Mis(sed)information in Public Space

Social behaviour in public spaces has changed over the time and has become attractive to all those involved in designing people’s spaces. Communities in different countries in Europe have shown more and more interest and various activities have started to shape the public spaces all round the world. The main objective of the chapter is to review development of the methodologies that have been used to analyse public spaces worldwide and to summarize their requirements and conditions to suggest how they can be applied in order to analyse the relationship between people and spaces, with the aim to boost the active participation of people in design process. The chapter describes the methodologies using ICTs, especially e-participation, mobile technologies, GIS systems, or on the methodologies increasing the attractiveness of the public open spaces for citizens and visitors (laser holograms, QR codes, interactive boards, online and interactive maps, questionnaires and social interaction, etc.). Information technology offers new potentials of citizen participation and provides a communication platform, which suppresses a barrier of non-professionalism, allowing for distant contacts and enabling participatory process management. Users, accustomed to communicating through ICT also in public spaces, feel by using this tool more anonymous and less harassed to express their opinion. Not only ICT are important in the 21st century society, but also new ways of social media, which are accessible/open to use for larger group of people. The institutions or municipalities could use them as semi-official information platform, public open discuss forums or resource of the public initiatives.

Visibility is an important characteristic of public space. According to Brighenti, control and recognition can be understood as two opposing outcomes of visibility. These two modes are studied empirically through the use of data from a research project with young people in Brussels. This article zooms in on young people’s appropriation of a space for themselves and their negotiation of control and investigates what role (in)visibility plays in the micropolitics of these practices. It concludes that these regimes of visibility can be easily found in young people’s behavior in public space. However, they are not mutually exclusive: They easily transform into the other or present themselves simultaneously.

Bike-sharing systems are an important element in development of the smart cities and datasets from these systems are one of the ways to obtain large amount of information on bicycle traffic. These usually contain data on the origin and destination of each trip, as well as its time and duration. Alongside the basic data, some operators also provide information on the exact route picked by each user. This allows researchers to study stopovers, which may serve as a source of interesting information on human behaviour in public spaces and, as a consequence, help improve its analysis and design. However, using the raw data may lead to important errors because most stops occur in the vicinity of bike stations or are related to traffic problems, as evidenced by the case study of Cracow. The data filtering method proposed below opens up the possibility for using such datasets for further research on bike user behaviour and public spaces.

Prolonged sedentary behaviour in public spaces amplifies cardiometabolic and musculoskeletal risk. This Resources, Frameworks, & Perspectives article introduces MyActiveBench, a modular “standing–sitting” bench that converts waiting time into light activity. Core elements include an angled support activating trunk muscles and QR code linking to micro-workout videos. Policy implications encompass quotas for movement-supportive furniture in zoning and park standards, fiscal incentives for private developers, and prioritized deployment in underserved areas to address inequity. A designer-led research agenda advocates theory development around “movement affordance density”, living-lab protocols combining inertial sensors with ecological momentary assessment, and equity-centred co-design of culturally resonant cues. Open-access data repositories and transdisciplinary funding are essential to accelerate replication and meta-analysis. Environmental and economic data support long-term viability in diverse climatic regions. Subsequent deployment studies should test cross-cultural appeal and adherence. Active seating represents a globally scalable, evidence-informed urban-furniture intervention capable of operationalizing physical-activity objectives while advancing social and environmental sustainability. Designers, policymakers, and public-health researchers share responsibility for institutionalizing such innovations.

Confessions of lockdown breaches. Problematising morality during the Covid-19 pandemic

Introduction. In recent years, the phenomenon of mass gatherings has attracted significant attention from scientific and expert communities due to the increasing number of events that attract large crowds. The security concerns associated with such events have highlighted the importance of identifying anomalies in crowd behavior, which in turn requires the study of individual actions and interactions within large groups. However, analyzing the risks and unpredictable aspects of human behavior in public spaces presents a complex challenge due to the complex and unpredictable dynamics of human nature. In this context, recent discoveries in the field of information technology related to data mining, machine learning, and computer vision have opened up new possibilities for analyzing threats and hazards in crowded spaces. Crowd-based risk assessment is based on the assumption that information obtained from observable aspects of an individual's personality, as well as insights into their hidden abilities and intentions, can be intelligently combined to accurately assess the threat they pose to public spaces. Goals and objectives. The purpose of this article is to conduct a detailed analysis and develop recommendations for improving the methods and tools for automatic threat recognition in crowded areas. Methods. Modeling, analysis, synthesis, forecasting, systematization, generalization. Results and discussion. In the course of the study, special attention is paid to the description of traditional methods of crowd behavior analysis, their features and disadvantages. Modern methods are also considered, which allow assessing risks and analyzing people's behavior using modern information technologies and digital innovations. Separately, the article proposes an author's algorithm, which allows conducting modeling for the system of automatic recognition and assessment of the potential threat of people's behavior in a crowd. Conclusion. Within the framework of the developed algorithm, aspects of individual behavior that are subject to analysis are identified, a mathematical model is identified, and indicators for evaluating the results obtained are formalized. Keywords: behavior, crowd, analysis, risks, technologies, model, evaluation.

This paper will demonstrate how a focus upon the practices and interactions in and of the everyday lives of mothers of learning disabled children can provide rich insights into the position of a group of children who may not be able to conform to appropriate ways of behaving and using space. This focus will illustrate how the spatial practices and experiences of the mothers and their children are shaped by the reactions of others present and the mothers' interpretations of, and responses to, those reactions. It will, moreover, raise questions about the position of older learning disabled children whose unconventional behaviour in public spaces can threaten disorder.

Reconstructing the mutation of a ‘blind walker’ into the figure of reflexive urban activist, who proposes creative solutions to the problems of de-activated public spaces, urban art interventions are comprehended as a tool for re-inventing and revitalising urban settings while initiating intensive interaction and cooperation between citizens. The idea to arrange ‘emotionally moving situations’ so as to activate reflexive attitude of the citizens toward everyday urban settings was proposed by situationists. By disturbing usual everyday rhythms and trajectories, urban art interventions, flash mobs and urban games establish a reflexive distance from the usual, routine ‘choreography’ of the place and propose alternative scenarios of behaviour in public space. Therefore urban art interventions can be considered as a tool for creative reconceptualization of spatial structures and social order, embedded in urban space. Santrauka Remiantis M. de Certeau pasiūlyta miestelėno „aklumo” metafora, kuri nurodo į nerefleksyvų santykį su kasdiene aplinka, straipsnyje rekonstruojama šios miestelėno figūros transformacija į miesto aktyvistą („miesto kuratorių”), kuris reaguoja į miesto problemas ir ieško kūrybinių šių problemų sprendimų. Aktyvaus santykio su miesto aplinka modelis buvo plėtojamas dar situacionistų (I. Chtcheglovas, G. Debord‘as, A. Kotányi ir kt.), kurie ieškojo kasdienio miesto patyrimo suspendavimo technikų (pavyzdžiui, dreifavimas) ir siūlė reorganizuoti miesto erdves, kad jos imtų produkuoti „emocionaliai paveikias situacijas”. šios paieškos paskatino situacionistus plėtoti „unitarinio urbanizmo” koncepciją. Šiuolaikiniams miestams susiduriant su deaktyvuotų viešųjų erdvių problema, „emocionaliai paveikių situacijų” kūrimo idėja atgimsta nauju pavidalu. Meninės intervencijos į viešąsias erdves, flash-mobai ir miesto žaidimai ardo įprastus elgesio scenarijus, steigia refleksyvųatstumą su rutininiu miesto patyrimu, o taip pat skatina naujųmiesto ritualų atsiradimą bei formuoja emocinį miesto reljefą. Intervencijos į viešąsias erdves gali būti analizuojamos ir kaip refleksijos forma, ir kaip aktualių miesto problemų(viešųjų erdviųdeaktyvavimo) sprendimo būdas.

In recent decades, the United States has seen the simultaneous rise of mass incarceration and homelessness. The two crises interact with and worsen one another. Mass incarceration and homelessness are driven by the same structural factors and exacerbate one another in a feedback loop. People on community supervision face many barriers to housing, putting them at high risk of experiencing homelessness in the months following release. People experiencing homelessness are at heightened risk of criminal justice involvement, including violating the terms of their community supervision, for engaging in survival behaviors in public spaces. This paper presents evidence-based approaches to improving housing strategies for reentry populations, preventing homelessness among those in community supervision, and rehousing members of the reentry community experiencing homelessness. It concludes with recommendations for policymakers interested in improving housing outcomes and overall reentry success for people on community supervision.

Purpose The study analyzes consumers’ perceptions of unruly behavior, examining how frequently they witness it, fall victim to such conduct and engage in such actions. The analysis across tourism, hospitality and related industries offers insights into unruly behavior across different settings. Design/methodology/approach The study used an online survey administered by Prolific to US travelers (aged 18+) to investigate perceived unruly guest behavior among fellow consumers. Findings While findings indicate that certain unruly behaviors are common across sectors, others may vary due to customers’ demographics, crowd density and physical layout. The most disruptive behaviors, both self- and other-induced, were recorded by airline passengers and by theme park visitors. Factor analysis identified three dimensions of unruly behavior: irritating deviance, harmful deviance and disturbing deviance. One-way ANOVA results showed that theme park visitors scored significantly higher on disturbing deviance than airline passengers and restaurant patrons. Research limitations/implications The study employed an online data collection technique, relying solely on self-reported incidents, which might not fully capture real-life reactions to unruly behavior in the various sectors studied. Practical implications Understanding the specific types of unruly behaviors that are common in each sector can guide the development of targeted interventions and policies to improve the overall guest and employee experience. Originality/value Existing research explores problematic guest behavior in public spaces but lacks a cross-sector comparison. This study analyzes its occurrence across eight sectors, as each faces unique challenges due to specific environments and stakeholder interactions. The findings contribute new knowledge and provide theoretical and practical recommendations.

This chapter concerns the question of how people navigate through a space in which other people are also present. Issues addressed include how the space itself affects the way people navigate, how this is changed by the presence of others in the space on a collective or individual basis, and how navigational abilities and behaviour can be measured. Such measurements can then be used, for example, to identify aberrant behaviour in public spaces. The state-of-the-art and current challenges in this domain are discussed. A new empirical approach to the tracking of pedestrians who are navigating populated spaces is then described, and its verification, validation, and further extension discussed.

In this paper I use normative analysis to explore the curious and seemingly singular phenomenon whereby some dog owners deny the physical and moral facts about a situation where it is claimed their dog harmed or irritated others. I define these as epistemic and ethical denial, respectively, and offer a tentative exploration of their implications in terms of relational autonomy and responsible behaviour in public spaces.

This paper argues that some women in Cairo, Egypt are part of a feminist ‘social nonmovement’ that predates the 2011 revolution, where they ‘make scenes’, i.e. commit acts of everyday feminist resistance, by defying patriarchal control over their bodies and behavior in public space independently from one another, spurred by patriarchal oppression for most, and participation in the revolution for some. Through interviews with twelve Cairene women in 2017, I investigate how and why they defy the social norms governing women’s use of public spaces and investigate the role of the 2011 revolution in their different forms of feminist defiance. I analyze three acts of public feminist resistance: women removing the hijab, defying street harassment, and moving out of their parents’ and husbands’ homes. My findings contribute to the literature on recent Egyptian women’s feminist resistance specifically, and everyday resistance studies in general. Only a quarter of my participants identify the revolution as the main reason for their feminist epiphany and resistance.

We develop an interaction framework for huge public displays with multiple users in public spaces such as concourses, lobbies in buildings, and rendezvous spots. Based on this framework, we introduce an interactive system for public spaces called Mirai-Tube. This system creates a scalable interactive media space and has a scalable real-time recognizer. A Mirai-Tube system was installed in the underground concourse of Minato Mirai Station in Yokohama. We conducted a demonstration experiment from 1st Feb. to 31st Oct. 2004. This trial represents the world’s first experiment in a real public space in terms of its scale and its time period. We evaluate our interactive media system from three points of view: acceptability as a public media, how much attention the public pays to it, and its understandability as an advertising media. This paper describes the features, implementation, and operation of the interactive media system and the results of the evaluation.Keywordsinteractive public displaysambient displaysinteractive advertisingpattern recognitionsubtle interaction

The transformation of public space production and consumption in post-reformation Indonesian cities