11.12.2024

Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Talja Blokland am 08. Januar 2025

Am 08. Januar findet in Raum 101 (Hegelbau) um 16h c.t.  im Rahmen des Institutskolloquiums mit dem Rahmenthema “Stadtsoziolgie” der zweite Vortrag der Reihe statt. Prof. Dr. Talja Blokland von der Humboldt-Universität Berlin hält einen Vortrag zum Thema:

Community as an urban practice: a relational approach to public life in cities

Abstract

Does it still make sense to think of social capital as embedded in social networks in an era of increased mobility, digitalization and the expansion of social networks across space? Does such
theory of how people access resources to get by and get ahead pay sufficient attention to the casual fluid encounters which also happen in urban life, especially in public space?
Drawing on some core ideas in her book `Gemeinschaft als Urbane Praxis´ (2024), that was published earlier in English, Talja Blokland explores these questions, arguing that urban public life – settings where people rub shoulders on their way to do  something else – remains essential. Beyond the closure of preference-based algorithms and life-style bubbles, such ‘absent ties’ can provide access to resources, especially when they provide what she calls ‘public familiarity’.