Dwelling

The aim of this project was to engage with senior residents living in ageing public housing and exploring whether their ageing public housing dwelling has any impact on their health and well-being. This was to be an exploratory study using semi-structured interviews conducted in the participant’s place of residence and the ensuing transcripts of the interviews data mined for contextual themes across all participants. The themes were to be compared with selected literature to compare findings…

Humans have formed societies since the beginning of time. The structures of these societies have been heavily influenced by climate and location, and as these societies evolved and emerged, so did their work systems and technologies. Over time human organizations have relied less and less on nature and more and more on their own inventions and philosophies. In the 1800s the Second Great Awakening spread across the restless nation, and several religious settlements began to go to extremes as…

I completely agree with Dan McCall’s argument. Although it seems to be very vague, I believe the point he is attempting to get across is that the narrator in Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener” is meant to be seen as a virtuous and rational. This is contrasting to most analyses because to write a unique analysis or close reading of Melville’s masterpiece authors are forced to play the Devil’s advocate. This often leads to analyses that are simply meant to astonish, but when reading the story it…

A total of 46 dwellings were destroyed, with another 255 impaired. The hurricane caused approximately $1 million in damage.[25] Under the bridge across the Intercoastal Waterway, two barges were driven under the structure, causing it to move upward by almost 2 ft (0.61…

Plato’s story The Allegory Of The Cave suggests, that there are many shackles holding back the human mind. For examples, fear, money, weakness and failure. “And when he got into the sunlight, wouldn’t his eyes be filled with the glare, and wouldn’t he thus be unable to see any of the things that are now revealed to him as the unhidden?” Plato suggests fear in this quote. Even though his eyes would be filled with darkness he would not be able to finally see the chances that have always been…

cultural, social, and political value of any civilizations in the past. Space planning of a dwelling not only can reflect the function and activity of the people in one culture; it also allows us to have a micro/macro investigation on how people lived and the phenomenon customs that one culture practiced. This investigation is perfectly applicable in order to compare and contrast between the historical dwelling of the ancient Greeks and the life inside a Monastery in Medieval period. Two of the…

land was primarily occupied by the native tribes. Columbus labeled them as the Indians as a result of his settlement on America instead of India for which he set sail for. The United States harbored various cultures, beliefs, cuisines, languages, dwellings, clothing, and much more from the diversity of each tribe. Studying about the everyday lifestyle of these tribes was of particular interest to me as they pioneered utilitarian ways of surviving in harsh seasons of the United States. One of…

novel, The Prehistory of Home, provides information of archaeology through the use of one central theme: the home. Moore does not simply describe different excavations, he discusses the journey of the human experience expressed by archaeological dwellings and artifacts. The Prehistory of Home supplements Anthropology 145, World Prehistory, by discussing the development of human society through the examination of the home. The central purpose of this course is to observe the development of human…

the trappings of their former societies in hopes of refuge and adventure. One such woman was Virginia Donaghe McClurg, who became the first white woman to visit Mesa Verde and in later years would become immensely involved in the Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association, which fought to make the site a national park. Also an active member of this committee was Lucy Peabody, who, after a number of disputes with McClurg, became known as the “Mother of Mesa Verde National Park” due to the approval of…

Residential development within the Encino-Tarzana Community Plan area is comprised primarily of large estate size single-family homes located south of Ventura Boulevard, and a mix of single-family and multi-family density dwellings located to the north of Ventura Boulevard. With its several distinctive identity, characterized by large estate lots, quaint narrow streets, and uniqueness of housing style, the community provides its residents with a flavor of semi-rural living. Focused growth and…