Ethnicity and place in a ‘disturbed city’: ways of belonging in Imphal,Manipur

This article explores the relationships between ethnicity, place and belonging in the city of Imphal, capital of the state of Manipur in India’s Northeast border region. Manipur has experienced decades of conflict from ethno-nationalist separatism, inter-ethnic territorial disputes and counter-insurgency operations. These ethnic conflicts play out on the urban landscape of Imphal. Control of the city from above is diffused among the civilian government and the armed forces. Non-state actors such as insurgent groups and ethnic organizations exert their own control from below. On such unstable ground, struggles by residents seeking to create place and a sense of belonging affirm ethnic boundaries. These boundaries are not static and the lines between inclusion and exclusion are continually redrawn along existing and emerging fault-lines among the population. Yet these boundaries are also transcended in unusual ways that may seem trivial but in Imphal are essential to realizing alternative ways of belonging.     

城市发展路径研究的主要观点

自20世纪80年代以来，与整个国家快速现代化的进程相一致，我国城市呈现出加速发展的趋势。为了推进我国城市沿着科学的方向快速、稳步、健康地发展，学者们从不同的视角对中国城市发展的路径提出了各自不同的观点。文章对有代表性的观点进行了梳理，并简短地陈述了从中得到的启示。     

生态、城市与救赎

关是在人的实践活动中形成的。美的形成通过实践却对实践的功利性有一定程度的超越。生态美学强调的是人与自然的共生关系。实践美学是在哲学美学中引入实践层面的思考，其投射到城市建设上就是：一座城市要有个性才是美。城市美的根源是多样的，但最终还是由城市中人的主体创造精神来决定。当代美学的救赎使命之一，就是通过“拆墙”来打破美学的“围城”，其在实践中体现为生态关学，这是哲学、伦理学和美学都背离了生态的原则之后尝试实现的一种美学回归。     

基于城市特征分析模型的智慧城市建设需求分析——以新乡市为例

如何在智慧城市建设过程中确定建设需求一直是智慧城市建设的重点与难点,本文通过构建城市特征分析模型,提出从城市特征出发进行比较分析确定智慧城市建设需求的方法。在完成城市特征分析模型的构建后,本文运用这一模型对新乡市智慧城市建设需求进行了分析并给出了相应的解决方案,展现了这一模型的使用方法。     

城市反文化现象探讨

城市反文化现象是伴随着城市文化的产生和发展而出现的，作为文化现象的一个方面，本文初步探讨了城市文化与反文化之间的联系与区别，以及城市反文化现象的具体表现形态；同时指出城市反文化现象的存在是不可忽视的一股文化力量，其负面效应愈演愈烈，应引起我们足够的重视。     

论新感觉派唯美-颓废视角下的城市空间

新感觉派作为30年代上海的一个具有独特风格的唯美—颓废主义流派,其作品具有浓厚的唯美、颓废特征,尤其在对城市空间的刻画上,与当时的左翼、京派作家形成明显的差异。新感觉派作家将客观的城市空间主观化、感觉化,并把自己独特的审美体验融入到对城市的体验当中,使得上海成为一个具有唯美—颓废气息的都市,生活在其中的人们也因此染上了唯美的视觉色彩和颓废的精神色彩,即使借助宗教崇高的空间、乡村淳朴的空间也无法完成对这唯美—颓废城市空间的救赎,从而陷入了毫无希望的生活幻想当中,无法自拔。     

Teenage Black Girls and Violence: Coming of Age in an Urban Environment

Abstract

Exposure to violence and fear of violence in relation to hopefulness and anger were investigated for 30 teenage Black girls 14 to 19 years of age. Information from focus groups was included to provide a context for the empirical data. Results indicated that overall the girls were hopeful, with a mean score of 135 (SD = 18.2) out of a possible score of 168. Correlation and regression procedures revealed a statistically significant negative relationship between hopefulness and exposure to violence. No significant relationship was found between anger and hopefulness. Fear of violence was positively related to exposure to violence but did not appear related to anger or hopefulness. The findings were mixed and did not capture the kind of hopelessness and anger which often appear in the literature describing children growing up in urban environments. Through the use of focus groups the teenage girls provided contextual information which seemed to indicate that many of them shared the values of mainstream society in terms of their future aspirations and assessment of their communities.     

Non-Custodial African American Fatherhood:

The authors provide a conceptual foundation for the use of a research approach in exploring program and policy issues associated with empowering poor, young, non-custodial African American fathers. A post-positivist, ecological, Afrocentric, bicultural research perspective, using the case study method, is proposed as the most effective means of understanding this population and developing appropriate interventions.     

Urban “slums” and social mobility

Informal urban settlements determine the wellbeing of a large section of global humanity. Yet there has been little research on their role in facilitating social mobility. In theory such settlements may foster human progress by linking rural–urban migrants to the services, contacts and livelihoods concentrated in cities. The article uses longitudinal data for South Africa to explore the magnitude of social progression among people living within informal settlements compared with rural areas and formal urban areas. It finds that there may be some advantage from living in an informal settlement compared with a rural area, but the effect is not strong. The impact may be larger in the more prosperous Gauteng city‐region than in other urban regions.     

国际慢城运动及其对我国城市建设的启示

在全球化的时代背景下,兴起于意大利的慢食和慢城运动,已经成为对抗速食文化尤其是文化趋同化的一种体现。近年来,国内学者更是将慢城理念引入我国城市建设、小城镇建设中,因此有关慢城运动的内涵以及慢城对于全球化问题的思考就显得尤为重要。将意大利慢食、慢城运动的兴起置于全球化背景中,探讨慢城运动的缘起、内涵、特质等,使之给我国城市建设带来一些思考和启发。