[Air-l] structuration

[Irene Berkowitz]

Hi,

Giddens would support a blending of these positions in his
Theory of Structuration.

He allows for creative individual agency within the context of
these structures.

IB

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 07:18:11 +1000
>From: "Kevin Tharp" <k.tharp at cqu.edu.au>  
>Subject: [Air-l] structuration  
>To: <air-l at aoir.org>
>
>I suggested: 
>> Similar to the concept of community (dare I use such word in
>> educated company), it is not the infrastructure that makes the 
>> community, it is the people that make the community.  The 
>> community is then supported by the infrastructure.  
>
>To Which Jonathon Marshall replied:
>>I'd suggest that the infrastructure is not quite that
passive. The
>infra structure allows certain types of community to form, 
>>and is in turn shaped by the politics of that community and 
>>may reinforce those politics. The more permanent the
structure the more
>it enstructures. But even a permanent shifting structure 
>>enables certain behaviours more than others.
>
>I Absolutely agree!  This is much in the vein of Giddens
structuration,
>which is a balance between determinism and social shaping.  I
still
>stand by my conviction that it is not the infrastructure that
makes the
>community it is the people.  Without the people, there is no
community.
>Perhaps it would have been better stated,  "the community is then
>supported and shaped by the interaction of the people and the
>infrastructure."
>
>Regards,
>Kevin W. Tharp
>
>
>
>
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