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Fostering Communities in Urban Multi-Cultural Neighbourhoods: Some Methodological Reflections

Fostering Communities in Urban Multi-Cultural Neighbourhoods: Some Methodological Reflections

Michael Veith
ISBN13: 9781605661520|ISBN10: 160566152X|EISBN13: 9781605661537
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-152-0.ch008
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Veith, Michael. "Fostering Communities in Urban Multi-Cultural Neighbourhoods: Some Methodological Reflections." Handbook of Research on Urban Informatics: The Practice and Promise of the Real-Time City, edited by Marcus Foth, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 115-130. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-152-0.ch008

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Veith, M. (2009). Fostering Communities in Urban Multi-Cultural Neighbourhoods: Some Methodological Reflections. In M. Foth (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Urban Informatics: The Practice and Promise of the Real-Time City (pp. 115-130). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-152-0.ch008

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Veith, Michael. "Fostering Communities in Urban Multi-Cultural Neighbourhoods: Some Methodological Reflections." In Handbook of Research on Urban Informatics: The Practice and Promise of the Real-Time City, edited by Marcus Foth, 115-130. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-152-0.ch008

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Abstract

Societies face serious challenges when trying to integrate migrant communities. One-sided solutions do not pay tribute to the complexity of this subject and a single academic discipline provides no proper methodological approaches to the field. An inter-cultural computer club in an urban multi-cultural neighbourhood illustrates these phenomena: appropriate argumentations and models can only be found in a theoretical net of scientific disciplines. Categories in a complex socio-cultural field have to be uncovered. These categories can be explained with the help of the theoretical net. We develop a three-dimensional model combining empirical tools with the research strategy of participatory action research and grounded theory as a guide to theorizing the field. This model is introduced here as a means of socio-technical design and development.

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