SOCIAL INTERACTION AND CONTACT

Just Dance from amanda ford on Vimeo.

" Forms of relation and interaction in sociology and anthropology may be described as follows: first and most basic are animal-like behaviors, i.e. various physical movements of the body. Then there are actions - movements with a meaning and purpose. Then there are social behaviors, or social actions, which address (directly or indirectly) other people, which solicit a response from another agent. Next are social contacts, a pair of social actions, which form the beginning of social interactions. Social interactions in turn form the basis of social relations."

 Expanding on my observation of the lack of social interaction and contact mostly with commuters and their surroundings on their way to and from work, I then decided to focus my research on the people occupying the space in and around Southbank. I documented when and where this took place; one example of social interaction I found on site was when people where dancing and getting involved through the music performed by a street band underneath the Hungerford Bridge. This is also when I noticed John and Stephen.