This study develops a genetic phenomenological sociology of space from the phenomenology and phenomenological sociology of space. Based on relational ontology, it argues that social space is a social relationship in genesis. An Apple walk-in store and an Apple online store are examples to illustrate the essence of social space. Any Apple store as a social space represents a set of social relations. The genetic phenomenological sociology of space in both store types includes two parts: first, the social ontology of space, that is, ‘being-in-the-Apple-store’ or ‘being-in-the-Apple-online-store’; and second, the social epistemology of space, that is, the act of ‘encountering’ in either store. Examining the existence of space ontologically and the mode of existence epistemologically clarifies that the actual ‘meaning’ of social space, an Apple store or an Apple online store in this study, emerges through the act of encountering. Three characteristics of encountering are placelessness, ‘de-distancing,’ and mediation.

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在苹果店里：空间的遗传现象学社会学

本研究从空间的现象学和现象学社会学发展出空间的遗传现象学社会学。基于关系本体论，它认为社会空间是一种起源于社​​会的关系。Apple 步入式商店和 Apple 在线商店是说明社交空间本质的例子。任何作为社交空间的 Apple Store 都代表着一组社交关系。两种商店类型空间的遗传现象学社会学包括两个部分：第一，空间的社会本体论，即“在苹果商店”或“在苹果在线商店” ; 其次，空间的社会认识论，即在任一商店中“相遇”的行为。从本体论上考察空间的存在，从认识论上考察存在方式，阐明了社会空间的实际“意义”，本研究中的 Apple Store 或 Apple 在线商店，是通过相遇行为出现的。相遇的三个特征是无场所性、“消除距离”和调解。