Michael Ian Borer
Biographic Data
| ID | 281813 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Ian Borer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael Ian |
| FAMILY NAME | Borer |
| SIGNATURE | BORER M I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 112 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Culture, or the Meaning of Meaning Making
The exploration and investigation of culture is nothing short of complex since the term itself is used in many ways by both academics and lay publics. Symbolic interactionists and “fellow travelers” tend to approach the study of culture from the position of those who experience and practice it. That is, they focus on the cultural context of practices and interaction and often do so by illuminating the activities of individuals and groups in every…
Urban Culture
Cities around the world are comprised of heterogeneous persons and ideas. The actions and interactions of people in cities are dependent upon urban dwellers' ability to live, work, and play near, and often with, strangers. This requires both a tolerance of differences and a willingness to accept and subscribe to overarching symbols, narratives, and rules of engagement in public places and spaces. Heterogeneity and the ways that urban dwellers con…
Vegas Brews
An inside look at how craft beer makers and IPA devotees come together to brew, taste, and enjoy fine ale while also building a sense of community in Las Vegas Equally reviled and revered as Sin City, Las Vegas is both exceptional and emblematic of contemporary American cultural practices and tastes. Michael Ian Borer takes us inside the burgeoning Las Vegas craft beer scene to witness how its adherents use beer to create and foster not just a lo…
Vegas Brews
Urban People and Places
1. Urbanization as a Worldwide Phenomenon 2. Urbanization in More and Less Developed Countries 3. Urbanization in the United States 4. Classic Statements about Cities & Communities 5. Contemporary Perspectives and Cities & Communities 6. Civic Culture and the Politics of Community 7. Among Kin, Friends and Strangers: Social Control in Cities, Suburbs and Towns 8. How Social Scientists, Planners and Reformers Figure out What's Going on and What Ne…
Being in the City
Though urban sociologists tend to study the growth and development of cities, there is a venerable yet often marginalized tradition that addresses the embodied experience of urban life. Studies of urban experiences have recently begun to flourish due, in part, to the rise of sensory scholarship. Recognizing the connections between urban experiences and sensory stimulations provides nuanced ways to explore the actions and interactions between indi…
Wrigley Regulars
Religion and the New Atheism
The term “new atheism” has been given to the recent barrage of bestselling books written by Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, and others. These books and their authors have had a significant media presence and have only grown in popularity over the years. This book brings together scholars from religious studies, science, sociology of religion, sociology of science, philosophy, and theology to engage the new athei…
From Collective Memory to Collective Imagination
This article is about a place that does not exist, yet. It is about residents' perceptions of redevelopment plans involving the reconstruction of a defunct neighborhood firehouse. Interviews revealed the residents' 'collective imagination' as they actively envisioned potential future outcomes for a firehouse-turned-community center. When asked about the needs of the community, interviewees discussed the current conditions of their neighborhood (t…
Negotiating the Symbols of Gendered Sports Fandom
Framing Catholicism
In order to understand the practice of "culture wars work," we examined the claims of a particularly vocal evangelist, Jack T. Chick. Chick is a writer and cartoonist known both positively and negatively for his "Chick tracts." Chick tracts are small twenty-four-page black-andwhite comic books that attempt to convert the reader to Chick's particular brand of "Bible-believing" Protestant Christianity. We focused on Chick's claim about Catholicism …
Culture Matters
Important Places and Their Public Faces
The Location of Culture
The majority of research in urban sociology tends to favor the study of urbanization, the development and growth of cities, over urbanism, the way of life in cities. Here, I identify a strand of urban sociology that explicitly focuses on the latter and introduce a theoretical framework for investigating culturally significant urban places. The urban culturalist perspective consists of six domains of research:1) images and representations of the c…
The Location of Culture
The majority of research in urban sociology tends to favor the study of urbanization, the development and growth of cities, over urbanism, the way of life in cities. Here, I identify a strand of urban sociology that explicitly focuses on the latter and introduce a theoretical framework for investigating culturally significant urban places. The urban culturalist perspective consists of six domains of research:1) images and representations of the c…
Being in the City
Though urban sociologists tend to study the growth and development of cities, there is a venerable yet often marginalized tradition that addresses the embodied experience of urban life. Studies of urban experiences have recently begun to flourish due, in part, to the rise of sensory scholarship. Recognizing the connections between urban experiences and sensory stimulations provides nuanced ways to explore the actions and interactions between indi…
From Collective Memory to Collective Imagination
This article is about a place that does not exist, yet. It is about residents' perceptions of redevelopment plans involving the reconstruction of a defunct neighborhood firehouse. Interviews revealed the residents' 'collective imagination' as they actively envisioned potential future outcomes for a firehouse-turned-community center. When asked about the needs of the community, interviewees discussed the current conditions of their neighborhood (t…
Important Places and Their Public Faces
Vegas Brews
An inside look at how craft beer makers and IPA devotees come together to brew, taste, and enjoy fine ale while also building a sense of community in Las Vegas Equally reviled and revered as Sin City, Las Vegas is both exceptional and emblematic of contemporary American cultural practices and tastes. Michael Ian Borer takes us inside the burgeoning Las Vegas craft beer scene to witness how its adherents use beer to create and foster not just a lo…
Negotiating the Symbols of Gendered Sports Fandom
Wrigley Regulars
Framing Catholicism
In order to understand the practice of "culture wars work," we examined the claims of a particularly vocal evangelist, Jack T. Chick. Chick is a writer and cartoonist known both positively and negatively for his "Chick tracts." Chick tracts are small twenty-four-page black-andwhite comic books that attempt to convert the reader to Chick's particular brand of "Bible-believing" Protestant Christianity. We focused on Chick's claim about Catholicism …
Important Places and Their Public Faces
The Location of Culture
The majority of research in urban sociology tends to favor the study of urbanization, the development and growth of cities, over urbanism, the way of life in cities. Here, I identify a strand of urban sociology that explicitly focuses on the latter and introduce a theoretical framework for investigating culturally significant urban places. The urban culturalist perspective consists of six domains of research:1) images and representations of the c…
Culture Matters
Framing Catholicism
In order to understand the practice of "culture wars work," we examined the claims of a particularly vocal evangelist, Jack T. Chick. Chick is a writer and cartoonist known both positively and negatively for his "Chick tracts." Chick tracts are small twenty-four-page black-andwhite comic books that attempt to convert the reader to Chick's particular brand of "Bible-believing" Protestant Christianity. We focused on Chick's claim about Catholicism …
Negotiating the Symbols of Gendered Sports Fandom
Religion and the New Atheism
The term “new atheism” has been given to the recent barrage of bestselling books written by Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, and others. These books and their authors have had a significant media presence and have only grown in popularity over the years. This book brings together scholars from religious studies, science, sociology of religion, sociology of science, philosophy, and theology to engage the new athei…
From Collective Memory to Collective Imagination
This article is about a place that does not exist, yet. It is about residents' perceptions of redevelopment plans involving the reconstruction of a defunct neighborhood firehouse. Interviews revealed the residents' 'collective imagination' as they actively envisioned potential future outcomes for a firehouse-turned-community center. When asked about the needs of the community, interviewees discussed the current conditions of their neighborhood (t…
Wrigley Regulars
Being in the City
Though urban sociologists tend to study the growth and development of cities, there is a venerable yet often marginalized tradition that addresses the embodied experience of urban life. Studies of urban experiences have recently begun to flourish due, in part, to the rise of sensory scholarship. Recognizing the connections between urban experiences and sensory stimulations provides nuanced ways to explore the actions and interactions between indi…
Urban People and Places
1. Urbanization as a Worldwide Phenomenon 2. Urbanization in More and Less Developed Countries 3. Urbanization in the United States 4. Classic Statements about Cities & Communities 5. Contemporary Perspectives and Cities & Communities 6. Civic Culture and the Politics of Community 7. Among Kin, Friends and Strangers: Social Control in Cities, Suburbs and Towns 8. How Social Scientists, Planners and Reformers Figure out What's Going on and What Ne…
Urban Culture
Cities around the world are comprised of heterogeneous persons and ideas. The actions and interactions of people in cities are dependent upon urban dwellers' ability to live, work, and play near, and often with, strangers. This requires both a tolerance of differences and a willingness to accept and subscribe to overarching symbols, narratives, and rules of engagement in public places and spaces. Heterogeneity and the ways that urban dwellers con…
Vegas Brews
An inside look at how craft beer makers and IPA devotees come together to brew, taste, and enjoy fine ale while also building a sense of community in Las Vegas Equally reviled and revered as Sin City, Las Vegas is both exceptional and emblematic of contemporary American cultural practices and tastes. Michael Ian Borer takes us inside the burgeoning Las Vegas craft beer scene to witness how its adherents use beer to create and foster not just a lo…
Vegas Brews
Culture, or the Meaning of Meaning Making
The exploration and investigation of culture is nothing short of complex since the term itself is used in many ways by both academics and lay publics. Symbolic interactionists and “fellow travelers” tend to approach the study of culture from the position of those who experience and practice it. That is, they focus on the cultural context of practices and interaction and often do so by illuminating the activities of individuals and groups in every…
Sociology (9 works) · Political science (6 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Social and Cultural Dynamics (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)