Comparing Small Gatherings in Their Urban Contexts

An Interpretive Approach to a Socio-spatial Arena

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ID12835992
AuthorsJohannes Becker (0000-0002-5231-6897, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume23
Issue4
Pages435-460
Publication date2024-09-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueComparative Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1569-1322 • E-ISSN: 1569-1330
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/15691330-bja10112
OpenAlexW4402544708
LanguageEN
References cited18

This article introduces small gatherings as a socio-spatial arena that enables a comparative perspective on the basis of detailed empirical research. Small gatherings allow for an analysis of sociality in the city which can be combined with the analysis of its concrete spatiality and intersecting socio-historical processes. The challenge of doing research on small gatherings lies in the fact that they are fuzzy and may, or may not, traverse established urban scales. This will be exemplified by the characterization of two types of small gatherings, represented by cases in Amman and in East Jerusalem – small gatherings of friends and small gatherings of neighbors. They share superficial similarities, but the analysis reveals their varying relations to the neighborhood and the city

Criminology · Environmental planning · Geography · Sociology · Digital Games and Media · ICT in Developing Communities

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