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Youth in Zurich's Public Spaces: Hanging Out as an In/Exclusive Way of Taking Their Place in the City
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Abstract Based on the preliminary results of an ongoing research project focused on the social and cultural practices of young people in physical and virtual public spaces across four urban areas in Switzerland, this article explores the everyday spatial behavior of youth who hang out in Zurich’s public spac... view more
Based on the preliminary results of an ongoing research project focused on the social and cultural practices of young people in physical and virtual public spaces across four urban areas in Switzerland, this article explores the everyday spatial behavior of youth who hang out in Zurich’s public spaces. It highlights how everyday activities provide these young people with a means of coming to terms with the inclusive and exclusive potential of the urban public spaces they appropriate and how, in turn, they adopt spatial practices that can prove more or less inclusive. Some of these practices may be provocative or even subversive; and whereas others are more discreet (sometimes involving unconscious behavior or passing unnoticed), we argue that they are no less political. The subtle ways in which young people progressively take their place in the city could best be described as "micropolitical."... view less
Keywords
socialization; public space; adolescence; micro-politics; Switzerland; adolescent
Classification
Sociology of Settlements and Housing, Urban Sociology
Sociology of the Youth, Sociology of Childhood
Free Keywords
urban cohabitation
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 93-104
Journal
Social Inclusion, 11 (2023) 3
Issue topic
In/Exclusive Cities: Insights From a Social Work Perspective
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed