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Consumer Culture & the city
Consumer Culture & the city
Alex Button, Allison Chewter, Kristina Tang, Yougendran Thiyagarajah, Ezra Wasser
Alex Button, Allison Chewter, Kristina Tang, Yougendran Thiyagarajah, Ezra Wasser
Introduction
Introduction
• Consumer Behaviour & Impact on Urban Space
Introduction
• Importance• Stores act as Landmarks
• Make up Urban Space
• Facilitate Social Interaction
• Function Promotes Place
Consumer Culture
Consumer Culture
• Began in Late 20th Century: Symbol of Advanced Industrial Societies
• Design, Production & Use of Things
• Aestheticization of Consumer Goods Intensified Cultural Meaning
Consumer Culture
• Rise in Culture Industries
• Consumer Culture Increasingly Mediates Social Groups
• Contrast is Social Stratification
Consumer Culture
• Proliferation of “highly visible” spaces of consumption
• Aestheticization of Public Space
• Shape Urban Interaction and Sociability
The Brand
The Brand
The Brand
• Brandscaping:
• Organization of Space by Brand
• Themed Restaurants & Stores
• Amplified Visibility
The Brand
The Brand
• Replacement of Old Department Stores
• Used as Wayfinding Tools
• Familiarity
The Brand
The Brand
• 3rd Places: Homes Away from Home
• Social Segregation
The Shopping Mall
The Shopping Mall
The Shopping Mall
• Urban to Suburban Movement• Anchored by Branches of Downtown
Stores
• Drained Investment from Downtowns
• Furniture Simulates Downtown
The Shopping Mall
The Shopping Mall
• Social Space• Mall Walkers
• Loitering Teens
• Social Isolation
• Formal Social Conduct in Stores
The Shopping Mall
The Shopping Mall
The Shopping Mall
• Perceived Safety• Geographic Isolation
• Power Centres Perceived as Unsafe
• Family-Oriented Leisure Centre
The Shopping Mall
The Shopping Mall
Cultural Quarters, Urban Villages
• “Urban Villages and cultural quarters are organizer around the principle consumption, promoting various kinds of cultural goods and services including food, fashion, entertainment and housing.” (Bookman 267-8)
Cultural Quarters, Urban Villages
Gastown, Vancouver Distillery District, Toronto
Gay Village, Manchester Banglatown, London
Cultural Quarters, Urban Villages
Soho, New York City
Exchange District, Winnipeg
Cultural Quarters, Urban Villages
• Naturally Developed Village and Planned & Implemented Quarters are Different
• Problems & Issues Associated with Quartering
Cultural Quarters, Urban Villages
• “In general the most successful cities contain the most culturally and socially diverse innovative spaces of consumption.” (Jayne, 2006, p. 23)
Questions
•How can shopping be a socially stratifying experience?
Questions
•What cities/areas are identified by things?
Questions
•Can power centres affect social cohesion?
Questions
•Has social space moved from the public space to the private mall?
Questions
•Think of a cultural quarter or urban village in your home town.
•What image does it have?
•Why?
Consumer Culture & the city
Consumer Culture & the city
Alex Button, Allison Chewter, Kristina Tang, Yougendran Thiyagarajah, Ezra Wasser
Alex Button, Allison Chewter, Kristina Tang, Yougendran Thiyagarajah, Ezra Wasser
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