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Class and Urban Public Space Consumption: A Typology in Isfahan, Iran |
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| Creator | 1. Rabiei, Kamran 2. Golrokh, Shamin 3. Bahrami, Zahra |
| Title | Class and Urban Public Space Consumption: A Typology in Isfahan, Iran |
| Contributor | - |
| Publisher | Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts Chulalongkorn University |
| Publication Year | 2564 |
| Journal Title | Journal of Urban Culture Research |
| Journal Vol. | 22 |
| Journal No. | - |
| Page no. | 3-19 |
| Keyword | Social Class, Public Space, Consumption, Bourdieu, Isfahan, Iran |
| URL Website | www.cujucr.com |
| Website title | Journal of Urban Culture Research |
| ISSN | 2408-1213 |
| Abstract | This paper, adopting an interpretive approach, focuses on the spatiality of class to describe how social class represents itself through public space consumption. The paper presupposes public space consumption as a lived experience by class and explores it through analyzing the narratives of citizens in the city of Isfahan, Iran. According to Bourdieu's notion of social space, four different economic-cultural positions are purposefully selected as under-studied social categories. Cultural (occupation, professional skills and education) and economic attributes (income, house ownership and the neighborhood where they live) are considered for the categorization. Applying a qualitative content analysis, this paper uses semi-structured in-depth interviews as the basis of a thematic analysis. Comparing the identified themes for the four social categories, this study formulates four consumption patterns, comprising transient, purposeful, fluid and aggressive consumption. A class- specific typology of public space consumption is thus proposed which encompasses the four studied social categories in Isfahan. |
