Neighborhood Structure & Processes H607: Ethnicity, Context & Family Dynamics

The Plan… Assessments of neightborhoods The Neighborhood Project Processes of neighborhood – Family influences

Neighborhood Assessments Processes Social Cohesion Block Analysis Structure Natural Boundaries Consensus Windshield Survey Census tracts Hubmaps: http://hubmaps.cityofboston.gov/MyNeighborhood/ Harvard’s MyNeighborhood Map in World Map: http://worldmap.harvard.edu/maps/new http://factfinder2.census.gov http://quickfacts.census.gov

Medford, MA Block Group 4 Census Tract 3391 Block 4002

The Neighborhood Project Define your neighborhood Compare across windshield survey & census/Boston map indicators of Boundaries Resources Stability Disadvantage Mobility Etc. Infer evidence of processes based on what you see (i.e., apply readings & materials from class) Collective socialization/efficacy Social capital and social control Quality and accessibility of resources What information will school personnel find useful for serving youth from this community?

Two Types of Readings General Literature Reviews giving the prevailing theory and evidence (Leventhal et al. 2015 & Cuellar & Jones, 2015) Qualitative Studies to provide nuance to the realities of navigating neighborhoods (Burton, 2001 & Burton & Clark, 2005)

“It’s a nice place to raise a family…” What do you mean? Processes by which neighborhoods effect children Amplification vs. Family/Neighborhood at Odds Collective Socialization It takes a village…(well…a village that agrees) Monitoring your own and others’ children Implicit and explicit agreement about desirable child outcomes Social Capital Obligations, expectations, and trustworthiness As norm producing and as access to institutional resources Group membership provides access to collectively owned capital

Social Control Social Capital Established norms and sanctions that control behavior and help to internalize behavioral norms Community norms/sanction that affirm appropriate behavior Social Control Collective Socialization

What is your attachment to neighborhood and homeplace? Homeplace: a multilayered, nuanced family process anchored in a bounded geographic space that elicits feelings of empowerment, commitment, rootedness, ownership, safety and renewal among family members. Burton & Clark (2005)

Neighborhood as a site for “Homes” Having a homeplace: Source of strength, social defiance, identity, privacy, power, control Losing a homeplace: Source of conflict, loss, grief…

Homeplace in high risk communities

Neighborhood processes are both quantifiable and intrinsic to one’s own identity and social development

Coming next… SES, parenting, and children’ development Complete the “Prestige” ranking before leaving today.