Rob Shields
Rob Shields became Professor of Sociology in the “Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies” at the Carleton University Canada. Later he became Professor in the Department of “Sociology of Art and Design”. Focused on Urban Cultural Studies in specific Urban Spaces, he specialized on the building of environment and the change on local an cultural identities. In 1997 he published the journal of "Space an Culture". A Book about Consumption-forms and Spaces of Lifestyle Shopping was published in 1993. Another book named "Places of the Margin" was published in the Year 1991.
He has been founded as an "Commonwealth Scholar" by the "Social Science Council of Canada", the "US National Science Foundation" and the "UK Department of Environment".
Urban and global spaces of capital
All scales of places are under the concept of Social Production Lefebvre argues. He said that all this places are interrelated with each other in historical modes of production, space and that they are interrelated within political and economic processes.
He had an critical view to the postmodernism and studies of globalization.
He also analyzed the impact of the changing social relations and economic factors under capitalism and different urban milieus.
Cultural meanings across territories and the individual and community's "right for space" under the capitalism and technocratic state, were part of his work.
Ideas about Regions, Media Images of cities and perceptions of so called “Good Neighborhoods” became aspects of space. A new sense to the body and the changing distance of worldwide spaces became also part of his theory.
Space in the dialectic
The Aspects in the dialectic of spaces are first geographic nature and aspects that go beyond the question of space to the dialectical logic itself. Space is the ultimate authentic repository that is providing an ontological groundwork to put the primacy of the real over the imaginary he argues.
Social Relations of production Lefebvre
He has been founded as an "Commonwealth Scholar" by the "Social Science Council of Canada", the "US National Science Foundation" and the "UK Department of Environment".
Urban and global spaces of capital
All scales of places are under the concept of Social Production Lefebvre argues. He said that all this places are interrelated with each other in historical modes of production, space and that they are interrelated within political and economic processes.
He had an critical view to the postmodernism and studies of globalization.
He also analyzed the impact of the changing social relations and economic factors under capitalism and different urban milieus.
Cultural meanings across territories and the individual and community's "right for space" under the capitalism and technocratic state, were part of his work.
Ideas about Regions, Media Images of cities and perceptions of so called “Good Neighborhoods” became aspects of space. A new sense to the body and the changing distance of worldwide spaces became also part of his theory.
Space in the dialectic
The Aspects in the dialectic of spaces are first geographic nature and aspects that go beyond the question of space to the dialectical logic itself. Space is the ultimate authentic repository that is providing an ontological groundwork to put the primacy of the real over the imaginary he argues.
Social Relations of production Lefebvre