Rhythm analysis

From Geography

Latest revision as of 14:08, 26 October 2012

Rhythm analysis is the title of a book by Lefebvre. The term is also mentioned earlier in the work of Lefebvre, who is inspired by the work of Karl Marx. According to Lefebvre rhythm is a tool for analyzing urban spaces, and the effects on the inhabitants of those spaces (Lefebvre, 1994). It's only quite recently that this concept of rhythm has taken on a developed form, thus entering into knowledge instead of remaining an object of art.

Rhythms can be found everywhere in our daily life. ' Everywhere where there is interaction between a place, a time and an expenditure of energy, there is a rhythm.'(Lefebvre, 1994, p.15) The word rhythm means that there is a repetion of a certain action, but rhythm is more then only repetition. What makes a thing into a rhythm is the combination between repetitions and difference. Without those parts of a new, different situation there is no rhythm (lefebvre, 1994, p. 6).

Linear and cyclical

There are two kinds of rhythms: linear rhythms and cyclical rhythms. An example of linear rhythm would be the flow of information from a radio, what gives a certain rhythm. A good example for a cyclical rhythm would be day fading into night, and night brightening into day. Cyclical repetitions and the linear repetitions are sorted out under analysis, however these two kinds of rhythms interfere constantly in real-life. (Lefebvre, 1994, p. 8)

References:

Lefebvre, H. (1994) Elements of rhythmanalysis: An introduction to the understanding of rhythms. found on 19-10-2010 at http://books.google.nl/books?id=INcAsZ1oTq8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=rhythm+analysis&source=bl&ots=iyxPrczMob&sig=Zx5LrZseTZuAQ1Im-TQ3W2akqh8&hl=nl&ei=VWu9TLnCDIOUOqrpuGc&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=rhythm%20analysis&f=false

contributers

• Published by Lisanne Dols (0822701) and Lorenzo Goudsmits (08279910)
• Evaluated by Jordi de Leeuw, 26 october 2012