In this article, I discuss comparison in urban anthropology from two perspectives. Using the fundamental epistemological significance of comparison as a starting point for all ethnographic cultural studies, I first present different comparative perspec…
Following the concept of refiguration of spaces proposed by KNOBLAUCH and LÖW (2017), in this article I emphasize interfaces for theory building, methods, and comparative research from an economic geography and regional economics perspective. Since the…
In this article, I examine the relationships between architecture and sociology through a historical lens. I provide an analysis of their cross-referencing since their respective disciplinary foundations in line with the histoire croisée [crossed histo…
In Germany, a much-cited concept in recent years has been that of lokale Bildungslandschaften [local educational landscapes]. In this article, we focus on socio-spatial educational landscapes in the arrangement of a campus, which links the actors of ed…
Spatial planners deal with aspects related to the quality of life and future development of cities and regions, which are highly relevant for society. Due to various institutional and cultural settings, spatial planning systems emerged with comparable …
Drawing on the empirical contributions of the FQS thematic issues on „The Refiguration of Spaces and Cross-Cultural Comparison,“ we specify what is meant by „refiguration of space“ and how comparisons can serve to study the refiguration of space. We ad…
Children’s well-being has become the subject of attention in international comparative studies of childhood. The concept is central to understanding childhoods and generational orders within societies. Current challenges in conceptualizing children’s w…
The inclusive education of students at the Gymnasium (German academic high school), which awards the highest educational degree, has been little researched to date. However, it is in the Gymnasium where the different logics of inclusion and selection c…
Comparison, as a fundamental operation in the social sciences, is anything but a clearly defined method. Rather, there is a highly heterogeneous field of comparative approaches with different intellectual traditions, ideas of „comparison,“ specific pro…
In this article we discuss the potential of collaborative research practices and present our approach on studying organized spaces of encounter using the example of sports activities offered free of charge „for all“ in public parks. Our aim is to explo…
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