Lataa ilmaiseksi

Appropriating design
with confused care
Common to all households in this section was that very little appropriation of
design had taken place even though there were desires for appropriation and
even plans about what the changes could be. But the changes, to a great extent,
had not happened because of the complex context of the appropriation. For
Ilmari, the complexity stemmed from his two apartments and the things he
owned, but had not made up his mind what to do with them. Sakari & Elisa
were also having lots of stuff that they did not quite know what to do with.
Liisa did not have that much products but nevertheless she could not made up
her mind about what to do with them and what sort of items she should buy.
Sanna & Kalevi wanted to renovate their house but they lacked resources, skills
and clear ideas of what they would want the house to become. Mervi did not
want to invest time to a rented apartment but neither was she investing time
to buy her own flat because finding it would have required decisions she had
no time to make.
Ultimately, though, the complexity of appropriation stems from the importance
or weight these households put to it. Rather than efficiently planning and
executing, like the households who appropriate with ease, these households
care so much about the success of appropriation that the process becomes very
slow. The households who appropriate with confused care feel that there are
lots of aspects that one should want to take into account in the appropriation
of nearly anything but, at the same time, it is not (yet) clear what the important
aspects are to a particular household: what do we want and how we want to
live can remain open questions for years. In the meantime, it is better to settle
on what there already is rather than invest in changes that may turn sour after
a while.
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