social space
Place for mingling
Social space is any environment—physical or virtual—where people interact, gather, or maintain relationships.
A café can function as social space; so can a group chat or online forum.
The term often appears in sociology and urban planning to describe places that encourage or structure human connection: The plaza serves as the neighborhood's primary social space.
Social space can also refer more abstractly to one's position within networks of relationships and cultural context.
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- town squareCentral civic space
- plazaPublic open square
- commonsShared community resources
- public sphereRealm of civic discourse
lounge · coffee shop · third place · water cooler · mingling · public · community · hangout · venue · forum · hub · common area · meeting · interaction · open floor plan · belonging · atmosphere · crowd
- human geographycultural landscape, demographics, migration, demography, urbanization
- territoryterritory, land, region, domain, realm
- Bourdieuhabitus, field theory, cultural capital, distinction, misrecognition
social spacepersonal space
Comfort distance around oneself
solitary confinement · isolation cell · private room · inner sanctum · secluded area
social spaceprivate sphere
Individual's protected domain
intimate space · bedroom · home · inner world
social, space, society, societal, socialize, socialization, socialist, socialism, sociable