
Production of Space (Production of Space) is a foundational theory developed by the French thinker and sociologist Henri Lefebvre, who lived between 1901 and 1991 and is known in the literature as a Neo-Marxist, to radically analyze the relationships between city, space and politics.【1】 Lefebvre’s redefinition of space not as a physical and static void but as a social production field was significantly shaped by his experience as a taxi driver in Paris during the 1920s and 1930s and his internat
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Urban Anthropology is a subfield of socio-cultural anthropology that examines cultural systems in cities and their interactions at local, regional, and global scales.【1】 Unlike traditional anthropology, which focused on non-modern, primitive, or rural communities, this field centers on complex and industrialized urban structures. Urban anthropology views the city not merely as a physical settlement but as a dynamic habitat where social processes, spatial forms, and ideological representations ar
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Johatsu is a sociological term derived from the Japanese word meaning "evaporation" or "evaporated people" that describes the act of individuals voluntarily abandoning their current lives, families, jobs, and identities without leaving any trace. Historical Development This phenomenon first entered social literature in the 1960s when individuals seeking to escape unhappy marriages abandoned their spouses due to the difficulty of divorce proceedings.【1】 In later decades, during the early 1990s, t
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Tarlabaşı is a historic neighborhood located in the Beyoğlu district of İstanbul, northeast of the Haliç. It encompasses an area bounded by Dolapdere Caddesi to the north, Tarlabaşı Bulvarı (where Cumhuriyet Caddesi meets Taksim Meydanı) and the British Embassy Building to the south.【1】 Over its historical development, the neighborhood has undergone major demographic, physical and sociological transformations and is today associated with phenomena such as migration, poverty, urban renewal and "s
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Civil inattention is one of the fundamental concepts developed by Canadian sociologist Erving Goffman to explain face-to-face interactions between strangers in everyday life. The concept refers to individuals briefly acknowledging the presence of unfamiliar people they encounter in public spaces through a fleeting glance or body language, then withdrawing their attention to respect the other person’s privacy. Thus, the individual demonstrates that they do not ignore the other person, yet also do
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