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This open access book critically examines discussions on digitalisation and individual opportunities for socio-economic advancement. Contrary to the prevailing narratives of “digital empowerment” and opportunities for every individual, this book argues that digitalisation massively curtails social advancement opportunities, consolidating existing social relations. From a spatial perspective, Scheffer demonstrates how socially disadvantaged groups are faced with reproducing mechanisms as part of a new data economy. Surprisingly, the more intensively digital services are used, the more this happens. Building on Löw´s sociology of space and Bourdieu´s concept of habitus, this book shows how practices of social exclusion are transferred to the digital present in an innovative way. The image of “mirrored” spaces describes a new mechanism that explains social exclusion in the age of digitalization. This book is an essential resource for researchers and students interested in socio-economic inequalities, processes of digitalisation, and digital geographies.

Human geography. --- Social structure. --- Equality. --- Sociology, Urban. --- Sociology. --- Digital humanities. --- Human Geography. --- Social Structure. --- Urban Sociology. --- Digital Humanities.

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Als Konsequenz aus der Kritik an ethnisierenden Kulturbegriffen baut Klaus P. Hansen seit Ende der 2000er-Jahre seine Kultur- zur Kollektivtheorie um. Statt kulturelle Standardisierungen mehr oder weniger unreflektiert Ethnien oder Nationen zuzuschreiben, stellt er explizit die Frage nach den Kulturträgern selbst: Kollektive jeder Form, Größe und Struktur. Im Zentrum dieses Denkens stehen intra- und transkollektive Gemeinsamkeiten, Mehrfachzugehörigkeiten und die unauflösbare Spannung zwischen Homogenisierungs- und Heterogenisierungsprozessen. Die Beiträger*innen dieser Festschrift für Klaus P. Hansen kommentieren den Kollektivansatz aus verschiedensten disziplinären Perspektiven und denken ihn konstruktiv weiter.

Collectivism. --- Cultural History. --- Cultural Studies. --- Culture. --- Heterogenization. --- Homogenization. --- Social Theory. --- Sociological Theory. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.