Die Beobachtung der Situation

Zur Rolle von Affekten in Begegnungen zwischen Fremden

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ID8102786
AuthorsP Dirksmeier (0000-0001-9706-004X, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Geographisches Institut, Abteilung Kultur- und Sozialgeographie, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin), I Helbrecht (0000-0001-6992-6002, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Year2013
Volume101
Issue2
Pages65-81
Publication date2013-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeographische Zeitschrift (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-7479 • E-ISSN: 2365-3124
PublisherFranz Steiner Verlag (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.25162/gz-2013-0008
OpenAlexW3170701706
LanguageEN
Citations received9

The paper analyses the role of affections and affect in two encounters between strangers in Berlin. Affections are construed as states of being of the affected body, whereas affect is the transition between different states of being. Drawing on recent work on affects in social geography the paper conceptualises affect as a theoretical tool for the empirical analysis of bodies in encounters. Affect be understood as the main force behind the collectivisation of bodies in places is scrutinised by the visual method of video analysis. By filming strangers in interactions in a public bar and on a street festival the paper thinks through the entanglement of bodies with other bodies and with bodies and performative spaces. Affects have the ability to form specific relations between bodies and between objects and bodies. They affect bodies, which pass their states upon other bodies. With this said the capacity of being affected becomes a central aspect for any encounters with difference as for the social. The paper concludes with five aspects which appear crucial for further research on affection and affect in social geography

Aesthetics · Affect (linguistics · Affection · Art · Geography · Performative utterance · Sociology · Communication · Consumer behavior in food and health · Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sociology and Education Studies

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