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How cafes, bars, gyms, barbershops and other ‘third places’ create our social fabric
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2142" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-cafes-bars-gyms-barbershops-and-other-third-places-create-our-social-fabric-135530" target="_blank"><strong>How cafes, bars, gyms, barbershops and other ‘third places’ create our social fabric - The Conversation</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic implies many painful losses. Among them are so-called “<a href="https://www.dacapopress.com/titles/ray-oldenburg-phd/the-great-good-place/9781569246818/" target="_blank">third places</a>” – the restaurants, bars, gyms, houses of worship, barber shops and other places we frequent that are neither work nor home. </p><p></p><p>The third place is a concept in sociology and urban planning that <a href="https://www.curbed.com/2018/5/31/17414768/starbucks-third-place-bathroom-public" target="_blank">recognizes the role</a> these semi-public, semi-private places play in fostering social association, community identity and civic engagement. In giving people a familiar setting for social interaction among regulars, they encourage “<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0885412205286160" target="_blank">place attachment</a>” – that is, the bond between a person and a place.</p><p></p><p>Now, experiencing the coronavirus from the fortress of our living spaces, we may enjoy the feeling of being in a haven that protects against this invisible new enemy. But we’ve lost the social and psychological intimacy of third places.</p><p></p><p>It is a significant loss. My three decades of research on urban spaces finds that both <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=k1UMLAQAAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank">public spaces and third places</a> contribute to a healthy and flourishing society.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2142, member: 1"] [URL='https://theconversation.com/how-cafes-bars-gyms-barbershops-and-other-third-places-create-our-social-fabric-135530'][B]How cafes, bars, gyms, barbershops and other ‘third places’ create our social fabric - The Conversation[/B][/URL] Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic implies many painful losses. Among them are so-called “[URL='https://www.dacapopress.com/titles/ray-oldenburg-phd/the-great-good-place/9781569246818/']third places[/URL]” – the restaurants, bars, gyms, houses of worship, barber shops and other places we frequent that are neither work nor home. The third place is a concept in sociology and urban planning that [URL='https://www.curbed.com/2018/5/31/17414768/starbucks-third-place-bathroom-public']recognizes the role[/URL] these semi-public, semi-private places play in fostering social association, community identity and civic engagement. In giving people a familiar setting for social interaction among regulars, they encourage “[URL='https://doi.org/10.1177/0885412205286160']place attachment[/URL]” – that is, the bond between a person and a place. Now, experiencing the coronavirus from the fortress of our living spaces, we may enjoy the feeling of being in a haven that protects against this invisible new enemy. But we’ve lost the social and psychological intimacy of third places. It is a significant loss. My three decades of research on urban spaces finds that both [URL='https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=k1UMLAQAAAAJ&hl=en']public spaces and third places[/URL] contribute to a healthy and flourishing society. [/QUOTE]
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