrusion: A contemporary culture perspective on Well-Being @ Work through Augusto Boal’s Theatre of The Oppressed

    While sipping my morning cuppa, I chanced upon an intriguing article (Khaira, March 4, 2020) published in an online journal sometime back, which spoke of sanitation workers in Chandigarh who are compelled to wear GPS trackers as part of a ‘Human Efficiency Tracking System’. The wearable tracker registers the movement of the worker by geo-fencing their…

  • The Sociology of Shopping Malls: Analysis and Summary

    Abstract- Shopping malls are a very important type of public space, especially in urban cities, for various reasons. They serve a variety of social effects and involve a range of sociological concepts. This article expands on how they aid cultural imperialism and globalization as well as provide a source of recreation and pleasure for their…