Do meeting spaces affect social interaction in civil society organizations?
with Matthew Baggetta
In this episode, we explore how the physical spaces where civil society organizations meet can impact social interaction. Matthew Baggetta (Indiana University, USA) looks at data from several civil society organization meetings in Indianapolis, USA, and explores what spaces encourage more interactions and how can meeting spaces actually shape social bonds.
Episode based on the article
Space and Interaction in Civil Society Organizations: An Exploratory Study in a US City
By Matthew Baggetta, Brad R. Fulton, and Zoe Caplan
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About the Speaker
Matthew Baggetta is an associate professor in the O’Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs at Indiana University where he studies civil society, civic engagement, and social movements with a focus on membership associations and the practice of relational organizing within them. As a leader of the Observing Civic Engagement project, he is refining and applying the systematic social observation approach to studying civil society organization convenings, including developing a panel study of community organizations.