Thursday, September 22, 2011

urbanism--- the way of life.

           Urbanism is a direction for society. urbanism became the way of life. Unbanism effects people in many ways. By LouisWirth's article" Urbanism As a way of life" the author suggests that urban way of life make people's relationships like strangers. people who live in cities have same feature, never know each other even they live in same building.Anonymity make cities become disorder and being in danger. 
         However, in article" Urban Danger" by Sally Engle Merry" mentions that the most important problem for urbanism is how make different groups people understand  each other as well as.
         I often thinfk about if urbanism make people have cold-heart and isolate from each other. However, the phenomemon is only appearance. For example, the cultures are multifarious in The United States. How make different cultures understanding and blending with each other is the major problem sociologists need to pay more attentions in the future.
            In conclsion, urbanism is actuality for today's world. It promoted progress of society. On the other hand, there are some problems appeared during this progress, but we should not negate unbanism..

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Anthropology and urban life

       Anthropology is an important part of socal science. The earliest record about anthropological is after World War Two. Then, in 1960- 1970 urban and anthropology were concern about. At this time, it widespread, but it is still for professional field. Today, people concern about anthropology as major part in Social Science.
            Unlike other sciences concern about people and technologies in developed countries, anthropology always interested about people who live in Latin Anerica, Asia and Africa. because in these countries, major population is peasants, however as we developing today, many peasents move to cities for some reasons. By the population moving,there are many  problems that cities need to face, even the big city as Tokyo.
          Tokyo is capital of Japan, it is the most popular city in  Japan even Asia. However, more and more population is to this city in recent years,make Tokyo disorder, this is unquestioned. The problems Tokyo has, it not only for Tokyo itself, but also for other cities.
       people move to city for unban lives, but how they adjust to unban life? Unban life is not only people live in cities, it is more inportant how they find the right ways to live in cities.  I think anthropologists will be contiune interested in the future. If people move to cities but could not adjust to urban life, it is not news for unban and themselves.