The global pandemic has made society united in humanity’s survival. But it has also disrupted the essential element of city life: public life. As the emergent and complete shutdown during the pandemic, social life, which is a significant thriving manifestation of urban activities, seemingly stuck in a dilemma. On the one hand, public spaces are shut down overnight in the disaster of Covid-19, compromising to the public health with no choice. On the other hand, it is the human being as users and operators behave differently on the street composes the scenario of social life, or urban life. Actually, the research found that the disaster of Covid-19 has never erased the nature of sociability, correspondingly, risky but not extinct, street life in Milan during the lockdown, has never been defeated but struggling to explore a new path forward. Regarding the rapid and profound transformation of social behaviors during Covid-19, the research will be picking the focus on the ‘streets’ as specific protagonist for converting more sociable and healthy public spaces. Starting from the case of a multiethnic consolidated neighborhood in Milan (around Via Paolo Sarpi a marvelous pedestrian-oriented street supporting diverse social behaviours before Covid-19), the proposed chapter explores how people respond rapidly to the lockdown in different phases (from entire quanrantine to partial reset) and then identify the new normality of how conventional street life that is being reshaped. To track the on-going transition of social behaviors, we will propose online investigation and examine the data from social media. The thesis involve the analysis of the changes in the living practices of the street during the pandemic not only physically (abandonment of the street life, closing of stores and corner shops, social activities on the balconies, spontaneous solidarities, etc.) but also virtually performed as booming social connections (public discussions, asking for help, job offering, etc) in Facebook group named ‘social street’ in Paolo Sarpi. Practices of street both in physical environment and virtual world are interconnectedly regenerating a new street life.
La pandemia globale ha unito la società alla sopravvivenza dell'umanità. Ma ha anche interrotto l'elemento essenziale della vita di città: la vita pubblica. Come la chiusura emergente e completa durante la pandemia, la vita sociale, che è una significativa manifestazione fiorente delle attività urbane, sembra bloccata in un dilemma. Da un lato, gli spazi pubblici sono chiusi durante la notte nel disastro di Covid-19, compromettendo la salute pubblica senza scelta. D'altra parte, è l'essere umano in quanto gli utenti e gli operatori si comportano in modo diverso sulla strada componendo lo scenario della vita sociale o della vita urbana. In realtà, la ricerca ha scoperto che il disastro di Covid-19 non ha mai cancellato la natura della socievolezza, di conseguenza, rischiosa ma non estinta, la vita di strada a Milano durante il blocco, non è mai stata sconfitta ma lottando per esplorare un nuovo percorso in avanti. Per quanto riguarda la rapida e profonda trasformazione dei comportamenti sociali durante Covid-19, la ricerca focalizzerà l'attenzione sulle "strade" come protagonista specifico per la conversione di spazi pubblici più socievoli e sani. A partire dal caso di un quartiere consolidato multietnico a Milano (attorno a Via Paolo Sarpi una meravigliosa strada pedonale a supporto di diversi comportamenti sociali prima di Covid-19), il capitolo proposto esplora il modo in cui le persone rispondono rapidamente al blocco in diverse fasi (da tutto il quanrantine reimpostazione parziale) e quindi identificare la nuova normalità di come la vita di strada convenzionale venga rimodellata. Per tracciare la transizione in atto dei comportamenti sociali, proporremo un'indagine online ed esamineremo i dati dai social media. La tesi prevede l'analisi dei cambiamenti nelle pratiche di vita della strada durante la pandemia non solo fisicamente (abbandono della vita di strada, chiusura di negozi e corner shop, attività sociali sui balconi, solidarietà spontanee, ecc.) Ma anche virtualmente eseguito come connessioni sociali in forte espansione (discussioni pubbliche, chiedere aiuto, offerte di lavoro, ecc.) nel gruppo di Facebook chiamato "social street" in Paolo Sarpi. Le pratiche di strada sia nell'ambiente fisico che nel mondo virtuale stanno rigenerando in modo interconnesso una nuova vita di strada.
Managing sociable street in the new normal
Fang, Ying
2019/2020
Abstract
The global pandemic has made society united in humanity’s survival. But it has also disrupted the essential element of city life: public life. As the emergent and complete shutdown during the pandemic, social life, which is a significant thriving manifestation of urban activities, seemingly stuck in a dilemma. On the one hand, public spaces are shut down overnight in the disaster of Covid-19, compromising to the public health with no choice. On the other hand, it is the human being as users and operators behave differently on the street composes the scenario of social life, or urban life. Actually, the research found that the disaster of Covid-19 has never erased the nature of sociability, correspondingly, risky but not extinct, street life in Milan during the lockdown, has never been defeated but struggling to explore a new path forward. Regarding the rapid and profound transformation of social behaviors during Covid-19, the research will be picking the focus on the ‘streets’ as specific protagonist for converting more sociable and healthy public spaces. Starting from the case of a multiethnic consolidated neighborhood in Milan (around Via Paolo Sarpi a marvelous pedestrian-oriented street supporting diverse social behaviours before Covid-19), the proposed chapter explores how people respond rapidly to the lockdown in different phases (from entire quanrantine to partial reset) and then identify the new normality of how conventional street life that is being reshaped. To track the on-going transition of social behaviors, we will propose online investigation and examine the data from social media. The thesis involve the analysis of the changes in the living practices of the street during the pandemic not only physically (abandonment of the street life, closing of stores and corner shops, social activities on the balconies, spontaneous solidarities, etc.) but also virtually performed as booming social connections (public discussions, asking for help, job offering, etc) in Facebook group named ‘social street’ in Paolo Sarpi. Practices of street both in physical environment and virtual world are interconnectedly regenerating a new street life.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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