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 allgegenwartig. Kaum ein Ort oder ein Zeitpunkt an dem nicht fruher oder spater die Welt der kauflichen Guter tangiert wird. Doch was genau ist Konsum, wo beginnt und wo endet er? Das alltagliche Konsumieren erschopft sich nicht im Vollzug von Kaufakten. Ganz im Gegenteil, der Kauf scheint nur Zwischenetappe eines umfassenden Konsumprozesses zu sein, der mit der Erzeugung von Bedurfnissen, Wunschen und Vorfreuden seinen Anfang nimmt und in dessen Verlauf Guter benutzt, modifiziert und schlielich entsorgt werden. In diesem Prozess werden nicht nur Aufmerksamkeit und Erwartungen generiert, sondern auch gesellschaftliche Ordnungen und die verschiedensten Ortsbezuge (re-)produziert. Diese Multidimensionalitat des Konsums spiegelt sich in einer enormen Vielgestaltigkeit der sozialwissenschaftlichen Konsumforschung wider. Der vorliegende Sammelband fuhrt verschiedene sozialwissenschaftliche Zugange entlang der Dimensionen Konsumkultur, Konsumwelten und Konsumalltag zusammen. Damit werden nicht nur Kontraste zwischen den Erkenntnisinteressen und Erklarungslogiken von z.B. Konsumsoziologie, Konsumgeographie oder ethnologischen Perspektiven sichtbar, sondern auch bislang wenig beachtete Konvergenzen.