Jennifer Abrams
Biographic Data
| ID | 5685823 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Abrams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Abrams |
| SIGNATURE | ABRAMS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8326-0833 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The art of “everyday resistance”
In a policymaking climate characterized by the devolution of responsibilities from the state to local level and the decrease in state funding of municipal projects, state and local actors across the U.S. turn to culture as a revenue-generating strategy. Positioning the cultural field in this role means that new actors and logics govern the field, making for tensions between multiple levels of cultural landscaping. We know a great deal about how l…
The ( Cultural ) War of the Worlds
External forces always shape the social construction of ‘the local’. In this article we offer a framework for understanding how external players and strategies reconfigure the social and symbolic character of local culture for new investments and new populations. We aim not only to propose a theory of urban cultural processing by nonlocals—what we call ‘urban cultural terraforming’—but to identify pressure points for local groups to make claims o…
The Multigenerational Workplace
In some schools, as many as four generations work side by side, and that means countless chances for crossed wires, miscommunication, and perhaps even mistrust. In this book, the authors demonstrate how educators can look past their own generational filters to reap the benefits of seeing through a new lens
The art of “everyday resistance”
In a policymaking climate characterized by the devolution of responsibilities from the state to local level and the decrease in state funding of municipal projects, state and local actors across the U.S. turn to culture as a revenue-generating strategy. Positioning the cultural field in this role means that new actors and logics govern the field, making for tensions between multiple levels of cultural landscaping. We know a great deal about how l…
The Multigenerational Workplace
In some schools, as many as four generations work side by side, and that means countless chances for crossed wires, miscommunication, and perhaps even mistrust. In this book, the authors demonstrate how educators can look past their own generational filters to reap the benefits of seeing through a new lens
The art of “everyday resistance”
In a policymaking climate characterized by the devolution of responsibilities from the state to local level and the decrease in state funding of municipal projects, state and local actors across the U.S. turn to culture as a revenue-generating strategy. Positioning the cultural field in this role means that new actors and logics govern the field, making for tensions between multiple levels of cultural landscaping. We know a great deal about how l…
The ( Cultural ) War of the Worlds
External forces always shape the social construction of ‘the local’. In this article we offer a framework for understanding how external players and strategies reconfigure the social and symbolic character of local culture for new investments and new populations. We aim not only to propose a theory of urban cultural processing by nonlocals—what we call ‘urban cultural terraforming’—but to identify pressure points for local groups to make claims o…
Sociology (3 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Articulation (sociology (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Civil engineering (1 work)