Shopping Malls
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-531-90706-2_16
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Die Ordnung der Mall

Abstract: In der psychoanalytischen wie in der soziologischen Literatur über den Fremden, wird die Begegnung mit ihm und die Figur an sich als ambivalent beschrieben. Das Interessante, die Produktivität sowie die Chancen auf Veränderungen, die mit dem Fremden verbunden sind, gehen genau wie das in ihn projizierte Begehren mit Verunsicherungen einher. Der Ort dieser Ambivalenz und Verunsicherung ist der öffentliche Raum der großen Städte, denn dort begegnet man tagtäglich dem Fremden, der keineswegs nur als Migrant in Er… Show more

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“…It is here that the social imaginaries of community come into play: Much of the subjective feeling of safety, as described by Misztal, comes from an imagined homogeneity: Indeed, we can trust the civil functions of interpersonal rituals only insofar, as we assume a shared knowledge of the requirements they impose (Dennis et al.,2013). Consider Wehrheim's study of a German shopping mall which its visitors described as “stress‐free, familiar, harmonic and safe” (Wehrheim, 2007, p. 278) only because they believed the roles and motivations of other patrons were the same as theirs. Sure enough, these feelings of safety were grounded in a social homogeneity which was upheld by exclusionary policies, CCTV cameras and security personnel of the mall.…”
Section: Beyond Punitiveness and Market: Trust And Changing Imaginarimentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is here that the social imaginaries of community come into play: Much of the subjective feeling of safety, as described by Misztal, comes from an imagined homogeneity: Indeed, we can trust the civil functions of interpersonal rituals only insofar, as we assume a shared knowledge of the requirements they impose (Dennis et al.,2013). Consider Wehrheim's study of a German shopping mall which its visitors described as “stress‐free, familiar, harmonic and safe” (Wehrheim, 2007, p. 278) only because they believed the roles and motivations of other patrons were the same as theirs. Sure enough, these feelings of safety were grounded in a social homogeneity which was upheld by exclusionary policies, CCTV cameras and security personnel of the mall.…”
Section: Beyond Punitiveness and Market: Trust And Changing Imaginarimentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In a number of cases from across the world, scholars have demonstrated how shopping centers take over the functions and uses of traditional public space (Matthews, Taylor, Percy-Smith, & Limb, 2000; Panelli, Nairn, Atwool, & McCormack, 2002; Voyce, 2006). Shopping centers are portrayed as strongly regulated and controlled spaces of economic consumption where diversity, ambiguity, and liveliness are replaced by homogeneity, predictability, and social control (Voyce, 2006; Wehrheim, 2007). As this article demonstrates, they also define themselves through opposition to the traditional urban public space.…”
Section: Shopping Centers: a Theoretical Frameworkmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The discussion of the privatization of space and its social, economic, and political roots and consequences forms one major branch (Atkinson, 2003; Banerjee, 2001; Kohn, 2004; Mitchell, 1995; Voyce, 2006). Another group of authors has focused on the everyday operation of the shopping centers’ space itself, studying empirically the actual mechanisms of social control and their effects (Goss, 1993; Helten & Fischer, 2004; Smith, 2004; Sterne, 1997; Wehrheim, 2007). This article aims to contribute to this latter area of study, as it focuses on the material, technical, and symbolic mechanisms of social control routinely employed in shopping centers.…”
Section: Shopping Centers: a Theoretical Frameworkmentioning
confidence: 99%