rhythmanalysis
Rhythmanalysis is a method and theoretical approach in social and cultural research that seeks to understand how time and space are organized in everyday life. It originated with the French philosopher Henri Lefebvre, who argued that social life unfolds through rhythms—dynamic patterns produced by the interaction of different tempos, cycles, and durations. The concept gained prominence through Lefebvre’s later writings and has since been developed and applied by researchers in geography, urban studies, anthropology, and cultural analysis.
The core idea is that rhythms are not merely repetitive events but the ways in which biological,
Methodologically, rhythmanalysis involves field observation, descriptive recording of sequences, and interpretation of tempo, duration, frequency, and
Critiques focus on the method’s interpretive nature and potential subjectivity, yet rhythmanalysis remains a flexible tool