WEEK 2
LECTURE - Sensory Spaces 2: the senses, space and the social order - feeling at home and feeling out of place
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The role of the senses in feeling in place and out of place in the library
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Libraries were designed to avoid noise
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The sonic landscape operates as a disciplinary machine
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The Seattle public library
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We have already examined the qualities of the space that produced a sense of the risk of exposing a lack of belonging in the place…
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But how does the sensory environment succeed in producing this feeling in some more than others?
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What are the mechanisms and relationships that produce exclusion?
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Habitus
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Merleau-Ponty: Habituated responses are organised by our bodily senses – the senses mediate the way our body “understands” what to do
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Bourdieu – we approach every situation with a set of embodied dispositions – habitus- that provide us with a bodily sense of our place in certain settings and spaces
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Our habitus is formed as a result of upbringing and then continues to be shaped by our experiences. It guides the way we improvise our way through encounters and experiences.
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The sonic environment where even small noises are accentuated and noticed presents a risk to those who feel out of place – a risk of exposing their lack of familiarity.
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We can never just see then senses as something to tack on as designers
The Reading:
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The reading talks about experiencing the world mainly through our eyes leave us a distant observer. By watching something we create within creating the object.
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Its all about how the senses interact with each other and what they have in common, for example, how would it feel to be a cinema and not see anything?
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How we distance ourselves from unexplained or unusual senses, like when you hear a scary noise but can't see what it is.
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“The experience of home is structured by distinct activities – cooking, eating, socialising, reading, storing, sleeping, intimate acts – not by visual elements.
Group work:
Today we discussed what parts everyone was going to do, Below is a list of each person's responsibilities.
Amy:
- Notes From the Reading
- Research on deaf people in general
- The Reflection/Comparison of both Marie and Jeffery's interview and experience
Tayla:
- Lecture 1 Summary
- Lecture 2 Summary
- Put together all reading notes
- Design for the future paragraph
Luciana:
- Interview of Jeffery
- Research on Deaf People
- Notes from the Reading
Marie:
- Interview experiment and her experience
- Case Study
- Notes from the Reading
Some images below that I found when doing my research:
Reference List for Images above --
Making Space and Place, https://ourhouseisourworld.wordpress.com/2014/11/04/experiencing-the-swamp-hut-through-the-eyes-of-the-skin/
Hearing Solutions, https://hearingsolutions.ca/infographic-hearing-loss-may-signal-other-important-health-issues/
Accessibility in Government, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/02/dos-and-donts-on-designing-for-accessibility/
The Learning Network, http://www.vawlearningnetwork.ca/learning-network-resources/learning-network-infographics


