An Ethnography Of Urban Exploration
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An Ethnography Of Urban Exploration
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Author : Kevin P. Bingham
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-10-01
An Ethnography Of Urban Exploration written by Kevin P. Bingham and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This book analyses a unique leisure world that has been built around a newly emerging phenomenon known as urban exploration; the art of exploring human-made environments which are generally abandoned or hidden from sight of the public eye. Drawing on Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopia, Bingham provides a detailed and critical investigation of urban exploration as a form of leisure that is about the coming together of drifting performers who, in their celebration of ‘rebellion’ and ‘deviance’, are determined to find a sense of meaning and belonging. The research considers the influence of consumer capitalism on urban explorers, and the wider social, economic and political context that shapes ideas of belonging and identity in the twenty-first century. By doing this, the book analyses urban exploration as an activity that has emerged in a time when human ideas about culture, individuality and community have transformed, and ‘solid’ modernity is gradually disintegrating around us. This multi and interdisciplinary work will appeal to people with an interest in ‘abnormal’ or ‘deviant’ leisure, as well as academics from sociology, anthropology, social geography, leisure studies, cultural studies, sport and recreation and tourism.
Unpacking Heterotopic Social Space
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Author : Kevin Peter Bingham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Unpacking Heterotopic Social Space written by Kevin Peter Bingham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with categories.
Urban exploration has emerged as the popular term used to describe the physical exploration of human-made structures and objects, particularly those that are abandoned or hidden from the public eye. In recent years it has received growing academic attention and has been examined in the current literature as a leisure form which produces a posture of authenticity that rejects commoditisation in its celebration of rebellion. While this work is certainly a useful and valuable start, it is evident that there is a distinct lack of critical research and many fundamental oversights as urban exploration is removed from its real contexts. This thesis takes the study of this phenomenon in a different direction by focusing its attention straight at the living and breathing individuals who call themselves urban explorers to lay bare a unique leisure world. Using as its starting point Foucault's (1984) concept of heterotopia which is said to operate somewhere between the everyday world and the imaginary, this thesis unpacks the heterotopic social space of a group of urban explorers known as WildBoyz. At the same time, it takes into account the inescapable period of interregnum we currently find ourselves in. This is to move beyond the limits of extant studies by considering the shift into a world dominated by consumer capitalism, and the present social, cultural and political context in which urban exploration takes place. With this in mind, the thesis is an ethnographic investigation that combines the methods of hermeneutic sociology and sociological hermeneutics to enter a heterotopic social space which, including the researcher, comprised nine key individuals from North East England. By doing this, the thesis effectively delves into this heterotopia, and all of its quixotic qualities, of a group of urban explorers by unpacking how they control cognitive, aesthetic and moral social space, the life strategies they individually adopt and the significance of the 'virtual' as a further extension of their heterotopic world. In the end, what this nuanced perspective tells the reader is that a new way of understanding urban exploration has been developed, and this is one that views a particular kind of heterotopic reality as being a form of 'devotional leisure' (Blackshaw, 2017). In other words, this thesis offers instructive and comprehensive insights into the possibilities of freedom, the significance of performativity and the machinations of very particular type of 'home' that cannot help but always be temporary and on the move.
Urban Exploration
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Author : Yvonne King
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Urban Exploration written by Yvonne King and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
Place Hacking
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Author : Bradley Lannes Garrett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Place Hacking written by Bradley Lannes Garrett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
Urban exploration is a practice of researching, discovering and physically exploring temporary, obsolete, abandoned, derelict and infrastructural areas within built environments. Through charting the rise to prominence of a London urban exploration crew between 2008 and 2011, of which I became an active member, I posit that urban explorers are one of many groups reacting to increased surveillance and control over urban space by undertaking embodied urban interventions in the city that undermine clean spatio/ternporal narratives. The primary research questions stem from my attempts to interrogate the practice from the inside out: Who are urban explorers? What does it involve? Why do they do it? What do they think it will accomplish? While the thesis focuses primarily on 220 explorations undertaken with my primary ethnographic group in London between 2008 and 2011, it also speaks to the urban exploration "scene" that has developed over the past twenty years in cities all over the world. The results that emerge from the research both compliment and complicate recent work within geography around issues of surveillance, resistance, hacking and urban community building and lays out a new account, never before outlined in such detail, of the tales of urban exploration taking place in contemporary cities ." across the globe. This visual ethnography is comprised of text (75,000 words), photographs (200) and video (10 shorts). The ethnographic video components can be found on the Place Hacking video channel located at http://vimeo.com/channels/placehacking or on the DVD in the back of this document. I suggest watching all 10 short videos before reading the thesis.
Explore Everything
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Author : Bradley Garrett
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2014-09-09
Explore Everything written by Bradley Garrett and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-09 with Art categories.
It is assumed that every inch of the world has been explored and charted; that there is nowhere new to go. But perhaps it is the everyday places around us—the cities we live in—that need to be rediscovered. What does it feel like to find the city’s edge, to explore its forgotten tunnels and scale unfinished skyscrapers high above the metropolis? Explore Everything reclaims the city, recasting it as a place for endless adventure. Plotting expeditions from London, Paris, Berlin, Detroit, Chicago, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, Bradley L. Garrett has evaded urban security in order to experience the city in ways beyond the boundaries of conventional life. He calls it ‘place hacking’: the recoding of closed, secret, hidden and forgotten urban space to make them realms of opportunity. Explore Everything is an account of the author’s escapades with the London Consolidation Crew, an urban exploration collective. The book is also a manifesto, combining philosophy, politics and adventure, on our rights to the city and how to understand the twenty-first century metropolis.
The Anthropology Of Postindustrialism
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Author : Ismael Vaccaro
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-10-08
The Anthropology Of Postindustrialism written by Ismael Vaccaro and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-08 with Social Science categories.
This volume explores how mechanisms of postindustrial capitalism affect places and people in peripheral regions and de-industrializing cities. While studies of globalization tend to emphasize localities newly connected to global systems, this collection, in contrast, analyzes the disconnection of communities away from the market, presenting a range of ethnographic case studies that scrutinize the framework of this transformative process, analyzing new social formations that are emerging in the voids left behind by the de-industrialization, and introducing a discussion on the potential impacts of the current economic and ecological crises on the hyper-mobile model that has characterized this recent phase of global capitalism and spatially uneven development.
Night Vision
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Author : Troy Paiva
language : en
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Release Date : 2013-05-21
Night Vision written by Troy Paiva and has been published by Chronicle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-21 with Photography categories.
A booming subculture is on the rise: dubbed Urban Exploration, it involves sneaking into abandoned or off-limits factories, aviation "boneyards," decommissioned bases, and other derelict features of the military/industrial landscape. Troy Paiva is a foremost photographer of the UrbEx (as it's known to its devotees) phenomenon, and his distinctive blend of atmospheric night photos and lighting effects are the visual hallmarks of a scene that has drawn the increasing attention of the media and the publicas seen in recent programs on both the Discovery Channel ("Urban Explorers") and MTV ("Fear"). Illuminated by histories of the sites documented, Night Vision reveals the remarkable discoveries of a new generation of explorers.
Researching The City
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Author : Kevin Ward
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2020-01-03
Researching The City written by Kevin Ward and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-03 with Social Science categories.
This practical guide for students focuses on the city and on the different ways to research it. The authors explain how urban studies research is done, from the original idea to design and implementation, through to writing up and representation. Substantive chapters explain each method in detail, from using archival methods, interviews, ethnography, questionnaires, discourse analysis and diaries, to using GIS and visual methods. This second edition offers: · A thorough introduction to the research process · Revised and updated discussions of foundational methods · A new chapter on sensory methods · A new chapter on social media as an object or a method of studying the city. With real world examples throughout and guided further reading for each chapter, it is an inspiring guide for students carrying out their own research in urban geography, urban planning, urban sociology and urban studies.
Urban Ghana And Privacy In The Digital Age
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Author : Elad Ben Elul
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2022-04-20
Urban Ghana And Privacy In The Digital Age written by Elad Ben Elul and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-20 with Social Science categories.
This book explores privacy practices and the role of digital technologies in the lives of urban Ghanaians, considering how they use language, materiality, and culture to maintain sharp boundaries between the private and public. Focusing on the harbour town of Tema, it offers rich ethnographic portraits that cover topics such as nightlife, domestic architecture, religion, and social media. The volume demonstrates how transformations across Africa such as Pentecostal reformation, neoliberal reforms, and rapid digitisation all raise the need for privacy among middle-class urbanites who use brand new (and very traditional) strategies to uphold an image of their economic or religious state. Overall the book highlights how digital technologies intertwine with local cultures and histories, and how digital anthropology enhances our understanding of the offline as much as the online. It makes a valuable contribution to discourse about the right for privacy and surveillance in the digital age, and will be of interest to scholars from anthropology and African studies.
Introducing Urban Anthropology
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Author : Rivke Jaffe
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-12-30
Introducing Urban Anthropology written by Rivke Jaffe and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-30 with Social Science categories.
This book provides an up-to-date introduction to the important field of urban anthropology. This is a critical area of study, as more than half of the world’s population now lives in cities and anthropological research is increasingly done in an urban context. Exploring contemporary anthropological approaches to the urban, the authors consider: How can we define urban anthropology? What are the main themes of twenty-first-century urban anthropological research? What are the possible future directions in the field? The chapters cover topics such as urban mobilities, place-making and public space, production and consumption, and politics and governance. These are illustrated by lively case studies drawn from urban settings across the world. Accessible yet theoretically incisive, Introducing Urban Anthropology will be a valuable resource for anthropology students and also for those working in urban studies and related disciplines such as sociology and geography. The revised second edition includes updated theoretical discussions and new ethnographic case studies. It features a new chapter on neoliberalism, austerity and solidarity, and engages more extensively with digital transformations of urban life.