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Social osmosis

/ˈsəʊʃl/ /ɒzˈməʊsɪs/

Languages

English

Location

Orkney Ravenscraig

See Also

Social
The indirect infusion of social or cultural knowledge.

Text

The indirect infusion of social or cultural knowledge. Effectively, social content is diffused, and, by happenstance, authentic experience is displaced by degrees of mediated separation before a subject acquires knowledge of a social phenomenon.

Media

The Ravenscraig Steelworks Site in 1942, Image: Frank Heermann, The Times

Questions & Provocations

How can we encourage the fusion of various identities to create positive cross-cultural collaboration?
Alissar Riachi
How can culture be a catalyst in facilitating social interactions?
Alissar Riachi
What can architectural education do to encourage social osmosis?
Alissar Riachi