MASUDA, Jeffrey e CROOKS, Valorie. Introduction: (Re)thinking the scales of lived experience.

Area, v. 39, n. 3, 2007. p. 257–8.

- “To the point, an experiential approach to scale can help to move us away from rigid hierarchies
toward a use of scale as a representation of micro to macro level phenomena that are salient to
people’s everyday lives such as the body, home, school, community and nation. Just as the
topographic lines on a map represent a complex multidimensional landscape, human experiences of
everyday life trace the contours of a much more complex picture of social, cultural, political and
economic interconnections across scales.” (p. 257) Segundo eles, seriam nessas experiências
cotidianas que se teria a capacidade de perceber de maneiramais complexa as interconexões
políticas, econômicas, culturais e sociais entre escalas.

- “The contributors address the ‘scale of experience’ – how the lived realities of macro-scale social,
economic and political forces are played out at the micro-scales of the body, inter-personal, or
community. By doing so, the collection illustrates ways in which people can invoke scalar
discourses and experiences to engage in the world and resist threats imposed on personal or
community identities.” (p. 258)