Abstract
There is an increasing concern about dangerous and disordered image of city that is identified with the term incivility. This study focuses on incivilities caused by daily encounters with strangers and experiences of incivility in daily life in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. Young people around and their attitudes in urban public spaces are discussed to be the main uncivil events in the social realm. In this respect, the aim of the study is to inquire the ways incivility is perceived and experienced within the context of urban public spaces by the Turkish urban youths. A field survey was conducted within a street context. Information was obtained through semi-structured interviews and observation. The results indicated that young people had different meanings and experiences of incivility in the street context and described and explained them dominantly in relation to the social environment. Likewise, gender differences among the youths appear to be influential on perception and experience of incivility. Key words: Incivility, Turkey urban youth, urban public spaces, urban environments.
Highlights
Incivility has contradictory associations with city and city life
The mode was in the 15-17 group that covers the young people who were primary school graduates, high school students and high school graduates including the group that utilized education facilities on the street for preparation of various exams
In the light of the young people’s views about events, behaviors and individuals that they disliked, complained about and attributed as problematic and incivil, it is possible to argue that Turkish urban youth have different meanings and experiences of incivility in the street context, mostly in relation to its social environment
Summary
Incivility has contradictory associations with city and city life. City and city life are assumed to be having celebrations with civility (Boyd, 2006; Fyfe et al, 2006). There is an increasing concern about dangerous and disordered image of city that is identified with the term incivility and incivil way of living (Bannister and Fyfe, 2001; Boyd, 2006). The terms disregard, disrespect, rudeness, lack of helping behavior, impoliteness, disorder, violence, crime, social deprivation, deterioration, urban nuisances, environmental annoyances and physical decay are mainly used and studied interchangeably by referring to the term incivility (Brannan et al, 2006; Franzini et al, 2008; Moser and Robin, 2006; Robin et al, 2007).
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