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understanding, clustering and dispersing, status consistency and status inconsistency, degree of conformity and flavor” (pp. 112- 115). Although Riggins (1994) provides a detailed categorization of domestic objects, because the research was auto-bibliographic and based on his family house and living room, it is restrictive according to Woodward (2001). According to a more recent study based on a research where in-depth interviews are held with fifty respondents in their living rooms, objects displayed in the living rooms are used for three purposes: “as familial obligation, as markers of memory and as commemorative objects” (Money, 2007, p. 373). Similarly, Vogel (2002) has found that objects which are representative of something are displayed in the living rooms and other objects are placed in a less public place of the house. Vogel (2002) put the representative objects into five categories as, “personal characteristic representation of self and others, status representation, relationship representation including reminders of relationships, interest representation and memory representation” (p. 103). Another study that examines the transaction between objects and people reveals that women keep the objects which are special to them mostly in their living rooms (Csikszentmihalyi & Rochberg- Halton, 1981). Although that research is about the domestic objects and not directly related to living rooms, previous research indicates the significance of domestic objects for the analysis of the living room. 22
Bilgin (1991) states that it is possible to define the identity of the user by looking at the objects that he or she uses. The reverse is also true; from psycho-social characteristics of the user, it is possible to predict what objects he or she might use. He (1991) also states the importance of the living room for the relationship between the person and object. The living room is the place in which family and guests get together, so it consists of objects that are related to the activities that are performed in the living room. The style of the living room depends on the aesthetic and decorative concerns of the user and the symbolic value that is assigned to objects. Living rooms are designed through the objects that are found aesthetic, decorative and recreative. The main fittings and furniture that are used in the living rooms by various income groups are listed as sitting units, cabinets, coffee tables, dining units and accessories (Yıldırım & Başkaya, 2006). 2.5. Factors Affecting the Use and the Interior Design of the Living Room Factors affecting the use and the interior design of the living room could be grouped as personal, physical, and cultural. Personal factors are the socio-demographic characteristics of dwellers. Physical factors are the physical characteristics of the house, and cultural factors are the cultural background of the dweller or the period and the culture in which the house is constructed (see Table 2.1. for factors affecting the use and the interior design of the living room). 23
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