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A Public Encounter in New York City: A Phenomenological View on a Sobering Experience

By (author) Joong-Hwan Oh

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This book examines the essence of a particular personal experience within a New York City public space. The principal approach, both theoretical and methodological, is the phenomenological perspective, an in-depth study of such a surprising experience in the real world from the first-person point of view. The book introduces a new concept of â€œthe situated self,â€ that is, the whole entity of the respondentâ€™s subjective world about his or her particular urban experience in public. It is oneâ€™s â€œbeing-in-the-wordâ€ or lived experience in the real world. Another important feature of â€œthe situated selfâ€ is its comprehensive constitution of all certain human traits, perceptions, emotions, bodily sensations, cognition, and behavioral reaction, and their close situational connectivity to one another. By implication, this public experience of â€œthe situated selfâ€ is a common denominator shared among regular users of New York City public spaces for making their city life with urban strangers more routinized, predictable, tolerant, and civic.