Help on finding a word please:
There are a lot of shops that open on trend here in Ireland - I assume this happens in many western countries. One day there will be none at all, the next there will be dozens. They all sell the same thing and usually only last a few months before becoming no-longer-trendy and closing up. Often the new thing opens where the old thing once was.
Example shops would be:
Smoothies
"Bubble tea"
Doughnuts
Olde-timey sweetshops
Is there a name for this phenomenon?
@ephemeral I haven't noticed that as a trend in Germany, but then, I also spend most of my time at home...
@Anke I'm rarely in towns/cities. But this has been happening for at least the last 15 years and I always notice when I'm back in an urban area that all these things have changed again. I'm sure there must be a term for this in economics or some other field.
@ephemeral @Anke I have been for a term in a similar dynamic and have been for a long time. What do we call the idea of a new type of place, one that doesn’t exist yet. Business doesn’t work because the term needs to encompass libraries and free stores. Something like a “physical archetype”
If you were to have a workshop about inventing new types of spaces (ones that could spread and replicate without central control) how would name this workshop?
@ephemeral @Anke the idea that everyone just assumes going into the library is free and the assumption that you just go there without needing any “reason” is essential to the concept. If you walked into a library and they were like why are you here it would be a different experience. Remembering that this concept was created over time by humans and we are able to recreate this type of space with a new dynamic seems really powerful. It seems like we are missing much vocabulary in this space tho
@liaizon @ephemeral @Anke libraries and parks are "public spaces", but they are somewhat distinct from other government owned "public spaces". e.g., government office buildings. They also are distinct from "community spaces", which aren't government owned. Hmm...
@liaizon @lwriemen @ephemeral I'm mostly wishing for spaces where you can go and meet people without having to pay a lot of money. Parks and libraries are about the only ones I know...
@lwriemen @ephemeral @Anke yes there is an incredible diversity of different types of “spaces” and I have such trouble being able to actually explain these differences easily.