Projects / Programmes
Prostorska sociologija (Slovene)
January 1, 1999
- December 31, 2003
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 5.03.00 |
Social sciences |
Sociology |
|
| 6.03.00 |
Humanities |
Anthropology |
|
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| H200 |
Humanities |
Theory of history |
| H270 |
Humanities |
Social and economic history |
| S120 |
Social sciences |
Environmental law |
| S214 |
Social sciences |
Social changes, theory of social work |
| S220 |
Social sciences |
Cultural anthropology, ethnology |
| T100 |
Technological sciences |
History and philosophy of technology |
Researchers (10)
Organisations (1)
Abstract
Research work is dealing with basic conceptual and structural changes in the relationship human – society – space/nature. A basis research thesis are radical novelties with regard to structuring and comprehending of building and natural space take place in the so called »postmodern era«. After the classical rural/urban dichotomy has become practically useles, jet cognitive value of dichotomy environment/space is quickly weakening too. Dynamics of real spatial and conceptual-theorethical changes is significant, although rather concealed, due to its incrementalistic nature. Not such a long time ago there existed a supposition that the spatial determinism was loosing importance. In fact, the only thing that was really happening, was more sofisticated differentiation of the role of physical space within the social development processes. Because of technological and political-economic changes, the spatial limitations have been and are still weakening. At the same time, as a response to increasing ubiquity, there is a strengthening occurance of new (special) identities. Spatial determinism is weakening and strenghtening at the same time, with the fully novelty being only that national level is not so dominating any more in structuring of these relations.
These research principles served as the basis for individual members of our research team to set-up their relatively autonomous research areas. The group consists of researchers of different ages and scientific career stages, therefore, an quite interesting situation origined: some researchers are directing themselves into synthesis of their previous research works in the field of spatial sociology. The others are beginning their work on new non-standard themes that have only in the recent period come to be considered as spatial and social problems also. In spite of spatial sociology being the common denominator of all researchers, there is, a significant evidence given to transcending standard disciplinary limitations. This is namely an indispensable condition of a creative research action in the circumstances of postmodern socio-spatial fragmentations and perplexity. The classical »differentiational« research method, is unsuitable, and has to be replaced with particularly interdisciplinary consideration.
Sociological consideration can therefore not avoid even conceptualy-terminological difficulties while using the terms space/environment, ecological/environmental or nature/environment etc. Basically there occurs a original conceptual difficulty: how to, avoid reducionistic interpretations, that have since always been essentialy influencing understanding and evaluating spatio-environmental problems. Dynamics of spatio-environmental changes and new spatial identities applies therefore also to the epistemological questions. Standard research methodological instruments have to be set-in more sensible, but in some respects it has to be even set-up anew. Dynamics of technological development (e.g. telecommunication technology) that intensively influence development of virtual space or so called cyberspace, is especialy responsible for untransparency and hierarhization of socio--spatial questions in the postmodern era. In research program we therefore included the question of informational accessibility and hereby linked possible »humanization« of its use.
Most important scientific results
Final report
Most important socioeconomically and culturally relevant results
Final report
