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The paper introduces the HSR Forum on digital data by discussing what big data are. The authors show that big data are not a new type of social science data but actually one of the oldest forms of social science data. In addition, big data are not necessarily digital data. Regardless, current methodological debates often assume that "big data" are "digital data." The authors thus also show that digital data have a big drawback concerning data quality because they do not cover the whole population – due to so-called digital divides, not everybody is on the internet, and who is on the internet, is socially structured. The result is a selection bias. Based on this analysis, the paper concludes that big data and digital data are data like any other type of data – they have both advantages and specific blind spots. So rather than glorifying or demonising them, it seems much more sensible to discuss which specific advantages and drawbacks they have as well as when and how they are better suited for answering specific research questions and when and how other types of data are better suited – these are the questions that are addressed in this HSR Forum.

"This book examines a variety of subjective spatial experiences and knowledge production practices in order to shed new light on the specifics of contemporary socio-spatial change, driven as it is by, inter alia, digitalization, transnationalization and migration. Considering the ways in which emerging spatial phenomena are conditioned by an increasing interconnectedness, it asks how spaces are changing as a result of mediatization, increased mobility, globalization and social dislocation. With attention to questions surrounding the negotiation and (visual) communication of space, it explores the arrangements, spatialities and materialities that underpin the processes of spatial refiguration by which these changes come about. Bringing together the work of leading scholars from across diverse range disciplines to address questions of socio-spatial transformation, this volume will appeal to sociologists and geographers, as well as scholars and practitioners of urban planning and architecture"--

This book examines a variety of subjective spatial experiences and knowledge production practices in order to shed new light on the specifics of contemporary socio-spatial change, driven as it is by inter alia, digitalization, transnationalization and migration. Considering the ways in which emerging spatial phenomena are conditioned by an increasing interconnectedness, this book asks how spaces are changing as a result of mediatization, increased mobility, globalization and social dislocation. With attention to questions surrounding the negotiation and (visual) communication of space, it explores the arrangements, spatialities and materialities that underpin the processes of spatial refiguration by which these changes come about. Bringing together the work of leading scholars from across diverse range disciplines to address questions of socio-spatial transformation, this volume will appeal to sociologists and geographers, as well as scholars and practitioners of urban planning and architecture.

Dieser zweite FQS-Schwerpunkt zum Thema "Die Refiguration von Räumen und Kulturvergleich" unterscheidet sich vom ersten dadurch, dass die Autor*innen 1. aus anderen Disziplinen stammen, 2. weniger die zeitlichen, dafür stärker die räumlichen Aspekte der Refiguration von Räumen betonen sowie sich 3. stärker auf Vergleichspraktiken von Forschenden statt auf den Vergleich substanzieller Unterschiede im Gegenstandbereich konzentrieren. Wie stark sich Praktiken von Forschenden unterscheiden können, wird durch den Vergleich von Grundlagenwissenschaften wie der Soziologie mit angewandten Wissenschaften wie der Stadtplanung deutlich. Wir veranschaulichen dies, indem wir zunächst zeigen, dass Forschende in ihrer Praxis eine Balance zwischen Engagement und Distanzierung im Sinne von Norbert ELIAS (2007 [1987]) herstellen müssen. Wissenskulturen von Disziplinen unterscheiden sich durch spezifische Balancen von Engagement und Distanzierung. Wir erläutern am Beispiel eines Vergleichs der deutschsprachigen Soziologie und der Stadtplanung, wie in Grundlagenwissenschaften und angewandten Wissenschaften in der Forschungspraxis diese Balance zwischen Engagement und Distanzierung austariert wird und wie sich diese Balance im Zuge der Refiguration von Räumen wandelt. Wir diskutieren abschließend, wie Unterschiede in der Balance von Engagement und Distanzierung in verschiedenen Wissenskulturen die Wechselwirkung zwischen Praktiken des Vergleiches und der Refiguration von Räumen beeinflussen sowie welche Fragen sich für die künftige Forschung stellen.

A main obstacle for integrating the methodological debates on spatial analysis in diverse social sciences and humanities (such as Sociology, Geography, History and Cultural Studies) is the lack of a common definition of research goals and theories of space. Starting from the discussion on absolute and relational space concepts as well as the observation that space is a multi-level-phenomenon consisting of different spatial layers which interact with time layers, the authors argue that all spatial problems can be categorized into one of five dimensions: (1) Thinking and Imagining Space; (2) Creating and Changing Space; (3) Experiencing, Appropriating and Orientating within Space; (4) (Inter)Action and Distribution within Space; and (5) Relations and Movements between Spaces. The authors discuss the contribution of various qualitative approaches (e.g. ethnography, case studies and discourse analysis), quantitative approaches (e.g. surveys, public administrational data and GIS) and cartographic approaches for analysing these dimensions and conclude with open questions for future research.

Abstract
In urban areas, water often flows along a partially closed water cycle in which treated municipal wastewater is discharged into surface waters which are one source of raw waters used for drinking water supply. A number of organic micro-pollutants (OMP) can be found in different water compartments. In the near future, climatic and demographic changes will probably contribute to an increase of OMP and antibiotic-resistant pathogens in aquatic ecosystems. The occurrence of OMP, possible adverse effects on aquatic organisms and human health and the public perception must be carefully assessed to properly manage and communicate potentially associated risks and to implement appropriate advanced treatment options at the optimum location within the water cycle. Therefore, the interdisciplinary research project ASKURIS focuses on identification and quantification, toxicological assessment and removal of organic micro-pollutants and antibiotic-resistant pathogens in the Berlin water cycle, life cycle-based economic and environmental assessment, public perception and management of potential risks.