L'espace public comme lieu de transactions sociales. Une lecture à partir des pratiques de loisirs urbains

Abstract

On the basis of several surveys about urban leisure activities (patrimony, sports, festivals), we analyse them in the light of Public Space. We confronted four major theories about these fields - among which the one of Social Transaction as heuristic notion - to understand how they allow us to cast a pertinent look at the social object. Eventually, the Social Transaction is called up as a paradigmatic tool to imagine a definition of Public Space which would be syncretic, evolutionary and adapted to the here and now of the sociological research. © De Boeck Université. Tous droits réservés pour tous pays.