In your own words, define ‘making and remaking’ and provide two examples that can be seen on City Road.
'Making and remaking' are defined as concepts used in Sociology to describe how a society functions in its present manifestation and changes continually over time. Making refers to how members of a society operate in their daily activities. Remaking points to how society is transposed over the ages as people migrate into the area and others away altering the usage of the existing infrastructure and thus remaking society. (Allen and Blakeley, 2014, p16)
In The microcosm of City road in Cardiff we can observe how the inhabitants of that area make a local society. (Allen and Blakeley, 2014, p8) They do this by adapting to what opportunities are available to them at that instant. For example, one of the ways society is made locally is by the businesses that take up residence in the street. To take one instance Taste Buds Cafe offers not only food and a place to sit. It also provides a sense of belonging and community for their clientele. A venue to chat, make friends and form relationships. (The Open University, 2017) …show more content…
It used to be a place bustling with car showrooms. However, as the economy changed, and car showrooms closed or moved away to other facilities, the street diversified, new commerce moved in remaking the dynamic of the street creating restaurants and takeaways. This is an illustration of society being remade at a local level. (The Open University, 2017)
Societies are constantly being made and remade, forever in a state of flux. It is through people connecting and disconnecting, moving in and out of localities, bringing fresh ideas and creating new opportunities to replace the old systems and routines, adapting and reinventing lifestyles that insures variable