Some Observations on Lewis Mumford’s “The City in History”

For a number of years I have not had any time to undertake book reviews but I feel so keenly the importance and excitement of Mumford\u27s work, and my own personal debt to that work, that I wanted to contribute to this symposium even if I could not begin to do justice to the task. What follows are my only slightly modified notes made on reading selected chapters of the book-notes which I had hoped to have time to sift and revise for a review. I hope I can give some flavor of the book and of its author and invite readers into the corpus of Mumford’s work on their own

Listening to popular music

Unter dem Titel "Listening to popular music" erstmals im American Quarterly II, 1950, 359-371 abgedruckt. (DIPF/Orig.

Conspiracy, exile, and resistance : planning & narrative in Chelsea, Massachusetts

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2002."June 2002." Some ill. folded.Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-[395]).In contemporary American cities, urban planners ordinarily work amid conflict in complex institutional environments alive with rival interests, distinct identities, disparate resources, and competing claims. For planners who have responsibility for crafting a consensus out of participatory processes, interpreting these discrete voices is a critical professional task. Accurate interpretation, however, is an enormous challenge, particularly under the joint pressures of time and controversy. This dissertation identifies a methodology for examining variant strands of narrative encountered in zones of conflict and for using narrative details to inspect participants' institutional analyses of the precipitating crisis and its proposed resolution. The proposed interpretative method directs attention to narrators' figurative language for a series of interpretive cues found in the rhetorical patterns collectively known as tropes, hypothesizing that three specific tropes reflect the institutional dimensions of the conflict at hand: *the trope of conspiracy (causality and motive), *the trope of exile (invisibility and exclusion), and *the trope of resistance (authority and defiance). The three tropes correspond to aspects of power relationships: the concerted and motivated use of power, degrees of alienation from power, and the consequent answer to power. For the planner, these tropes serve as heuristic(cont.) devices for institutional analysis embedded in the language of participants' narration. The dissertation's case study examined a city in state-imposed municipal receivership in Chelsea, Massachusetts, from 1991 to 1995. A small city in post-industrial decline and with a history of mismanagement and corruption, Chelsea also was in demographic transition from a predominantly white to a majority Latino population. The case focuses specifically on charter reform, initiated by state-appointed receiver Lewis H. Spence as an exercise in social-capital formation. The charter-drafting process provided an opportunity to observe narrative scenario-building and the operation of the identified tropes in a self-consciously constitutional moment, as Chelsea's constituencies struggled to set the terms for democratic governance and cultural co-existence through new political institutions.by Jean A. Riesman.Ph.D

Rules of the game : rezoning Boston, 1984-1989

Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1990.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-112).by Jean A. Riesman.M.C.P

Menilik Realitas Kebutuhan Pengguna Lulusan Teknologi Pendidikan Pada Bidang Jasa E-Learning di Indonesia

The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed conventional learning towards the use of e-Learning. Educational technology is a field of study that labels graduates with the main profile as developers of learning technology, one of which has competence in the sector of e-Learning. As a result, this study aims to look at the realities of the demands of educational technology graduates in the field of e-Learning services in Indonesia, both in terms of relevant institutions and based on the alumni job experience. The author conducts descriptive research using qualitative methods, including interviews with two samples of e-Learning service institutions in Indonesia (PT Menara Indonesia and PT Zeniora Edukasi Teknologi), as well as the distribution of open qualitative questionnaires to three alumni of Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia who are currently working in e-Learning service institutions. Work documents that support the research are also used to conduct documentation studies. The data was analyzed using various methods, including reduction and organization, as well as triangulation and re-checking with investigators. Based on the study's findings, it can be concluded that educational technology graduates are needed in e-Learning service institutions, both to receive graduates who fulfill the institution's criteria and the linearity of positions gained by educational technology alumni

Stratified University Strategies: The Shaping of Institutional Legitimacy in a Global Perspective

Globalizing forces have both transformed the higher education sector and made it increasingly homogenous. Growing similarities among universities have been attributed to isomorphic pressures to ensure and/or enhance legitimacy by imitating higher education institutions that are perceived as successful internationally, particularly universities that are highly ranked globally (Cantwell & Kauppinen, 2014; DiMaggio and Powell, 1983). In this study, we compared the strategic plans of 78 high-ranked, low-ranked, and unranked universities in 33 countries in 9 regions of the world. In analyzing the plans of these 78 universities, the study explored patterns of similarity and difference in universities' strategic positioning according to Suchman's (1995) 3 types of legitimacy: cognitive, pragmatic, and moral. We found evidence of stratified university strategies in a global higher education landscape that varied by institutional status. In offering a corrective to neoinstitutional theory, we suggest that patterns of globalization are mediated by status-based differences in aspirational behavior (Riesman, 1958) and "old institutional" forces (Stinchcombe, 1997) that contribute to differently situated universities pursuing new paths in seeking to build external legitimacy.18 month embargo; published online: 13 Sep 2018This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at [email protected]