Morgan Centre seminar: Place and belonging at Claremont Court
| Dates: | 22 November 2017 |
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| Times: | 14:00 - 16:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | School of Social Sciences |
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| How much: | Free |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Current University students |
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Place and belonging at Claremont Court: Researching place and belonging using architectural and social science methods
Sandra Costa Santos and Nadia Bertolini (Architecture and Built Environment, Northumbria University)
Stephen Hicks, Camilla Lewis and Vanessa May (Morgan Centre, University of Manchester)
Our talk explores the possibilities for researching the home using a methodology that combines methods and evaluation processes from architectural theory with biographical, walk-along and diary elicitation interviews from the social sciences. The discussion draws on an empirical study of Claremont Court housing scheme in Edinburgh which was completed in 1962. Our aim is to reflect critically on how interdisciplinary methods, data collection and analysis may produce new understandings about the home. We discuss our two-fold approach. First, we devised a series of visual architectural methods in order to analyse aspects of the home, including the interior decoration and domestic objects such as furniture and the way they are arranged. Second, we conducted different types of interview with residents to explore their biographical histories and experiences of living at Claremont Court. By bringing together these different disciplinary approaches our aim was to attend to the spatial features of the dwelling and explore how they shaped understandings of the home and everyday lives at the housing scheme. To conclude, we explore the ways in which our approach helps to advance studies of home making by combining architectural and social scientific methods.
Join us for tea and coffee from 2pm. Seminar starts at 2.15pm
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Boardroom (2nd floor)
Arthur Lewis Building
Manchester
