THE THIRD SPACE THEORY Haijing Wang The third

THE THIRD SPACE THEORY Haijing, Wang

The third place ❀ In his book The Great Good Place, Ray Oldenburg defines that the third place (or third space) is the social surroundings separate from the two usual social environments (home and workplace) in community building. ❀ eg. cafes, clubs, public libraries, or parks ❀ He argues that third places are important for civil society, democracy, civic engagement, and establishing feelings of a sense of place. ❀ Free or inexpensive ❀ Food and drink, while not essential, are important ❀ Highly accessible: walking distance ❀ Involve regulars ❀ Welcoming and comfortable ❀ Both new friends and old should be found there. ❀ https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=G-Xm. C 0 FHWEo&t=7 s ❀ https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=TQWcii. Ss 160&t=138 s

The third space theory — Adam Fraser ❀ What ❀ The is the third space? third space is a concept of micro transitions. ❀ The first space is the role people are doing now, the second space is the role people are going to do next, third space is the micro transitional period. ❀ Transition into a new role, move between different roles, the third space is the gap in-between. ❀ He argues that what people do in that gap has a huge impact on their capacity to perform in the second space. ❀ Why it is important? ❀ shut down (baggage) & show up (purpose) ❀ https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=dpk_dss. ZXqs

theory and methodology landscape ❀ phenomenology ❀ case study ❀ qualitative ❀ narrative ❀ questionnaire (interview)