دانلود Rethinking Third Places: Contemporary Design With Technology

Abstract

Oldenburg’s  properties  of  third  places  were  established  almost  three  decades  ago.  In order  to  understand  if  these  properties  still  hold  and  if  and  how  ICTs  changed  the concept of third places, we looked at affordances and practices in nine third places in Paris. Our findings point out that most of the properties have changed and also three new ones have emerged mixing the physical and the virtual. We provide implications for ICTs that can help researchers working in community informatics as well as urban planners  at  stimulating  and  supporting  properties  of  third  places,  thus  empowering communities that occupy them.