Right to Home (eBook)
XV, 341 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan US (Verlag)
978-1-137-59957-5 (ISBN)
This book explores how the design characteristics of homes can support or suppress individuals' attempts to create meaning in their lives, which in turn, impacts well-being and delineates the production of health, income, and educational disparities within homes and communities. According to the author, the physical realities of living space-such as how kitchen layouts restrict cooking and the size of social areas limits gatherings with friends, or how dining tables can shape aspirations-have a salient connection to the beliefs, culture, and happiness of the individuals in the space. The book's purpose is to examine the human capacity to create meaning and to rally home mediators (scholars, educators, design practitioners, policy makes, and advocates) to work toward Culturally Enriched Communities in which everyone can thrive. The volume includes stories from Hmong, Somali, Mexican, Ojibwe, and African American individuals living in Minnesota to show how space intersects with race, gender, citizenship, ability, religion, and ethnicity, positing that social inequalities are partially spatially constructed and are, therefore, malleable.
Tasoulla Hadjiyanni, PhD, is Professor of Interior Design at the University of Minnesota. Her book The Making of a Refugee - Children Adopting Refugee Identity in Cyprus (Praeger, 2002) centered her scholarship on design as a medium for creating Culturally Enriched Communities, healthy and connected communities in which everyone can thrive.
This book explores how the design characteristics of homes can support or suppress individuals' attempts to create meaning in their lives, which in turn, impacts well-being and delineates the production of health, income, and educational disparities within homes and communities. According to the author, the physical realities of living space-such as how kitchen layouts restrict cooking and the size of social areas limits gatherings with friends, or how dining tables can shape aspirations-have a salient connection to the beliefs, culture, and happiness of the individuals in the space. The book's purpose is to examine the human capacity to create meaning and to rally home mediators (scholars, educators, design practitioners, policy makes, and advocates) to work toward Culturally Enriched Communities in which everyone can thrive. The volume includes stories from Hmong, Somali, Mexican, Ojibwe, and African American individuals living in Minnesota to show how space intersects with race, gender, citizenship, ability, religion, and ethnicity, positing that social inequalities are partially spatially constructed and are, therefore, malleable.
Preface 6
References 9
Acknowledgments 10
Contents 11
List of Images 13
Chapter 1: Introduction: Oikophilia 14
References 26
Chapter 2: The “and” 30
Theoretical implications: Transbodied spaces 39
Practical Implications: Toward Culturally Enriched Communities 44
References 47
Chapter 3: Hmong Stories: “Only in the house do your dead ancestors live” 55
The Hmong Collective Identity 56
Five Stories 59
Sai1: A 56-Year-Old Man Living in a Private House in North Minneapolis with His Wife and Five of His Seven Children 59
Pao: A 37-Year-Old Man Living with His Wife and Two Children in a Duplex in North Minneapolis 65
May: A 22-Year-Old Woman Who Lived with Her Husband and Child, Her Two in-Laws, and Two of Her Husband’s Siblings in a Private Home in Brooklyn Center 74
Teng: A 35-Year-Old Man Living with His Wife and Two Children as Well as His Elderly Parents in a Private House in Minneapolis 78
Kia: A 23-Year-Old Woman Living in a Rented Duplex in St. Paul, MN with Her Two Daughters 82
Summary 87
References 89
Chapter 4: Somali Stories: “I hope God will not isolate me from my community” 99
Five Stories 104
Naqo: A 30-Year-Old Married Mother of Two Living with Her Husband in a Townhouse in Burnsville 104
Amina: A 26-Year-Old Single Mother of Two, Living with Her Brother and Sister in an Edina Apartment 112
Leylo: A 44-Year-Old Married Mother of Eight Living in an Apartment in Riverside Plaza in Minneapolis 117
Karina: A 30-Year-Old Single Woman Living in Minneapolis 124
Amal: A 38-Year-Old Mother of Three Living in a Townhouse in Burnsville 128
Summary 132
References 134
Chapter 5: Mexican Stories: “I can talk to her and she listens” 146
“Illegality” and Mexican Stories 148
Five Stories 151
Carmen: A 50-Year-Old Married Woman with Two Daughters, Living in a Four-Bedroom House in Roseville 151
Jorge and Manuel: Two Single Undocumented Males in Their Early Twenties Living in Company Housing in Northern Minnesota1 158
Maria: A 45Year-Old Second Generation Single Woman Living in a Private House in Minneapolis 160
Josefina: A 30-Year-Old Married Woman Living with Her Husband, Antonio, and Two-Year-Old Son in a House in Roseville 164
Anna: A 46-Year-Old Undocumented Woman Sharing an Apartment with Her Boyfriend, Daughter, and Three Granddaughters in East St. Paul 172
Summary 180
References 181
Chapter 6: Ojibwe Stories: “When the traditions are lost, it is like a person who has no identity” 196
Forced Displacement and Ojibwe Cultural Foundations 196
Five Stories 201
Deborah and Bill: A 58-Year-Old Woman and Her 64-Year-Old Husband Living in South Minneapolis 202
Lucy: A 45-Year-Old Woman Living with Her Daughter and Two Grandchildren in a Rented Apartment in North Minneapolis 208
Winona: A 36Year-Old Ojibwe Woman, Living with Her Ojibwe Husband, Two Elementary-School Aged Children and a Teenage Step-Daughter on the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation 212
Christine: A Half-Ojibwe/Half-Swedish 55 Year-Old Woman Living in a Private House in Minneapolis with Her Mexican Boyfriend and His Four Brothers 216
Margaret: A 55 Year-Old Woman Living with Her 54 Year-Old Husband in Minneapolis. They Have Two Grown Children and One Grandchild Who Frequently Visit 221
Summary 225
References 228
Chapter 7: African American Stories: “To be self-sufficient and responsible in society” 235
Five Stories 240
Kofi: A 54-Year-Old Veteran Living Alone in a One-Bedroom Apartment in a Public Housing Building in Minneapolis 240
Alyssa: A 48-Year-Old Woman, Living with Her Mother (85), Daughter (15), and Niece (15), in a Three-Bedroom Townhouse in Plymouth 246
Anthony: A 42-Year-Old Man Living with His Wife (39) and Their Two-Year-Old Daughter in a Single-Family Home in Northeast Minneapolis 252
Madison: A 34-Year-Old Woman Living Alone in a Two-Bedroom Rented Home in Minneapolis 257
Chloe: A 42-Year-Old Woman Living with Her Husband (41) and Three Children (Ten, Seven, and Three) in a Five-Bedroom, Single-Family Home in Minneapolis 262
Summary 269
References 271
Chapter 8: Moving Forward 283
Interpretation 285
Lessons to Carry Forward 289
Intentionality 293
Scholars 293
Educators 297
Why We Teach 298
What We Teach 298
How We Teach 300
Where We Teach 305
Whom We Teach and Who Teaches 306
Designers 310
Policy Makers 313
Advocates: All of Us 316
References 318
Appendix: Housing and Eliminating Disparities Initiatives 324
Global 324
National 325
State 327
References 328
Index 330
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.9.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XV, 332 p. 21 illus., 18 illus. in color. |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| Schlagworte | Architecture • Home • Identity • Immigration • Interior design • space |
| ISBN-10 | 1-137-59957-X / 113759957X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-137-59957-5 / 9781137599575 |
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