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Identifying Critical Lenses: Communication + A Critical Eye Arch 3711 // Lecture 02.1
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Identifying Critical Lenses:Communication + A Critical EyeArch 3711 // Lecture 02.1
Overview // Reading Environments + Communicating Effectively
I Readings for this WeekJan Gehl + Birgitte SvarreHerman HertzbergerSamuel MockbeeMichael PyatokFree-Writing Exercise
II Communication Exercise
III Course Portfolio
Architecture 3711:Environmental Design & the Sociocultural Context
Culture Defined
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Café in Cairo Egypt (photo-Julia Robinson)
Culture Defined
Culture is a key concept in this class(Environmental Design in the Sociocultural Context)
What is meant by Culture?
Café in Cairo Egypt (photo-Julia Robinson)
Five Key components of Culture (adapted from Altman & Chemers)
1. A system of beliefs, perceptions, values, norms, customs:
2. Reproduced in behaviors (dailypractices, rituals, stories)
3. Shared among a group of people in a consensual way (INTERPRETIVE COMMUNITY)
4. Passed on from one generation to the next
5. Reproduced in artifacts, technologies, environments
Café in Cairo Egypt (photo-Julia Robinson)
What is an Interpretive Community?
A group that shares a common “language” or understanding
(Stanley Fish, 1980. Is There a Text in this Class?)
Our interpretive communities are often associated with places:
Places we read as cultural interpreters
What is an Interpretive Community?
Overview // Jan Gehl + Birgitte Svarre
Overview // Jan Gehl + Birgitte Svarre
“Public life studies are straightforward. The basic idea is for observers to walk around while taking a good look. Observation is the key, and the means are simple and cheap. Tweaking observations into a system provides interesting information about the interaction of public life and public space.”
Counting / Mapping / Tracing / Tracking / Traces / Photos / Diary / Test Walks
Overview // Herman Hertzberger
Overview // Herman Hertzberger
Overview // Samuel Mockbee
Overview // Samuel Mockbee
“Walt Whitman said the most obscene word in the English language was “exclusion”.
“The challenge is the responsible distribution of appropriate resources for the individual, and for society as well.”
Overview // Michael Pyatok
Overview // Michael Pyatok
Overview // Reading Environments + Communicating Effectively
I Readings for this WeekJan Gehl + Birgitte SvarreHerman HertzbergerSamuel MockbeeMichael PyatokFree-Writing Exercise
II Communication Exercise
III Course Portfolio
