This installation explores the relationship between architecture, gender identity, and social norms. It uses colored panels and slanted prisms to metaphorically represent a gender-neutral space and generate different interpretations based on the viewer's perspective. The exterior mirrors society's fragmented views of alternative gender identities. Overall, the installation examines how space can reflect non-conforming attitudes and question established gender roles and social expectations.
Allister Frost's keynote presentation slides from the Capital Cardiff event on 29 February 2012 in which he discusses the emergence of our social society, the psychology that underpins social media usage, the changing role of the marketer and shares some tips on how to be more successful on the social web. For more details visit http://allisterfrost.com.
Allister Frost's keynote presentation slides from the Capital Cardiff event on 29 February 2012 in which he discusses the emergence of our social society, the psychology that underpins social media usage, the changing role of the marketer and shares some tips on how to be more successful on the social web. For more details visit http://allisterfrost.com.
Company and Product information from WallBox Chargers. State of the art charging solutions systems for domestic and workplace applications. Just Plug&Drive
Globalisation not only refers to ‘real-life’ empirical processes and phenomena but also carries a more profound meaning in social sciences: it is a concept and a theoretical perspective that alters the way in which scholars interpret social reality. This causes tensions and controversies within academic debates, which this paper approaches by presenting a juxtaposition between “methodological nationalism” and “cosmopolitanism”. This paper explores how the critiques against methodological nationalism are related to the rise of globalisation as a research paradigm in the 1990s; and, drawing particularly on Ulrich Beck’s writings, presents the main points of this critique as well as the basic premises of the cosmopolitan research agenda as promoted by Beck. I suggest that the academic globalisation controversy should be understood not so much in terms of contradicting arguments about empirical reality but rather as a normative struggle over the political direction of social sciences. It follows that the very critique against methodological nationalism is itself subject to criticism from the same normative standpoint it projects on the traditional scholarship. The paper concludes with a reflection on the relevance of this debate for doing social research.
CAROLE S. VANCE Social Construction Theory Problems in t.docxjasoninnes20
CAROLE S. VANCE
"Social Construction Theory: Problems in the
History of Sexuality"
from A. van Kooten Nierkerk and T. Van Der Meer (eds),
Homosexuality, Which Homosexuality? (Amsterdam: An Dekker,
1 989): 13-34.
Social construction theory in the field of sexual-
ity proposed an extremely outrageous idea. It
suggested that one of the last remaining out-
posts of the "natural" in our thinking was fluid
and changeable, the product of human action
and history rather than the invariant result of
the body, biology or an innate sex drive.
Empirical and theoretical work on history of
sexuality has grown dramatically in the last
twenty years, for which social construction
approaches plus the invigorating questions
raised by social movements like feminism and
lesbian and gay liberation are largely responsi-
ble. Indeed, the links between social construc-
tion theory and gay activism run very deep.
Efforts to transform society inevitably raised
questions about the past and the future, as they
also called into question prevailing ideological
frameworks for examining the "facts" about
sex and gender.
This attempt to historicize sexuality has pro-
duced an innovative body of work to which
historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and
others have contributed in an unusual inter-
disciplinary conversation. Social construction
theory has become the influential, some charge
orthodox, framework in the new sex history. Its
advantages (lest you've forgotton) can be imme-
diately recognized through comparison with
contemporary mainstream literature in sexol-
ogy and biomedicine, seemingly archaic king-
doms in which the body and its imperatives still
rule.
The very real advantages of social construc-
tion theory, however, and the enthusiasm it has
generated make it all the more neccessary to
identify and explore current problems in social
construction. In doing so, this paper attempts to
differentiate between problems which are gen-
erated by common misunderstandings of social
construction theory - and thus which are more
easily resolved - and intellectual problems
embedded in the social construction framework
for which no quick and easy solution can be
found.
TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A SOCIAL
CONSTRUCTIONIST
In the sometimes heated debates that have gone
on about essentialism and social construction,
the word "essentialist", to some ears, sounds
increasingly pejorative - a dirty word, a con-
temptuous put-down, a characterization of
being hopelessly out of date. Yet we need to
start this discussion by recognizing that we have
all been brought up to think about sexuality in
essentialist ways.
Essentialism can take several forms in the
study of sexuality: a belief that human behavior
is "natural", predetermined by genetic, biolog-
ical, or physiological mechanisms and thus not
subject to change; or the notion that human
behaviors which show some similarity in form
are the same, an expression of an underl ...
CAROLE S. VANCE Social Construction Theory Problems in togglili
CAROLE S. VANCE
"Social Construction Theory: Problems in the
History of Sexuality"
from A. van Kooten Nierkerk and T. Van Der Meer (eds),
Homosexuality, Which Homosexuality? (Amsterdam: An Dekker,
1 989): 13-34.
Social construction theory in the field of sexual-
ity proposed an extremely outrageous idea. It
suggested that one of the last remaining out-
posts of the "natural" in our thinking was fluid
and changeable, the product of human action
and history rather than the invariant result of
the body, biology or an innate sex drive.
Empirical and theoretical work on history of
sexuality has grown dramatically in the last
twenty years, for which social construction
approaches plus the invigorating questions
raised by social movements like feminism and
lesbian and gay liberation are largely responsi-
ble. Indeed, the links between social construc-
tion theory and gay activism run very deep.
Efforts to transform society inevitably raised
questions about the past and the future, as they
also called into question prevailing ideological
frameworks for examining the "facts" about
sex and gender.
This attempt to historicize sexuality has pro-
duced an innovative body of work to which
historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and
others have contributed in an unusual inter-
disciplinary conversation. Social construction
theory has become the influential, some charge
orthodox, framework in the new sex history. Its
advantages (lest you've forgotton) can be imme-
diately recognized through comparison with
contemporary mainstream literature in sexol-
ogy and biomedicine, seemingly archaic king-
doms in which the body and its imperatives still
rule.
The very real advantages of social construc-
tion theory, however, and the enthusiasm it has
generated make it all the more neccessary to
identify and explore current problems in social
construction. In doing so, this paper attempts to
differentiate between problems which are gen-
erated by common misunderstandings of social
construction theory - and thus which are more
easily resolved - and intellectual problems
embedded in the social construction framework
for which no quick and easy solution can be
found.
TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A SOCIAL
CONSTRUCTIONIST
In the sometimes heated debates that have gone
on about essentialism and social construction,
the word "essentialist", to some ears, sounds
increasingly pejorative - a dirty word, a con-
temptuous put-down, a characterization of
being hopelessly out of date. Yet we need to
start this discussion by recognizing that we have
all been brought up to think about sexuality in
essentialist ways.
Essentialism can take several forms in the
study of sexuality: a belief that human behavior
is "natural", predetermined by genetic, biolog-
ical, or physiological mechanisms and thus not
subject to change; or the notion that human
behaviors which show some similarity in form
are the same, an expression of an underl ...
Company and Product information from WallBox Chargers. State of the art charging solutions systems for domestic and workplace applications. Just Plug&Drive
Globalisation not only refers to ‘real-life’ empirical processes and phenomena but also carries a more profound meaning in social sciences: it is a concept and a theoretical perspective that alters the way in which scholars interpret social reality. This causes tensions and controversies within academic debates, which this paper approaches by presenting a juxtaposition between “methodological nationalism” and “cosmopolitanism”. This paper explores how the critiques against methodological nationalism are related to the rise of globalisation as a research paradigm in the 1990s; and, drawing particularly on Ulrich Beck’s writings, presents the main points of this critique as well as the basic premises of the cosmopolitan research agenda as promoted by Beck. I suggest that the academic globalisation controversy should be understood not so much in terms of contradicting arguments about empirical reality but rather as a normative struggle over the political direction of social sciences. It follows that the very critique against methodological nationalism is itself subject to criticism from the same normative standpoint it projects on the traditional scholarship. The paper concludes with a reflection on the relevance of this debate for doing social research.
CAROLE S. VANCE Social Construction Theory Problems in t.docxjasoninnes20
CAROLE S. VANCE
"Social Construction Theory: Problems in the
History of Sexuality"
from A. van Kooten Nierkerk and T. Van Der Meer (eds),
Homosexuality, Which Homosexuality? (Amsterdam: An Dekker,
1 989): 13-34.
Social construction theory in the field of sexual-
ity proposed an extremely outrageous idea. It
suggested that one of the last remaining out-
posts of the "natural" in our thinking was fluid
and changeable, the product of human action
and history rather than the invariant result of
the body, biology or an innate sex drive.
Empirical and theoretical work on history of
sexuality has grown dramatically in the last
twenty years, for which social construction
approaches plus the invigorating questions
raised by social movements like feminism and
lesbian and gay liberation are largely responsi-
ble. Indeed, the links between social construc-
tion theory and gay activism run very deep.
Efforts to transform society inevitably raised
questions about the past and the future, as they
also called into question prevailing ideological
frameworks for examining the "facts" about
sex and gender.
This attempt to historicize sexuality has pro-
duced an innovative body of work to which
historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and
others have contributed in an unusual inter-
disciplinary conversation. Social construction
theory has become the influential, some charge
orthodox, framework in the new sex history. Its
advantages (lest you've forgotton) can be imme-
diately recognized through comparison with
contemporary mainstream literature in sexol-
ogy and biomedicine, seemingly archaic king-
doms in which the body and its imperatives still
rule.
The very real advantages of social construc-
tion theory, however, and the enthusiasm it has
generated make it all the more neccessary to
identify and explore current problems in social
construction. In doing so, this paper attempts to
differentiate between problems which are gen-
erated by common misunderstandings of social
construction theory - and thus which are more
easily resolved - and intellectual problems
embedded in the social construction framework
for which no quick and easy solution can be
found.
TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A SOCIAL
CONSTRUCTIONIST
In the sometimes heated debates that have gone
on about essentialism and social construction,
the word "essentialist", to some ears, sounds
increasingly pejorative - a dirty word, a con-
temptuous put-down, a characterization of
being hopelessly out of date. Yet we need to
start this discussion by recognizing that we have
all been brought up to think about sexuality in
essentialist ways.
Essentialism can take several forms in the
study of sexuality: a belief that human behavior
is "natural", predetermined by genetic, biolog-
ical, or physiological mechanisms and thus not
subject to change; or the notion that human
behaviors which show some similarity in form
are the same, an expression of an underl ...
CAROLE S. VANCE Social Construction Theory Problems in togglili
CAROLE S. VANCE
"Social Construction Theory: Problems in the
History of Sexuality"
from A. van Kooten Nierkerk and T. Van Der Meer (eds),
Homosexuality, Which Homosexuality? (Amsterdam: An Dekker,
1 989): 13-34.
Social construction theory in the field of sexual-
ity proposed an extremely outrageous idea. It
suggested that one of the last remaining out-
posts of the "natural" in our thinking was fluid
and changeable, the product of human action
and history rather than the invariant result of
the body, biology or an innate sex drive.
Empirical and theoretical work on history of
sexuality has grown dramatically in the last
twenty years, for which social construction
approaches plus the invigorating questions
raised by social movements like feminism and
lesbian and gay liberation are largely responsi-
ble. Indeed, the links between social construc-
tion theory and gay activism run very deep.
Efforts to transform society inevitably raised
questions about the past and the future, as they
also called into question prevailing ideological
frameworks for examining the "facts" about
sex and gender.
This attempt to historicize sexuality has pro-
duced an innovative body of work to which
historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and
others have contributed in an unusual inter-
disciplinary conversation. Social construction
theory has become the influential, some charge
orthodox, framework in the new sex history. Its
advantages (lest you've forgotton) can be imme-
diately recognized through comparison with
contemporary mainstream literature in sexol-
ogy and biomedicine, seemingly archaic king-
doms in which the body and its imperatives still
rule.
The very real advantages of social construc-
tion theory, however, and the enthusiasm it has
generated make it all the more neccessary to
identify and explore current problems in social
construction. In doing so, this paper attempts to
differentiate between problems which are gen-
erated by common misunderstandings of social
construction theory - and thus which are more
easily resolved - and intellectual problems
embedded in the social construction framework
for which no quick and easy solution can be
found.
TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A SOCIAL
CONSTRUCTIONIST
In the sometimes heated debates that have gone
on about essentialism and social construction,
the word "essentialist", to some ears, sounds
increasingly pejorative - a dirty word, a con-
temptuous put-down, a characterization of
being hopelessly out of date. Yet we need to
start this discussion by recognizing that we have
all been brought up to think about sexuality in
essentialist ways.
Essentialism can take several forms in the
study of sexuality: a belief that human behavior
is "natural", predetermined by genetic, biolog-
ical, or physiological mechanisms and thus not
subject to change; or the notion that human
behaviors which show some similarity in form
are the same, an expression of an underl ...
Between Filth and Fortune- Urban Cattle Foraging Realities by Devi S Nair, An...Mansi Shah
This study examines cattle rearing in urban and rural settings, focusing on milk production and consumption. By exploring a case in Ahmedabad, it highlights the challenges and processes in dairy farming across different environments, emphasising the need for sustainable practices and the essential role of milk in daily consumption.
Hello everyone! I am thrilled to present my latest portfolio on LinkedIn, marking the culmination of my architectural journey thus far. Over the span of five years, I've been fortunate to acquire a wealth of knowledge under the guidance of esteemed professors and industry mentors. From rigorous academic pursuits to practical engagements, each experience has contributed to my growth and refinement as an architecture student. This portfolio not only showcases my projects but also underscores my attention to detail and to innovative architecture as a profession.
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2. The installation teases
questions regarding the
relationship that form and
space have with gendered
habits, behaviour and notions
The intense tectonic
approach enhances the
struggle between formal
attitudes and cultural norms
and imaginations
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Engendering
form?
An installation looks at the
relationship between architecture
and gender identity by asking if
space can reflect the alternative
and non-conformist attitudes
and lifestyles of those who erase
gender barriers
This installation by Collaborative Architecture
at the ColourNext 2013 exhibition explores
space and form through colour. It attempted to
metaphorically contrive and tag ‘gender-neutral
architectural space’ through associative colour
derived out of ColourNext 2013 predictive research.
Gender bending is less to do with the aphorisms
and the externality that people associate with
lifestyle, and it is more engaging than the overt
sexual identity generally associated with the
community. What makes the group unique is its
courage to question the social mores, the given
gender, the status quo, the raison d’être and the non-
conformative spirit.
The exterior of the installation is clad with mirror-
finished aluminium panels — which is reflective
of the society’s views of anything to do with
alternative gender identities. At one level, it is the
incomplete, fragmented view of ourselves, staring
back at us.
The slanted trapezoidal prisms reflect the colour in
several different ways depending on the angle of
view of the spectator. Each vantage point throws
up a different view and colour palette — another
interpretation of gender fluidity that it is trying to
generate. —
Design, text, photos
Collaborative Architecture