This book examines the essence of a particular personal experience within a New York City public space. The principal approach, both theoretical and methodological, is the phenomenological perspective, an in-depth study of such a surprising experience in the real world from the first-person point of view. The book introduces a new concept of “the situated self,” that is, the whole entity of the respondent’s subjective world about his or her particular urban experience in public. It is one’s “being-in-the-word” or lived experience in the real world. Another important feature of “the situated self” is its comprehensive constitution of all certain human traits, perceptions, emotions, bodily sensations, cognition, and behavioral reaction, and their close situational connectivity to one another. By implication, this public experience of “the situated self” is a common denominator shared among regular users of New York City public spaces for making their city life with urban strangers more routinized, predictable, tolerant, and civic.
Author(s): Joong-Hwan Oh
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 212
City: London
Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Author
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction
A Phenomenological Approach to an Unexpected Public Experience in New York City
A Self-Report Study
Organization of the Book
References
Chapter 2: The Public Setting of an Unexpected Experience in New York City
Public Harassment
Public Racism
Public Crime
Public Rudeness
Public Kindness
Public Panhandling
Public Exhibition
Public Conversation
Public Filthiness
References
Chapter 3: The Essence of a Public Experience in New York City: The Situated Self in Public I
Human Autonomy
Human Community
Human Intersectionality
References
Chapter 4: A Public Experience in New York City from the Lens of a Victim: The Situated Self in Public II
Vigilant Agents
Instinctive Defenders
Situational Receptors
Situational Escapers
Fractured Agents
References
Chapter 5: A Public Experience in New York City from the Lens of a Bystander: The Situated Self in Public II
Situational Observers
Situational Stayers
Situational Regulars
Situational Avoiders
Situational Participants
Reference
Chapter 6: A Personalized Public Style in New York City
Public Harassment
Public Racism
Public Crime
Public Rudeness
Public Kindness
Public Panhandling
Public Exhibition
Public Conversation
Public Filthiness
References
Chapter 7: Conclusion
References
Index
