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HOUSING SOCIOLOGY WILL BECOME A THING. DISCUSSING THE BOOK EDITED BY B.J. MCCABE, E. ROSEN TITLED “THE SOCIOLOGY OF HOUSING: HOW HOMES SHAPE OUR SOCIAL LIVES”
2024-04-23 20:28 Housing sociology is a fairly modern branch of sociology. It originated in the USA in the mid-20th century and continues to gain popularity all around the world. However discussions about its viability as an independent discipline continue to this day. The publication of the book “The Sociology of Housing” in 2023, which was edited by modern sociologists and researchers of the housing industry B.J. McCabe and E. Rosen, actually puts an end to this dispute. The collective work of the authors reveals not only the variety of issues and the methods for studying them that housing sociology addresses, but also demonstrates the problems and prospects for the development of this discipline, the poss...
COURTYARD OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING AS A SOCIO-CULTURAL PHENOMENON AND ITS IMPACT ON NEIGHBORHOOD PRACTICIES
2023-12-26 13:59 The courtyard of an apartment building, being communal, is a special socio-cultural space that has undergone changes throughout the development of pre-Soviet, Soviet, and post-Soviet Russian cities. This article is a sociological analysis of the changes in the modern Russian courtyard in relation to the Soviet one, which were accompanied not only by a decrease in its functional role, but also by a direct impact on the deformation and disintegration of neighboring practices. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study was work devoted to the courtyard as a socio-cultural phenomenon, and not just an architectural and planning solution in the urban space. The focus of the study is on ...
DIALOGUES WITH THE NEURAL NETWORK. CHATGPT ABOUT ITS HOME, HOUSING SOCIOLOGY AND THE PROBLEMS OF ITS DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIA
2023-09-28 14:47 The boom of neural networks and the surge of scientific publications on the use of artificial intelligence in various fields, as well as numerous articles on the experience of interacting with chatbots are increasingly involving researchers from different countries in the process of understanding the role of smart technologies and their impact on the future of education and science, including sociology. Among the numerous technologies of the future, ChatGPT already stands out most clearly, thanks to which a wide discussion has unfolded about the ethical principles of using artificial intelligence in research and including it in co-authors of scientific articles. Despite this, a number of r...
THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS, BUT THERE IS PROFIT. ABUSE OF SIGNAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE RUSSIAN HOUSING AND COMMUNAL SERVICES
2023-09-27 20:48 In 2022, a correspondence discussion on the challenges related to the functioning of the complaints institute within the housing and communal services sector in Russia was initiated within the pages of this journal. The discussion involved the author of this article and Olga Bessonova, a representative of the Novosibirsk School of Economics and Sociology. In response to the article titled “Complaints are not Gifts: Dysfunctionality of the Institution of Complaints in the Field of Housing and Communal Services in Russia” (vol. 23, no 4, pp. 110–121), which critiques the effectiveness of the complaints institution from an interdisciplinary perspective, Prof. Bessonova published a response arti...
SEPARATE WASTE COLLECTION: INSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPING PRO-ECOLOGICAL PRACTICES IN EVERYDAY LIFE
2023-07-07 13:42 Studies of the problem of separate waste collection in the discourse of pro-ecological behavior of apartment building residents are becoming increasingly popular every year among Russian scholars representing various fields of science (sociology, psychology, economics, etc.) and approaches. The purpose of this study, based on ideas about the interaction of the material and the technological and institutional environment of society, is to reflect the unwillingness of the Russian population to the so-called waste reform due to various circumstances. Using the example of a comparative analysis of research results in the cities of Moscow, Novosibirsk and Kazan, taking into account the availabl...