The University and the Hamlets
Revitalizing Low-Income Communities Through University Outreach and Community Visioning Exercises
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3756399 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adam S Weinberg (Colgate University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 800-813 |
| Publication date | 1999-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00027649921954534 |
| OpenAlex | W2022001832 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 8 |
To what extent can a university be a resource in the revitalization of a low-income community? This article explores an effort by Colgate University to enhance economic development in two low-income hamlets in Central New York through community visioning programs. Community visioning is a process that helps communities identify indigenous assets and use them to develop action plans for community development. The author argues that Colgate has been instrumental in three respects: (a) by making the process knowable and doable; (b) by playing the needed role of outsider, which helped the community to progress beyond internal political divides; and (c) by involving students, which changed the social interactions, increasing both the depth and breath of public participation. The author presents ethnographic and interview data and finishes by arguing that universities are better suited to playing these roles than are government agencies, nonprofits, and private consultants
Action (physics) · Community development · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnography · Government (linguistics) · Indigenous · Political science · Politics · Process (computing) · Public relations · Sociology · Anthropology · Community Health and Development · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Public Administration · Service-Learning and Community Engagement
The pedagogy and the practice of community visioning
Framing a Conflict in a Community-University Partnership
Universities and Civic Responsibility
Contradictory Interests, Tangled Power, and Disorganized Organization
Service Learning for Social Change? Lessons from a Liberal Arts College
Sustainable Economic Development in Rural America
Ten years of community visioning in New Hampshire
Hierarchy and Partnership in New Orleans
The University
The Campus Affiliates Program
Local Environmental Struggles
Local Organizing for Environmental Conflict
Power and Public Policy
How can sociology contribute to integrating service learning into Academic curricula
Beyond the ivory tower
Entrepreneurial Social Infrastructure and Locally Initiated Economic Development in the Nonmetropolitan United States
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,37 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2010 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |