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This chapter analyzes data from interviews and observation with regard to the precise features that make businesses sites for interaction, and eventually, for community. More precisely, I aim to determine the distinct material and social features that support sociability and interaction among customers, staff, and owners. The data and concepts generated from interviews and observations are thereby analyzed using the features Raymond Oldenburg ascribed to his so-called third places as a conceptual lens.
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Steigemann, A. (2019). Businesses as Spaces where Community is Practiced? The Socio-Spatial Features for “talking about everything,” “coming down,” and “staying in touch”. In: The Places Where Community Is Practiced. Stadt, Raum und Gesellschaft. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-25393-6_6
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