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Housing & Culture
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| March 30 | Samia Rab Class introduction, overview of topics, reading list and assignment. |
| April 01 | No class due to EDRA Conference in Chicago |
| April 06 | Samia Rab Interpreting house forms: mental and graphic mapping. Reading: Bachelard; Richardson & Sheldon; Seymour-Smith. |
| April 08 | Craig Zimring Home and the mental index card. Readings: Cooper Marcus |
| April 13 | Samia Rab Architecture, human memory and the Cognitive process Reading: Lucas; Johnson-Liard; Richardson & Sheldon; Seymour-Smith. |
| April 15 | Samia Rab Assignment 1 due: discussion of childhood home |
| April 20 | Samia Rab Meaning, appropriation and ritual: Public and private space in house form. Readings: Appleyard; Bordieu; Conan; Korosec-Serfaty; Saile. |
| April 22 | Carol Flores Social history of housing: the European context |
| April 27 | Richard Dagenhart Public and Social Housing in the U.S. |
| April 29 | Richard Dagenhart Public and Social Housing in the U.S. (cont.) Assignment 2 due |
| May 04 | Craig Zimring Neighboring, community and crime: eyes on the street Vs. territoriality. Readings: Jacobs, Yancey, Hillier. |
| May 06 | Randy Roark Neighboring and community (cont.): Mumford and Radburn. Readings: Birch. |
| May 11 | Craig Zimring Housing for older people. |
| May 13 | Samia Rab Changes in life style & rehabilitation of older buildings: accommodating new life styles and aspirations for houses. Readings: Wright; Hayden; Meyer. |
| May 18 | Samia Rab Field Trip Draft text of Assignment 3 due (Optional) |
| May 25 | Ronald Lewcock Culture and formal determinism Readings: Rapoport |
| May 27 | Samia Rab Concluding Session: Social developments and house form. Readings: Conan; Hayden; Howell. |
| June 01 | Final presentations |
| June 03 | Final presentations (cont.) |
| June 08 | Assignment 3 due |