Housing, Culture, and Design: A Comparative Perspective

Chambers, Erve; Low, Setha M.

Housing, Culture, and Design: A Comparative Perspective

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Housing, Culture, and Design: A Comparative Perspective

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Edited by Setha M. Low and Erve Chambers

2016

Published by: University of Pennsylvania Press

Series: Anniversary Collection

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This book originates in two symposia held during 1985 at the annual meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology and the Environmental Design Research Association.

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Half Title Page, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

pp. vii-ix

Foreword

Amos Rapoport

pp. xi-xxi

Introduction

Erve Chambers, Setha M. Low

pp. 3-10

Part One. Culture As a Political and Economic Structure: Community Culture, Neighborhood Politics, and Housing Policy

Introduction

pp. 11-12

1. Housing and the Material Basis of Social Reproduction: Political Conflict and the Quality of Life in New York City

Delmos J. Jones, Joan T. Turner

pp. 13-30

2. Politics, Culture, and the Built Form: User Reaction to the Privatization of State Housing in South Africa

Graeme J. Hardie, Timothy Hart

pp. 31-42

3. Housing and Culture for Native Groups in Canada

Kenneth McDowell

pp. 43-56

4. Culture, Policy, and Production: Making Low-Cost Housing in Sri Lanka

Edward Robbins

pp. 57-72

5. Gentrification: The Redefinition of Urban Neighborhood

Richard J. Dent

pp. 73-86

Part Two. Culture as a Cognition: Perception, Pattern, and Spatial Structure of Housing

Introduction

pp. 87-88

6. Translating Anthropological Concepts into Architectural Practice

Roderick J. Lawrence

pp. 89-114

7. "Cultural Space" as a Needed Research Concept in the Study of Housing Change: The White Pueblos of Andalusia

Dennis Doxtater

pp. 115-140

8. The Architecture of Nomadism: Gabra Placemaking and Culture

Labelle Prussin

pp. 141-164

9. Behavior in the House: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Using Behavior-Setting Methodology

Robert B. Bechtel

pp. 165-188

10. Residents' and Outsiders' Perceptions of the Environment

Sidney Brower

pp. 189-204

Part Three. Culture As a Meaning System: Cultural Meanings Of Home, House, and Family

Introduction

pp. 205-206

11. House, Home, and Identity in Contemporary American Culture

David M. Hummon

pp. 207-228

12. Getting Respect in the Kandyan Highlands: The House, the Community, and the Self in a Third World Society

James S. Duncan

pp. 229-252

13. Architecture as a Medium for Culture: Public Institution and Private House

Julia W. Robinson

pp. 253-280

14. Domestic Privacy: Gender, Culture, and Development Issues

Sandia C. Howell, Vana Tentokali

pp. 281-302

Part Four. Culture as Interpretation: Tradition, Housing Development, and Design

15. Dual Aspects of Tradition in Saudi Arabian Urban Housing Development

Peter G. Rowe

pp. 303-334

16. Contextual Transformations of Traditional Housing in Kabul, Afghanistan

William Β. Bechhoefer

pp. 335-356

17. Vernacular Architecture as an Expression of Its Social Context in Eressos, Greece

Eleftherios Pavlides, Jana Hesser

pp. 357-374

18. Cultural Implications of Housing Design Policy in India

Jon Lang

pp. 375-392

19. Progressive Development and Cultural Factors in Low-Cost Housing in Bogotá, Colombia

Mario Noriega, Wren Rogers, Ignacio Restrepo

pp. 393-402

Contributors

pp. 403-408

Index

pp. 409-418

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ISBN	9781512804287
Related ISBN(s)	9780812281200
MARC Record	Download
OCLC	979585385
Pages	488
Launched on MUSE	2026-04-09
Language	English
Open Access	No

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1989

Housing, Culture, and Design: A Comparative Perspective

In this Book

Housing, Culture, and Design: A Comparative Perspective

Table of Contents

Half Title Page, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Introduction

1. Housing and the Material Basis of Social Reproduction: Political Conflict and the Quality of Life in New York City

2. Politics, Culture, and the Built Form: User Reaction to the Privatization of State Housing in South Africa

3. Housing and Culture for Native Groups in Canada

4. Culture, Policy, and Production: Making Low-Cost Housing in Sri Lanka

5. Gentrification: The Redefinition of Urban Neighborhood

Introduction

6. Translating Anthropological Concepts into Architectural Practice

7. "Cultural Space" as a Needed Research Concept in the Study of Housing Change: The White Pueblos of Andalusia

8. The Architecture of Nomadism: Gabra Placemaking and Culture

9. Behavior in the House: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Using Behavior-Setting Methodology

10. Residents' and Outsiders' Perceptions of the Environment

Introduction

11. House, Home, and Identity in Contemporary American Culture

12. Getting Respect in the Kandyan Highlands: The House, the Community, and the Self in a Third World Society

13. Architecture as a Medium for Culture: Public Institution and Private House

14. Domestic Privacy: Gender, Culture, and Development Issues

15. Dual Aspects of Tradition in Saudi Arabian Urban Housing Development

16. Contextual Transformations of Traditional Housing in Kabul, Afghanistan

17. Vernacular Architecture as an Expression of Its Social Context in Eressos, Greece

18. Cultural Implications of Housing Design Policy in India

19. Progressive Development and Cultural Factors in Low-Cost Housing in Bogotá, Colombia

Contributors

Index

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