Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
A humanistic approach to the study of rural populations
Abstract Rural areas appear as zones under pressure, either for development or decline. As such, they are in a state of metamorphosis, with many emergent places. Drawing on experience from lowland England, this paper will argue that positivist techniques of analysis are inadequate to cope with the experiences of these places and the contrasting relationships of their residents. While more traditional approaches may describe some aspects of the mechanics of change and the resultant spatial and social structure, they have consistently neglected the evolving subjective relationship between the rural settlement and its inhabitants. Drawing on the theoretical stance of symbolic interactionism and the methodology of participant observation, the paper shows that a humanistic approach is valuable on two levels: practically, in allowing more detailed observation and the detection of phenomena inaccessible to other approaches, and theoretically, in aiding our understanding of the nature of the rural experience. Various examples of this are discussed.
A humanistic approach to the study of rural populations
Abstract Rural areas appear as zones under pressure, either for development or decline. As such, they are in a state of metamorphosis, with many emergent places. Drawing on experience from lowland England, this paper will argue that positivist techniques of analysis are inadequate to cope with the experiences of these places and the contrasting relationships of their residents. While more traditional approaches may describe some aspects of the mechanics of change and the resultant spatial and social structure, they have consistently neglected the evolving subjective relationship between the rural settlement and its inhabitants. Drawing on the theoretical stance of symbolic interactionism and the methodology of participant observation, the paper shows that a humanistic approach is valuable on two levels: practically, in allowing more detailed observation and the detection of phenomena inaccessible to other approaches, and theoretically, in aiding our understanding of the nature of the rural experience. Various examples of this are discussed.
A humanistic approach to the study of rural populations
Harper, Sarah (Autor:in)
Journal of Rural Studies ; 3 ; 309-319
01.01.1987
11 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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