«ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRACTIONS» IN PUBLIC SPACES

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulia S. VORONTSOVA
Keyword(s):  
Structural Organization ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Shopping Centers ◽  
Shopping Malls ◽  
Optical Illusions ◽  
Emotional Perception

The article discusses the role of environmental attractions in the structural organization in public spaces such as shopping malls. Environmental attractions being a participant of public spaces formation with other objects, affect people’s artistic and emotional perception of space. In illustration of these attractions optical illusions are standing out. The author explores the examples of existing environmental attractions and concludes that the introduction of environmental attractions with optical illusions requires the identification of specific steps and conditions of designing environmental attractions as the architectural and spatial forms in large shopping centers.

scholarly journals The Reconfiguration of Urban Public–Private Spaces in the Mall: False Security, Antidemocratization, and Apoliticalization

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12447
Author(s):  
Luis Alfonso Escudero Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Shopping Centers ◽  
Shopping Malls ◽  
Capitalist System ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Using Data

In cities across the world, public spaces are being reconfigured, and their functions are being appropriated by private areas, such as shopping malls. The aim of the present article was to analyze this problem and, more specifically, to study shopping centers as secure spaces in cities, as well as the antidemocratic and apolitical nature of such malls. The study takes a positivist approach, beginning with the existing theoretical framework and using data from case studies to generate findings. The theoretical framework is established through a review of the literature, while the case study data are drawn from an analysis of news content from digital media and from autoethnography. The findings suggest malls are perceived as safe spaces, also in addition to being home to minor offenses, as well as a number of tragic events and crimes. Additionally, a growing number of demonstrations and political acts are being staged inside malls, which are seen as symbols of consumption and the neoliberal capitalist system. The owners and managers of shopping centers condone and permit the least conflictive acts and ban and repress the remainder, on occasions with the support of state security forces. The relocation of civic life to malls reduces the use of public spaces and erodes the value of the public sphere. The article ends by proposing public actions to reverse this process.

MEDIA AND MODERNITY: THE ROLE OF THE PRINTING PRESS IN THE MODERNIZATION OF WESTERN SOCIETY

1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-301
Author(s):  
Yuyun Sunesti
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Western Society ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Information Media ◽  
Printing Method ◽  
Important Milestone

One of the influential factors in the formation of modern society in the Westernworld and subsequently spread to over the world has been the discovery of printing presswhich can be found in the form of printing method, printing company and print media.Since it was firstly used by Gutenberg in about 15th century AD, information which waspreviously delivered through oral medium with a limited audience, then through a methodof printing can be reproduced in large quantities and can be read by more audience, acrossdistance and time. Printing method which encourages the emergence of large printingcompanies and then print media has contributed in transforming modern cultural life ofsociety.In addition, the advent of the printing industries which has transformed intotransnational corporations as well as the emergence of journals and regular newspapersalso contributes significantly in raising public spaces as a medium for discussion andcritical thinking amidst society. Ultimately, this information media transformation brings achange in the state system which is more open and leads to the emergence of ideas ofnationalism which becomes an important milestone in transforming traditional societiesinto modern societies.

Quantitative Conditions and Convergent Operations That Are Compatible With the Universe as a Persistent Generator of Successive Simulations

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 4178-4187
Author(s):  
Michael A Persinger ◽  
Stanley A Koren
Keyword(s):  
Structural Organization ◽  
Total Duration ◽  
Human Cognition ◽  
Intrinsic Properties ◽  
Basic Assumptions ◽  
Electron Orbit ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
Massive Information ◽  
The Universe

                The capacity for computer-like simulations to be generated by massive information processing from electron-spin potentials supports Bostrom’s hypothesis that matter and human cognition might reflect simulations. Quantitative analyses of the basic assumptions indicate the universe may display properties of a simulation where photons behave as pixels and gravitons control the structural organization. The Lorentz solution for the square of the light and entanglement velocities converges with the duration of a single electron orbit that ultimately defines properties of matter. The approximately one trillion potential states within the same space with respect to the final epoch of the universe indicate that a different simulation, each with intrinsic properties, has been and will be generated as a type of tractrix defined by ±2 to 3 days (total duration 5 to 6 days). It may define the causal limits within a simulation. Because of the intrinsic role of photons as the pixel unit, phenomena within which flux densities are enhanced, such as human cognition (particularly dreaming) and the cerebral regions associated with those functions, create the conditions for entanglement or excess correlations between contiguous simulations. The consistent quantitative convergence of operations indicates potential validity for this approach. The emergent solutions offer alternative explanations for the limits of predictions for multivariate phenomena that could be coupled to more distal simulations.

Queering Gender Identity Work: A Life History of a Black Transgender Woman

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Esethu Monakali
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Ongoing Effort ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Individual

This article offers an analysis of the identity work of a black transgender woman through life history research. Identity work pertains to the ongoing effort of authoring oneself and positions the individual as the agent; not a passive recipient of identity scripts. The findings draw from three life history interviews. Using thematic analysis, the following themes emerge: institutionalisation of gender norms; gender and sexuality unintelligibility; transitioning and passing; and lastly, gender expression and public spaces. The discussion follows from a poststructuralist conception of identity, which frames identity as fluid and as being continually established. The study contends that identity work is a complex and fragmented process, which is shaped by other social identities. To that end, the study also acknowledges the role of collective agency in shaping gender identity.

ROLE OF ENTERTAINMENT IN FOSTERING CONSUMER DELIGHT AT SHOPPING MALLS IN COIMBATORE CITY

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
K. SASI KUMAR ◽  
SULTANA M. SADIKA ◽  
M. VASUDEVAN ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Shopping Malls

scholarly journals The Hierarchy of Walking Needs and the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
pp. 7461
Author(s):  
Mohammad Paydar ◽  
Asal Kamani Fard
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Current Context ◽  
Mode Of Transport ◽  
Different Levels

More than 150 cities around the world have expanded emergency cycling and walking infrastructure to increase their resilience in the face of the COVID 19 pandemic. This tendency toward walking has led it to becoming the predominant daily mode of transport that also contributes to significant changes in the relationships between the hierarchy of walking needs and walking behaviour. These changes need to be addressed in order to increase the resilience of walking environments in the face of such a pandemic. This study was designed as a theoretical and empirical literature review seeking to improve the walking behaviour in relation to the hierarchy of walking needs within the current context of COVID-19. Accordingly, the interrelationship between the main aspects relating to walking-in the context of the pandemic- and the different levels in the hierarchy of walking needs were discussed. Results are presented in five sections of “density, crowding and stress during walking”, “sense of comfort/discomfort and stress in regard to crowded spaces during walking experiences”, “crowded spaces as insecure public spaces and the contribution of the type of urban configuration”, “role of motivational/restorative factors during walking trips to reduce the overload of stress and improve mental health”, and “urban design interventions on arrangement of visual sequences during walking”.

CERAMICS BASED ON ORGANOSILICON POLYMERS-PRECURSORS: MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES (review). Part 2

2021 ◽  
pp. 22-32
Author(s):  
A.M. Shestakov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Nmr Spectroscopy ◽  
Material Properties ◽  
Structural Organization ◽  
Ceramic Materials ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Correct Interpretation ◽  
Instrumental Methods ◽  
Organosilicon Polymers

Shows the scientific approaches of various authors to the study of the microstructure of ceramics, the purpose of which is to elucidate its structural organization at the micro- and nanoscale, as well as the influence of the microstructure on the complex of material properties. Various instrumental methods for studying ceramics (NMR spectroscopy, electron microscopy, х-ray structural analysis, etc.) are considered, the permissible capabilities of research methods and analysis of the results obtained with their correct interpretation are shown. The special role of theoretical modeling in understanding the structure of the considered ceramic materials is noted.

A special role of water in dielectrics of different structural organization

2021 ◽  
Vol 585 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-51
Author(s):  
Nadezhda D. Gavrilova ◽  
Inna A. Malyshkina ◽  
Olga D. Novik
Keyword(s):  
Structural Organization ◽  
Special Role

Probing the microscopic structural organization of neat ionic liquids (ILs) and ionic liquid-based gels through resonance energy transfer (RET) studies

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (34) ◽  
pp. 23194-23203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debashis Majhi ◽  
Moloy Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Ionic Liquids ◽  
Structural Organization ◽  
Rhodamine 6G ◽  
Resonance Energy Transfer ◽  
Resonance Energy

With the aim to understand the role of the ionic constituents of ionic liquids (ILs) in their structural organization, resonance energy transfer (RET) studies between ionic liquids (donor) and rhodamine 6G (acceptor) have been investigated.

Role of Public Spaces in Promoting Social Interaction in Divided Cities

2018 ◽  
pp. 103-121
Author(s):  
Marija Kukoleca ◽  
Ana Mafalda Madureira ◽  
Javier Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Public Spaces
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