Heiko Schmid – författare

Bringing together leading urban scholars, this book discusses the linkages between the economic, social and psychological factors of the urban environment. It focuses on the growth of private urbanity that has led to a 'spectactularization' of the city, the most extreme component of attention being the fascination which is aroused by attractions and state-managed events. The complex characteristics of this fascination are examined under the dimensions of aesthetics, emotions, lived experiences and power structures and governance. The interdisciplinary nature of this collection has wide international appeal and will be of interest to academics of social and cultural geography and cultural and media studies.

Bringing together leading urban scholars, this book discusses the linkages between the economic, social and psychological factors of the urban environment. It focuses on the growth of private urbanity that has led to a ''spectactularization'' of the city, the most extreme component of attention being the fascination which is aroused by attractions and state-managed events. The complex characteristics of this fascination are examined under the dimensions of aesthetics, emotions, lived experiences and power structures and governance. The interdisciplinary nature of this collection has wide international appeal and will be of interest to academics of social and cultural geography and cultural and media studies.

Bringing together leading urban scholars, this book discusses the linkages between the economic, social and psychological factors of the urban environment. It focuses on the growth of private urbanity that has led to a ''spectactularization'' of the city, the most extreme component of attention being the fascination which is aroused by attractions and state-managed events. The complex characteristics of this fascination are examined under the dimensions of aesthetics, emotions, lived experiences and power structures and governance. The interdisciplinary nature of this collection has wide international appeal and will be of interest to academics of social and cultural geography and cultural and media studies.

Bringing together leading urban scholars, this book discusses the linkages between the economic, social and psychological factors of the urban environment. It focuses on the growth of private urbanity that has led to a 'spectactularization' of the city, the most extreme component of attention being the fascination which is aroused by attractions and state-managed events. The complex characteristics of this fascination are examined under the dimensions of aesthetics, emotions, lived experiences and power structures and governance. The interdisciplinary nature of this collection has wide international appeal and will be of interest to academics of social and cultural geography and cultural and media studies.

Konsum ist allgegenwärtig. Kaum ein Ort oder ein Zeitpunkt an dem nicht früher oder später die Welt der käuflichen Güter tangiert wird. Doch was genau ist Konsum, wo beginnt und wo endet er? Das alltägliche Konsumieren erschöpft sich nicht im Vollzug von Kaufakten. Ganz im Gegenteil, der Kauf scheint nur Zwischenetappe eines umfassenden Konsumprozesses zu sein, der mit der Erzeugung von Bedürfnissen, Wünschen und Vorfreuden seinen Anfang nimmt und in dessen Verlauf Güter benutzt, modifiziert und schließlich entsorgt werden. In diesem Prozess werden nicht nur Aufmerksamkeit und Erwartungen generiert, sondern auch gesellschaftliche Ordnungen und die verschiedensten Ortsbezüge (re-)produziert.Diese Multidimensionalität des Konsums spiegelt sich in einer enormen Vielgestaltigkeit der sozialwissenschaftlichen Konsumforschung wider. Der vorliegende Sammelband führt verschiedene sozialwissenschaftliche Zugänge entlang der Dimensionen Konsumkultur, Konsumwelten und Konsumalltag zusammen. Damit werden nicht nur Kontraste zwischen den Erkenntnisinteressen und Erklärungslogiken von z.B. Konsumsoziologie, Konsumgeographie oder ethnologischen Perspektiven sichtbar, sondern auch bislang wenig beachtete Konvergenzen.