sights for triangulation

05:38 Aug 16, 2019
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English to Serbian translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: sights for triangulation
Observational studies were carried out at a number of sites, and evaluated their social use based largely on William Whyte’s criteria for an effective public space as laid out in his film “The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces.”

Whyte prioritized sittable space, connection the street, sunlight, food, water, trees & shade, and sights for triangulation.
Bogdan Petrovic
Serbia
Local time: 00:49


Summary of answers provided
4 +2things that create interaction
philgoddard


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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
things that create interaction


Explanation:
Whyte describes a phenomenon he calls “triangulation” in which some external stimulus provides a social bond between people and prompts strangers to talk to each other as though they were not(p.94).

The stimulus: a physical object or sight such as sculpture, musicians and entertainers
Odds and ends of space: bus stops with overhead shelter, the furniture of the street
http://braverosie.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/the-social-life-o...


philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Sorry for the confusion:)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Björn Vrooman: Though it's a horrible choice of words, IMO. There are better uses of triangulation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulation_(social_science)
48 mins

neutral  David Moore (X): ...
1 hr

neutral  Mira Stepanovic: English to Serbian? :-)
2 hrs

agree  Daryo: a triangle between two persons and the thing //right answer before it was changed from EN-EN to EN-SR // quite peculiar / author specific meaning for this term!
18 hrs
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