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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Atkinson, Joshua D

Titel

Activist Events

Ist Teil von

• Journey into Social Activism, 2017, p.152

Ort / Verlag

United States: Fordham University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Events are actions or performances by people within certain contexts shaped by their environment. Research concerning cityscape and landscape has demonstrated the role of the physical environment in shaping the ways in which people act or perform in public (e.g., Mitchell 2000). For instance, Greg Dickinson (1997; 2006) analyzes the ways in which architecture in places such as Pasadena, California, effectively lead peoples’ gazes, or sights, within the physical environment. This process impacts the peoples’ knowledge about that site and, in turn, shapes their perceptions about right and wrong actions. In the case of Dickinson’s research, cities that had experienced