From the sociological point of view space is as it is seen in human experience and activity. Hence the notion of social space is used in different ways with a different meaning given to it each time: firstly, social space means socially created space; secondly, space acquires a social character when it is marked by groups of people inhabiting it or by their specific activities; and thirdly, space is social because it has a definite value for people, it is the collective memory of the society, or it is owned in the material or symbolic way. The one and only, objectively measurable space does not exist as we always deal with a socially defined distance, with the relative space-time. The social character of space is the reason why it may be an important subject of sociological research in numerous dimensions, beginning with the way in which space is created and utilized, through its perception and valorization, and ending with assimilating and owning it. Recent literature dealing with this subject, customarily included among works on sociology of the town, exceeds considerably the ecological perspective used up till now which deals with the shaping of social-special structures; it also exceeds the behavioral perspective concentrated on spacial behaviors and the culturalist one examining urbanism as a specific life-style, aiming at new, more comprehensive approaches. The new trend in the interests seems to progress from sociology of the town towards sociology of the space and space-time of everyday life.
Tekst omawia relacje między obszarem, przestrzenią i miejscem. Autora interesują nie tyle same pojęcia, ile ich znaczenie w postrzeganiu, waloryzowaniu i użytkowaniu miejskiej przestrzeni. W pierwszej części analizuje rolę miejsca i sposobów jego konstruowania w społecznej praktyce. Kolejne fragmenty artykułu dotyczą mitotwórczej roli metra i ambiwalencji przestrzeni, sposobów jej przyswajania oraz kurczenia się przestrzeni publicznych we współczesnym mieście.
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The article is devoted to the relationship between the concepts of territory, space, and place. The author is interested in the meanings of these concepts in the context of perceiving, valuing and using the urban space. The first section focuses on the role of place and its construction in the social reality. The following parts refer to the meaning of a metro and the ambivalence of space, methods of absorbing it, and to the disappearing public space in contemporary cities.
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