Macrosociology allows observation of large-scale patterns and trends, but runs the risk of seeing these trends as abstract entities that exist outside of the individuals who enact them on the ground. Microsociology allows for this on-the-ground analysis, but can fail to consider the larger forces that influence individual behavior.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall designer Maya Lin was a 21-year-old Yale student when her proposal for the black stone monument won the largest design competition in American history. While most people know about the Wall, not everyone knows about the architect behind it. Here are five facts about Lin.
Time-lapse video of the building of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, Washington, D.C. The design for the monumentâby the Roma Design Group, from suggestions by historian Clayborne Carson, the editor and publisher of Kingâs papersâwas chosen from more than 900 design submissions from dozens of countries.