scholarly journals Young women’s site-specific fear of crime within urban public spaces in Seoul

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Hee Min ◽  
Gidong Byun ◽  
Mikyoung Ha
Keyword(s):  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
Specific Fear

scholarly journals Recomposing the City: A Survey of Recent Sound Art in Belfast

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 47-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gascia Ouzounian
Keyword(s):  
Public Spaces ◽  
Sound Art ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
Sonic Art ◽  
The Past ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
The City ◽  
Radical Transformation

This article introduces examples of recent sound art in Belfast, a city that has undergone radical transformation over the past decade and is home to a burgeoning community of sound artists. The text investigates the ways in which sonic art can redraw boundaries in a city historically marked by myriad political, socioeconomic, religious and sectarian divisions. The article focuses on sound works that reimagine a “post-conflict” Belfast. These include site-specific sound installations in urban and public spaces, soundwalks, sculptures, locative and online works, and experimental sonic performances that draw upon traditional Irish song and music.

Gender Specific Emotional Responses to Anticipated Crime

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon C. Moore ◽  
Jonathan Shepherd
Keyword(s):  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Dimensional Measure ◽  
Property Loss ◽  
Crime Types ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
And Control ◽  
Specific Fear ◽  
Gender Specific ◽  
Personal Harm

In this paper multivariate analyses are used to test two hypotheses specific to the assumption that women are more fearful of crime than men. First, national crime survey responses to a global fear of crime question were analysed to assess whether responses to global questions were biased towards particular crime types. Results show that non-specific global fear of crime questions elicit responses most associated with fear of physical harm - explaining the persistent finding in previous research that women are more fearful than men. Second, a two-dimensional measure of fear of crime was derived from six crime specific fear of crime responses. Gender and control variables were regressed onto the derived measures of fear to test the hypothesis that dimensions of fear are gender specific. Results show that women are relatively more fearful of personal harm but no gender difference was found for fear of property loss. These data are consistent with a physical vulnerability explanation and, taken together, suggest that the irrationality hypothesis can be rejected.

«Get in Your Theatres; the Street is Not Yours»: The Struggle for the Character of Public Space in Tunisia

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-69
Author(s):  
Heather Harrington
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Hip Hop ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Social Scientist ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
And Gender

Abstract How people move and appear in public spaces is a reflection of the cultural, religious and socio-political forces in a society. This article, built on an earlier work titled ’Site-Specific Dance: Women in the Middle East’ (2016), addresses the ways in which dance in a public space can support the principles of freedom of expression and gender equality in Tunisia. I explore the character of public space before, during, and after the Arab Spring uprisings. Adopting an ethnographic and phenomenological approach, I focus on the efforts of two Tunisian dancers – Bahri Ben Yahmed (a dancer, choreographer and filmmaker based in Tunis, who has trained in ballet, modern dance and hip hop) and Ahmed Guerfel (a dancer based in Gabès, who has trained in hip hop) – to examine movement in a public space to address political issues facing the society. An analysis of data obtained from Yahmed and Guerfel, including structured interviews, videos, photos, articles and e-mail correspondence, supports the argument that dance performed in public spaces is more effective in shaping the politics of the society than dance performed on the proscenium stage. Definitions and properties of everyday choreography, site and the proscenium stage are analysed, along with examples of site-specific political protest choreography in Egypt, Turkey and Tunisia. I engage with the theories of social scientist Erving Goffman, which propose that a public space can serve as a stage, where people both embody politics and can embody a protest against those politics.

'The Invisible Reality Show': Performative intervention and the production of the contemporary space

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-278
Author(s):  
FERNANDA GOMES
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
Reality Show ◽  
Artistic Experience ◽  
The Invisible

The performance intentions that interfene into public spaces− ‘site-specific performances' – can raise several issues, and this article will debate some of them. From artistic, sociological, cultural and geographic perspectives, urban interventions and performances take place in the artistic scenario and in the development of contemporary space. This article starts with the experience of the Danish group 'Udflugt', that has been in Rio de Janeiro presenting the methodologies and processes which arose after the birth of the concept of 'The Invisible Reality Show' which is used in their work. Through this article I intend to make connections between the perceptive changes of daily space, the processes of sociability, and the artistic experience in the urban context.

Elderly Victimization and Fear of Crime in Public Spaces

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vania Ceccato ◽  
Roya Bamzar
Keyword(s):  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Public Spaces

Residence-Based Fear of Crime: A Routine Activities Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (9) ◽  
pp. 1011-1037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yung-Lien Lai ◽  
Ling Ren ◽  
Richard Greenleaf
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Telephone Survey ◽  
Routine Activities ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Dwelling Unit ◽  
Routine Activities Approach ◽  
Specific Fear ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Most fear-of-crime research uses resident’s neighborhood as a key reference location to measure fear, yet the location effects of one’s own dwelling unit on crime-specific fear has not been explicitly studied theoretically in the literature. Drawing upon routine activities theory, this study undertakes an investigation into the levels and determinants of residence-based fear of crime across three racial/ethnic groups—Whites, African Americans, and non-White Hispanics. Data used in the analyses were collected from a random-sample telephone survey of 1,239 respondents in Houston, Texas. The results derived from factor analyses revealed that residents do distinguish between fear in the neighborhood and fear at home. Proximity to motivated offenders measured by perception of crime was found to be the most salient predictor of fear, followed by the measures of target vulnerability and capable guardianship. In addition, residence-based fear varies significantly across racial/ethnic groups. The significance of these findings and the policy implications are highlighted.

scholarly journals In-Between Windowscapes. A Curator’s Perspective on Collaboration as Artistic Activation in Public Spaces

2020 ◽  
pp. 259-272
Author(s):  
Chun Wai (Wilson) Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Public Art ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
Student Community ◽  
Artistic Collaboration ◽  
Curatorial Practice ◽  
Different Cultures

This paper emphasizes that curatorial practice and site-specific art are essential aspects of the transition from artistic collaboration to collaborative curatorial practice and discovers the new potential of ‘curator as collaborator’ practice to cultivate community-based, collaborative and engaging cultural projects in public spaces. By examining the curatorial residency of my participation in Public Space 50 at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia in 2017, this portfolio investigates how I, as a curator, explore art curation locations and methods to enable students to actively work collaboratively to plan, facilitate and produce public art projects. It asks how to turn public spaces into laboratories; how can student artists work together in public space; how to empower a creative student community through artistic collaboration and how artistic activation can be developed among creative participators of different cultures and backgrounds?

We Never See Children in Parks: A Qualitative Examination of the Role of Safety Concerns on Physical Activity Among Children

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1010-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole E. Rader ◽  
Sylvia H. Byrd ◽  
Brent J. Fountain ◽  
Christopher W. Bounds ◽  
Virginia Gray ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Mississippi Delta ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Safety Concerns ◽  
Qualitative Focus Groups ◽  
Perceptions Of Police

Background:Previous literature indicates physical activity and obesity are interrelated problems, especially among children in disorganized environments.Methods:Qualitative focus groups were conducted with parents of elementary school children located within the Mississippi Delta to answer one overarching research question: “What influence do safety concerns have on physical activity for children in the Mississippi Delta?”Results:There were 2 large themes; first was that recreational areas were criminal and the second was that safety concerns were a barrier to physical activity. Safety concerns as a barrier to physical activity rendered 3 sub-themes, including 1) Parental fear of crime inhibited the use of public recreational spaces, 2) Parental perceptions of police as ineffective and untrustworthy reduced the use of public spaces where children might play, and 3) Parents often expressed safety-induced intense supervision requirements that limited the physical activity of their children.Conclusions:Our study provides valuable insights into the mechanisms by which safety concerns limit physical activity of children in the Mississippi Delta.

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