Overview
Explores the relationship between living space and social inequalities
Includes stories from varied perspectives for a holistic analysis
Presents an argument for action toward Culturally Enriched Communities
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Right to Home
Book Subtitle: Exploring How Space, Culture, and Identity Intersect with Disparities
Authors: Tasoulla Hadjiyanni
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59957-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95945-7Published: 06 September 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59957-5Published: 05 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 332
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, Cultural Studies, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Interior Architecture and Design