{"id":9293,"date":"2018-12-19T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T08:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/?p=9293"},"modified":"2018-12-19T01:27:16","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T01:27:16","slug":"more-than-just-a-walk-in-the-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/2018\/12\/19\/more-than-just-a-walk-in-the-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of 2018: More Than Just a Walk in the Park"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n Michael DeLand and David Trouille, <\/span>“Going Out: A Sociology of Public Outings,” Sociological Theory<\/em>,<\/a><\/span> 2018<\/span><\/div>\n
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Minnehaha Falls, Minnesota. Photo by Brooke Chambers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Originally posted May 16, 2018.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

After a particularly long winter, spring has finally sprung in our snowy corner of the United States. As the weather improves, people are emerging from their winter sanctuaries to enjoy the warmth and sunshine outdoors. But there may be more to these everyday adventures than just taking a stroll. In fact, going out in public — whether riding transit, taking a walk, or gathering in large groups — is an act influenced by social factors, like <\/span>identity and bias<\/span><\/a>. In a recent article,<\/span> Michael DeLand<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> David Trouille<\/span><\/a> examine these daily explorations through their new theoretical lens. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/div>DeLand and Trouille describe different styles of “going out” on various spectrums. The first includes the level of\u00a0interactions with others.<\/em>\u00a0While some go out to be alone, others go out to seek social engagement. Outings also differ by commitment.<\/em>\u00a0Some may head outside to wander and explore, and others may venture with a specific task in mind, like joining a public sporting event or going for a run. Each outing is dynamic — an individual may intend to stroll alone through a park, then stumble across a game of soccer and change plans.\u00a0Going out in public — whether riding transit, taking a walk, or gathering in large groups — is an act influenced by social factors, like identity and bias.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The authors also discuss how social structures and identities influences the styles of going out. For example, structural inequalities and individual identities influence which public spaces an individual may feel safe inhabiting. For example, in Trouille\u2019s ethnographic work he describes tension between styles of \u201cgoing out\u201d for Latino immigrant men and their neighbors. The men he observed drank in a Los Angeles park since bars were too expensive and unsafe. While some neighbors found this maddening, the Latino men made plans based on structural restraints — and this vantage point of “going out” allows for deeper insight into the ways that inequality impacts day-to-day life. In short, the social world influences decision processes like these every time we step outside.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael DeLand and David Trouille, “Going Out: A Sociology of Public Outings,” Sociological Theory, 2018 Originally posted May 16, 2018.\u00a0 After a particularly long winter, spring has finally sprung in our snowy corner of the United States. As the weather improves, people are emerging from their winter sanctuaries to enjoy the warmth and sunshine outdoors. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2020,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,13,14],"tags":[2130,14907,97,104034,347,37332,106123,106271,1087,37333,66],"class_list":["post-9293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-inequality","category-race","tag-bias","tag-sociology-of-culture","tag-ethnography","tag-going-out","tag-identity","tag-inequality","tag-outdoors","tag-outing","tag-public","tag-race","tag-theory"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9293"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9610,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9293\/revisions\/9610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}