Urban Sociology

Discourses of Urban Improvement

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Friday Jun 02 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
McLaughlin College-MC-050A

Urban development and municipal initiatives are awash with buzzwords as cities strive to become more liveable, sustainable, and moreover marketable. While urban planners and developers pitch new builds as catering ... more

Social Control of Space

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Thursday Jun 01 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
McLaughlin College-MC-212

Cities represent unique spaces where a wide array of social control measures and mechanisms can be implemented and deployed. As one of the most visible forms of social control, the ... more

Spaces of Sociability: Copresence in Urban Public Spaces

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Friday Jun 02 10:30 am to 12:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
McLaughlin College-MC-050A

While much contemporary social scientific work on social interaction foregrounds the role of digital technologies in both maintaining and disrupting social ties across physical distance, this literature tends to set ... more

The Sociology of the City - New Directions in a Historic Subfeild

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Thursday Jun 01 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
McLaughlin College-MC-213

Since its inception sociology has been concerned with questions of cities and urbanization. From the writings of Weber, Simmel, and Dubois to the early Chicago School thinkers, many of the ... more

Urban Sociology Research Cluster Meeting

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This cluster will engage sociologists whose work seeks to understand human interactions and institutions in urban areas both in Canada and globally. This includes research on topics that explore the ... more