In the Midst of Things : The Social Lives of Objects in the Public Spaces of New York City /

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How ordinary urban objects influence our behavior, exacerbate inequality, and encourage social changeAssumptions about human behavior lie hidden in plain sight all around us, programmed into the design and regulation of the material objects we encounter on a daily basis. In the Midst of Things takes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Benediktsson, Mike Owen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Temas:
Sociology, Urban > New York (State) > New York.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
Accessibility.
Actuator.
Adaptation.
Affordance.
Agency (philosophy).
Aisle.
Amplitude.
Anecdote.
Ask price.
Behavior modification.
Behavior.
Bottle.
Clothing.
Commodity.
Consciousness.
Consideration.
Costumed character.
Counterweight.
Customer.
Design.
Designer.
Desire.
Door.
Effectiveness.
Elitism.
Emerging technologies.
Emotion.
Entitlement.
Entryway.
Etiquette.
Exchange of information.
Explanation.
Functional requirement.
Funding.
Gathering place.
Government agency.
Human Action.
Human behavior.
Human body.
Hurrying.
Iconography.
Illustration.
Inference.
Infrastructure.
Ingredient.
Institution.
Interaction.
Interconnection.
Interpersonal relationship.
Irony.
Jargon.
Leeway.
Lobbying.
Make A Difference.
Marketing.
Metropolitan area.
Morality.
Motor vehicle.
Negotiation.
Obstacle.
Of Human Action.
Organization.
Outreach.
Ownership.
Parameter.
Pedestrian.
Personalization.
Planning.
Point of sale.
Project.
Public infrastructure.
Public space.
Quantity.
Recreation.
Regimen.
Reinforcement.
Result.
Saleh.
Schematic.
Self-image.
Shortage.
Sightline.
Signage.
Simulacrum.
Social cognition.
Social space.
Social structure.
Society.
Supply chain.
Supporter.
Target audience.
Technology.
Telecommunication.
Theory.
Trade-off.
Transaction cost.
Trapping.
Travel.
Use value.
Vendor.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Appearance
  • 1. The Public Lawn
  • 2. The Folding Chair
  • Part II. Disruption
  • 3. The Traffic Divider
  • 4. The Subway Door
  • Part III. Disappearance
  • 5. The Newsstand
  • Conclusion: The Bench
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index
  • A Note on the Type

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