private and public use of the living room - Bilkent University
private and public use of the living room - Bilkent University
private and public use of the living room - Bilkent University
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The psychological context <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> home has been examined by <strong>the</strong> studies that<br />
provide lists <strong>of</strong> meanings about <strong>the</strong> concept <strong>of</strong> home (Cooper, 1974; Hawyard,<br />
1975; Sixsmith, 1986). Although above mentioned studies contributed to <strong>the</strong><br />
literature with empirical aspects, <strong>the</strong>y are not able to <strong>use</strong> <strong>the</strong> previously defined<br />
meanings in <strong>the</strong>ir original contexts. Besides, <strong>the</strong>y usually <strong>use</strong> those meanings as if<br />
<strong>the</strong>y were universal or generalized. The studies that provide lists <strong>of</strong> meanings are<br />
<strong>use</strong>ful for providing “conceptual basis” <strong>and</strong> “…a language for talking about <strong>the</strong><br />
concept <strong>of</strong> home” (Moore, 2000, p. 210). Ano<strong>the</strong>r issue in <strong>the</strong> psychological context<br />
<strong>of</strong> home is that previous studies differentiate between <strong>the</strong> ideas <strong>of</strong> home <strong>and</strong><br />
ho<strong>use</strong>. On <strong>the</strong> one h<strong>and</strong>, <strong>the</strong>re are studies dealing with home as a “concept <strong>and</strong><br />
physical entity” which are based mostly on “subjective perceptions <strong>of</strong> places”, on<br />
<strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r h<strong>and</strong>, <strong>the</strong>re are studies which are “…concrete empirical studies on ho<strong>use</strong><br />
<strong>use</strong>, housing satisfaction, place attachment <strong>and</strong> evaluation” dealing with ho<strong>use</strong> as<br />
being “rooted in <strong>the</strong> concrete world” (Moore, 2000, p. 211).<br />
In addition to placing home in <strong>the</strong> psychological context, <strong>the</strong> meaning <strong>of</strong> home in<br />
terms <strong>of</strong> its relationship with <strong>the</strong> identity <strong>of</strong> its dweller should be examined. Cooper<br />
(1974) indicates that home can be seen as <strong>the</strong> symbol <strong>of</strong> self. Cooper’s study is<br />
based on <strong>the</strong> Jung’s collective unconsciousness <strong>the</strong>ory <strong>and</strong> claims that;<br />
The ho<strong>use</strong> <strong>the</strong>refore nicely reflects how man sees himself, with both an<br />
intimate interior, or self as viewed from within <strong>and</strong> revealed only to those<br />
intimates who are invited inside, <strong>and</strong> <strong>public</strong> exterior (<strong>the</strong> persona or mask, in<br />
Jungian terms) or <strong>the</strong> self that we choose to display to o<strong>the</strong>rs (p. 131).<br />
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