#social developments

[archivekirsten-blog]

49/51 - Björn Larsson

‘Everything put together falls apart, seems to be the red thread in Björn Larsson's new book with images of old abandoned wooden houses and barns in the Swedish countryside. The book is designed in correspondence with its subject – loose sheets hold together by a rubber band and a plastic bag. The title 49/51 refers to the breakpoint when more people are living in cities than in rural areas. The book contains a before and after perspective using old aerial photographs in combination with a contemporary visual report.’

I really like the subject of this work because I am interested in social developments and in the word ‘home’. The materials are carefully combined to create a home but after a while people abandoned them to live somewhere else. This development is interesting because it is accompanied by cultural, technical, social, political and financial developments. The houses are the visual result of development within a society. I really like the combination of images of the houses and crops of old images by Sune Jonsson. Third, I like books where the design is part or adds something to the subject of the book. 

See the full book here.

src: http://www.photobookstore.co.uk/blog/photobook-reviews/4951-by-bjorn-larsson-reviewed-by-johan-brink/

[theswitchproject]

Success in raising employment levels and living standards in Europe depends on effective support policies as well as positive macro-economic strategies. In this respect, this year’s Employment and Social Developments review addresses a range of issues. More broadly, given technology change, globalisation and population ageing, which translates into a reduction in the working-age population, the EU needs to increase employment and increase productivity. Mobility and migration can play an important role here. In relation to this, Europe needs to improve skills and better match skills with evolving demands. It also needs to promote labour market participation of older workers and women. Social policies, including pension policies and family policies (for example, child care and long-term care), can support longer working lives and increase employment of women

[liquidprowlerrook]

Racism did not originate from a single source but rather from a combination of several strands of historical development that came together into an ideology with considerable persuasive power Racialism drew upon existing cultural and national prejudices and pre-capitalist notions about nature and hierarchies which were gradually adapted to new economic and social developments