The Magic of the Marketplace: Sociality in a Neglected Public Space
The Magic of the Marketplace: Sociality in a Neglected Public Space
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市场的魔力：被忽视的公共空间中的社交
DOI：
10.1177/0042098009105506
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发表时间：
2009
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影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
S. Watson
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作者：
S. Watson
这项研究探索了市场作为公共空间的潜力，在那里实施了多种形式的社会性。这项研究在英国的八个市场进行。研究表明，市场为当地不同群体提供了一个重要的公共和社会空间，作为活跃的社会接触、社会包容和对他人的关怀、“相处”和调停分歧的场所。文章最后认为，在市场中发现的社交接触和联系与对社会联想衰落的悲观描述相矛盾，这与购物中心形成了对比，并为纳入被边缘化的群体以及将差异混合在一起提供了可能性，在这些群体中，这些群体越来越被降级到更私密的领域。
This study explores the potentiality of markets as public space where multiple forms of sociality are enacted. Research was conducted in eight UK markets. The research revealed that markets represented a significant public and social space for different groups in the locality as a site for vibrant social encounters, for social inclusion and the care of others, for `rubbing along' and for mediating differences. The article concludes by arguing that the social encounters and connections found in markets contradict pessimistic accounts of the decline of social association, offering a contrast to the shopping mall and providing the possibility for the inclusion of marginalised groups and for the co-mingling of differences where these are increasingly relegated to more private spheres.