Sverre Bjerkeset
Biographic Data
| ID | 4526160 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sverre Bjerkeset |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sverre |
| FAMILY NAME | Bjerkeset |
| SIGNATURE | BJERKESET S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oslo School of Architecture and Design Institute of Urbanism and Landscape Oslo Norway |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2780-6445 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hello, stranger? How attraction trumps interaction in ‘new’ public space
Chance interaction among diverse strangers is a much-celebrated feature of urbanity. The rise in privately owned and managed public spaces, tending to displace people, activities and exchanges that may threaten business interests, has thus raised broad concerns. However, how such ‘new’, high-profile public spaces of the neoliberal or entrepreneurial city differ from ‘traditional’, everyday ones in terms of spontaneous encounters, is not well cove…
Convivial Chance Encounters
The article is concerned with an issue which is not comprehensively covered in the broad ‘living with difference’ literature on encounters in public places: What makes the city's diverse strangers actually interact face‐to‐face? Drawing on long‐term urban ethnography in Oslo, Norway, the article explores ‘contact‐supporting circumstances’ in urban public space: basic circumstances that authorise or encourage convivial chance interactions among di…
Byrom i skvis
Tilfeldig kontakt mellom fremmede er et grunnleggende og ofte feiret trekk ved bylivet. Veksten i privateide offentlige byrom har derfor vekket bekymring: mennesker, aktiviteter og sosiale utvekslinger som kan true næringsinteresser, blir gjerne forsøkt fjernet eller tøylet. Men hvordan slike «nye», prestisjefylte byrom skiller seg fra mer «tradisjonelle», hverdagspregede byrom med hensyn til tilfeldig sosial interaksjon, er lite utforsket empiri…
Hello, stranger? How attraction trumps interaction in ‘new’ public space
Chance interaction among diverse strangers is a much-celebrated feature of urbanity. The rise in privately owned and managed public spaces, tending to displace people, activities and exchanges that may threaten business interests, has thus raised broad concerns. However, how such ‘new’, high-profile public spaces of the neoliberal or entrepreneurial city differ from ‘traditional’, everyday ones in terms of spontaneous encounters, is not well cove…
Byrom i skvis
Tilfeldig kontakt mellom fremmede er et grunnleggende og ofte feiret trekk ved bylivet. Veksten i privateide offentlige byrom har derfor vekket bekymring: mennesker, aktiviteter og sosiale utvekslinger som kan true næringsinteresser, blir gjerne forsøkt fjernet eller tøylet. Men hvordan slike «nye», prestisjefylte byrom skiller seg fra mer «tradisjonelle», hverdagspregede byrom med hensyn til tilfeldig sosial interaksjon, er lite utforsket empiri…
Hello, stranger? How attraction trumps interaction in ‘new’ public space
Chance interaction among diverse strangers is a much-celebrated feature of urbanity. The rise in privately owned and managed public spaces, tending to displace people, activities and exchanges that may threaten business interests, has thus raised broad concerns. However, how such ‘new’, high-profile public spaces of the neoliberal or entrepreneurial city differ from ‘traditional’, everyday ones in terms of spontaneous encounters, is not well cove…
Convivial Chance Encounters
The article is concerned with an issue which is not comprehensively covered in the broad ‘living with difference’ literature on encounters in public places: What makes the city's diverse strangers actually interact face‐to‐face? Drawing on long‐term urban ethnography in Oslo, Norway, the article explores ‘contact‐supporting circumstances’ in urban public space: basic circumstances that authorise or encourage convivial chance interactions among di…
Architecture (1 works) · Architecture (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Corporate governance (1 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (1 works) · Documentation (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Economy (1 works) · Engineering (1 works) · Ethnography (1 works)