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Private space and Public space

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From time immemorial, societies have fashioned informal and formal public and private spaces in their settlements. Public and private spaces can be defined in two different ways. The first one is from a geographic point of view. According to Social Language, Digital Media, “a public space is a social space that is generally open and accessible to all citizens, for their use and enjoyment” such as roads or parks. On the contrary, a private place is open to those permitted by law or custom : a house, garden, apartment or building a person is living in would be considered as a private space. It is important as well as public spaces. Indeed, urban sociologists recognize that public spaces serve as a setting for community activities or public life, for example, parades, meetings, and informal gatherings. Indeed, the second definition of public and private spaces is from a psychological point of view. “Private space is the region surrounding a person which they regard as psychologically theirs”. That is, some people might have different definitions of their private space, depending on their personality : a more reserved person might have a shorter private space for example. According to that definition, a public space is thus “reserved for speeches, lectures, theatres, […] larger audiences”, in other words, for public life. Having a private and a public sphere is vital for everyone’s emancipation and freedom. But these spheres do not have clear boundaries with each other. On the contrary, they impinge constantly on their respective territories. We can think about activities confusing private and public spaces : for example, when we receive guests at home, our private space opens up on the public sphere. Therefore, in this axe, several aspects can be evoked like the question of the borders between private and public spaces, how it changes depending on times, situations, cultures, values, people and how it becomes indistinguishable today in our increasingly global world. We can also wonder how people are different between their private and public spaces, to what extent our private spaces are “private”, if it can be interesting to show parts of our private life, to what extent public spaces are “public” (if everyone can access to public sphere...), if our private space that protects ourselves from the public area in every sense of the word (ex. : lockdown) is to prioritize compared to our public space ... To this end, many social phenomenons can be studied.

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How are the boundaries between the private and public sphere influenced by different cultures, beliefs and traditions ? How has this evolved over time ?

How is society affected by the boundary between the public and private sphere (relegation of women to the private sphere, how the emancipation of women and their entry into the public sphere is still an urgent issue, how this affects gender roles) ?

How are other aspects of private and public spheres changing (family, work, language (different registers, formal/informal, …)) ?

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Freedom of movement

Gender

Education

Equality

Habitat

Diversity

Emancipation

Family law

Working from home

Street

Village square

Market

Holy places

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POTUS and FLOTUS

The case of the preppers

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POTUS and FLOTUS

Clinton

The White House, a private house ?

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Most Americans want FLOTUS and POTUS’s private lives to be public and completely transparent in order to be able to trust them and check if they are “clean” for the country’s public image. For example, when Bill Cliton’s private affair with another woman had become public, it has been prejudiciable for his career and his public image. Indeed, some FLOTUS and POTUS suffer not to have any private life. This is the case for Hillary Clinton that decided not to run for president again in order to protect her private life (family and friends). However, she was at the time also balanced with her public life : she wanted to do the best choice for her country as well. This is the reason why, some FLOTUS and POTUS tried to find a balance between their private and public life. They aptly use their private life to support their public image, for example by spreading posing pictures of themselves or their family, or by opening White House’s doors for charity like Michelle Obama.

Hillary Clinton

Obama's family

Michelle Obama

Bill Clinton

Weight of images

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What’s a good political candidate ?

No matter their private life

"Clean" private life

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The case of the preppers

The link between survivalism and private and public spaces can be understood in two different ways. In the first one, the demarcation between private space and public space is perfectly clear and even visible. Indeed, for preppers, the core of their facility constitutes their private space that represents safety and protection, the outside constitutes their public space that represents danger, and their bunker represents the vital border between the two. In such a situation, private and public spaces are absolutely separated in order to survive every disaster : it is what preppers believe. Personally speaking, I think that this conviction can be prejudiciable for them. Indeed, it’s essential to overcome one’s fears. If not, we may become paranoiac and isolated from society. In the second link, survivalism illustrates the blurring frontier between public and private spaces. In fact, if the world became apocalyptic after a major cataclysm or disaster, either preppers would confine themselves in a forteresse with a survivalist community or non-preppers would wander and try to survive, their houses having been destroyed. In such a situation, the line between public and private space is blurred. Talking about private property is pointless : what matters here is to survive.

Ready for the worst ?

Preppers ?

Make a break

A community

The origins of prepping

Apocalypse ?

By fear

Prepping today

The US disaster

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Diversity and Inclusion

territory and memory

Citizenship and virtual worlds

Identity and exchanges

A person’s memory comes from his own heritage, experiences and history...

Virtual world is another example of border between private and public space...

Society can be affected by the boundaries between public and private spheres...

Our identity constitutes our private life ...

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Women in Society : from the private to the public sphere

working from home

  • internet
  • teleworking
  • education
  • blurry border
  • domestic sphere
  • enter the public sphere
  • struggle
  • current issue

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Social media and vlogging

Religion and laicism

  • private life
  • public place
  • blurry border
  • debated topic
  • vlogging
  • selfies
  • private life
  • public display

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