Sharon Haar
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816665648
- eISBN:
- 9781452946528
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816665648.003.0002
- Subject:
- Architecture, Architectural Theory and Criticism
This chapter discusses the role of higher education in the form of two institutions—the Hull-House Social Settlement and the University of Chicago—in the study of urban development. The Hull-House ...
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This chapter discusses the role of higher education in the form of two institutions—the Hull-House Social Settlement and the University of Chicago—in the study of urban development. The Hull-House was the site of many urban research projects conducted by its residents—most notably, the Hull-House Maps and Papers—an exhaustive compilation of data regarding the settlement’s day-to-day activities of life within the ward, as well as the geographic visualizations of various American immigrant groups. It had also become the springboard for social activism and reform, especially for women and children. The University of Chicago would later codify these efforts into a field of scientific study. Circumstances have allowed for the field of sociology to blossom within the city’s urban landscape, due to the recent emphasis of research-based knowledge production, as well as the growing demand for professionals who can further oil the gears of industrialization.Less
This chapter discusses the role of higher education in the form of two institutions—the Hull-House Social Settlement and the University of Chicago—in the study of urban development. The Hull-House was the site of many urban research projects conducted by its residents—most notably, the Hull-House Maps and Papers—an exhaustive compilation of data regarding the settlement’s day-to-day activities of life within the ward, as well as the geographic visualizations of various American immigrant groups. It had also become the springboard for social activism and reform, especially for women and children. The University of Chicago would later codify these efforts into a field of scientific study. Circumstances have allowed for the field of sociology to blossom within the city’s urban landscape, due to the recent emphasis of research-based knowledge production, as well as the growing demand for professionals who can further oil the gears of industrialization.
Rory Crath
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- September 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781447354239
- eISBN:
- 9781447354246
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447354239.003.0011
- Subject:
- Sociology, Urban and Rural Studies
This chapter presents findings from archival research and secondary sources from the Chicago Settlement. It argues that it was the aesthetic analysis of the slum that was drawn upon for positioning ...
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This chapter presents findings from archival research and secondary sources from the Chicago Settlement. It argues that it was the aesthetic analysis of the slum that was drawn upon for positioning the evidentiary value of maps. The author suggests that the reformers’ objective in overlaying a numerically based visual technique of calculation with an evocative description of the smells and sounds of the immigrant ‘slum;’ was to permit the assumed public an opportunity to sense the imperative for legal and institutional change necessary for urban renewal.Less
This chapter presents findings from archival research and secondary sources from the Chicago Settlement. It argues that it was the aesthetic analysis of the slum that was drawn upon for positioning the evidentiary value of maps. The author suggests that the reformers’ objective in overlaying a numerically based visual technique of calculation with an evocative description of the smells and sounds of the immigrant ‘slum;’ was to permit the assumed public an opportunity to sense the imperative for legal and institutional change necessary for urban renewal.
