Safety and danger in downtown Vancouver: Understandings of place among young people entrenched in an urban drug scene
Safety and danger in downtown Vancouver: Understandings of place among young people entrenched in an urban drug scene
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DOI：
10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.07.004
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
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4.8
通讯作者：
Kerr, Thomas
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作者：
Fast, Danya;Shoveller, Jean;Kerr, Thomas
我们进行了这项定性研究，以考察年轻人对加拿大温哥华市中心毒品现场的物理和社会景观的理解。对38名年龄从16岁到26岁的年轻人进行了深入访谈。使用象征性暴力的概念，我们描述了一个市中心社区如何在当地年轻人中强烈地象征着“风险”，以及这个社区的想法(以及年轻人去那里会发生什么)如何告诉人们在社会等级制度中被边缘化的经历。我们还讨论了社交网络在超越不同的市中心吸毒社区之间的地理和概念边界方面所扮演的复杂角色。最后，我们强调，必须在日常暴力和深刻的社会苦难的背景下理解年轻人在这一市中心景观中的空间战术--他们为最大限度地提高自己的安全而采取的日常行动。(C)2009爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
We undertook this qualitative study to examine young people's understandings of the physical and social landscape of the downtown drug scene in Vancouver, Canada. In-depth interviews were conducted with 38 young people ranging from 16 to 26 years of age. Using the concept of symbolic violence, we describe how one downtown neighborhood in particular powerfully symbolizes 'risk' among local youth, and how the idea of this neighborhood (and what happens when young people go there) informs experiences of marginalization in society's hierarchies. We also discuss the complex role played by social networks in transcending the geographical and conceptual boundaries between distinct downtown drug-using neighborhoods. Finally, we emphasize that young people's spatial tactics within this downtown landscape - the everyday movements they employ in order to maximize their safety must be understood in the context of everyday violence and profound social suffering. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.