Use of Cultural Symbols for Transferring House to the Home in the Case of Famagusta
One of the essential requirements for the human
beings is the house for living. This is necessary to make the place of
satisfaction for contemporary houses residents by attention to their
culture. In this article represented the relevant theoretical literature
on cultural symbols by use the architecture semiotic to construct the
houses as a better place for living. In fact, make a place for everyday
life with changing the house to the home is one of the most
challengeable subject for architects all around the world. The target
of this article is to find Cypriot houses cultural symbols that assist
architect to design and build contemporary houses, to make more
satisfaction for its residents according to Cypriot life style and their
culture. This paper is based on researching the effect of cultural
symbols on housing, would require various types of methods.
However, this study focuses on two methods, which are quantitative
and qualitative. The purpose of the case-specific study is to finding
the symbols that used in contemporary houses by attention to the
Cypriot cultural symbols in Famagusta houses.
<p>[1] E. Relph, “Place and Placelessness.” vol. 3, London: Pion, 1976, pp. 60-
63.
[2] E. Lyons, & P. Wright, “Remembering pasts and presenting places: the
construction of national identities in Ireland.” Journal of Environmental
Psychology, vol. 17, 1996, pp. 33–45.
[3] M. R. Rakoff, “Ideology in Everyday Life: - The Meaning of the.
House.” Politics & Society, vol. 7, 1977, pp. 85-104.
doi:10.1177/003232927700700104.
[4] A. Rapoport, “Levels of meaning in the built environment”, in Poyatos,
F. (ed.), Cross Cultural Perspectives in Non-Verbal Communication,
Toronto: C. J. Hogrefe, 1988, pp. 317–326.
[5] U. ECO, “A Theory of Semiotics.” Vol. 2, Bloomington: Indiana
University Press, 1976, 78-102.
[6] U. ECO, “Two problems in textual interpretation.” Poetic today, vol. 21,
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1980, pp. 61-145.
[7] M. Gottdeiner, and R. Hutchison, “The New Urban Sociology”. Boston:
McGraw Hill, 2000, Pp. 134-141.
[8] R. W. Smith, and B, Valerie. “Symbolic interaction theory and
architecture.” Faculty Publications. Paper-5, 2006. Retrieved from:
http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/sociology_pubs/5
[9] S. R. Barley, “Semiotics and the Study of Occupational and
Organizational Cultures”. Administrative Science Quarterly:
Organizational Culture, vol. 28, issue 3. Published by: Sage
Publications, Inc. 1983, pp. 393-413. Retrieved from:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2392249.
[10] C. Sinha, “The Evolution of Language: From Signals to Symbols to
System”. In D. Kimgrough Oller & U. Griebel (Eds.), Evolution of
Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach, Cambridge MA:
MIT Press, 2004, pp. 217-237.
[11] C. Hartshorne, P. Weiss, “Collected papers of Charles Sanders Peirce.”
vol. I. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
1960.
[12] E. Hiltunen, “The future sign and its three dimensions. Futures”, vol. 40,
2008, pp. 247-260.
[13] O. Kuusi, The Signification Process of the Future Sign. Journal of
Futures Studies, vol. 16, 2011. pp. 47 – 66.
[14] C. Geertz, “The Interpretation of Cultures.” New York: Basic. 1973.
[15] M. Griaule, and G. Dieterlen, “The Dogon of the French Sudan(Mali)”.
InC. Daryll Forde:African Worlds, Studies in the Cosmological Ideas
and Social Values of African peoples. Oxford Univ. Press, London,
1954.
[16] R. Schefold, “Anthropology.” In: P. Oliver (ed.) Encyclopedia of
Vernacular Architecture of the World, vol. 1:6-8. Cambridge Univ.
Press, Cambridge, 1997.
[17] N. Egenter, “Vernacular Architecture - Where Do The Symbolic
Meanings Come From?” Some notes regarding the "anthropology of the
house". 2005.
http://home.worldcom.ch/~negenter/000_BorutAnthroHouse/Borut_Not
es.html7/31/2005
[18] J. R. Dunn, “Housing and health inequalities: review and prospects for
research.” Housing Studies. Vol. 56, Issue 9, Alberta, 2000, Pp. 671-681.
Doi:10.1136/jech.56.9.671.
[19] J. Hollander, “The Idea of a Home: A Kind of Space.” Social Research,
Vol. 58, 1991, Pp. 31–49.
[20] D. N. Benjamin, D. Stea, & D. Saile, “The home: Words, interpretations,
meanings, and environments.” Aldershot: Avebury, 1995.
[21] A. Blunt, & R. Dowling, “Home.” Vol. 11. Abingdon: Routledge, 2006,
136-175.
[22] N. Rapport, and A. Dawson, “Migrants of Identity: Perceptions of Home
in a World of Movement.” Oxford: Berg, 1998.
[23] P. Somerville, “Home Sweet Home: A critical Comment on Saunders
and Williams.” Housing Studies, Vol. 4, Issue 2, 1989, Pp. 113–118.
[24] D. Harvey, “The Condition of Postmodernity.” Oxford: Blackwell,
1989.
[25] R. Harris, and G. Pratt, “The meaning of home, homeownership, and
public policy.” In L. S. Bourne, & D. F. Ley, The Changing Social
Geography of Canadian Cities. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's
Press, 1993.
[26] C. C. Marcus, “House as a Mirror of Self.” Berkeley: Conari Press 1995.
[27] E. N. Anderson, “On the folk art of landscaping.” Western Folklore, vol.
31, 1972, Pp. 179–188.
[28] C. Kimber, “Interpreting the use of space in dooryard gardens: a Puerto
Rican example.” Mimeo. Texas: A and M University College Station,
1971.
[29] D. D. Arreola, “Fences as landscape taste: Tucson’s barrios.” Journal of
Cultural Geography, Vol. 2, 1981, Pp. 96–105.
[30] Myers, D. “Social psychology” (7th Ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill,
2002.
[31] T. Lee, “Schema theory and the role of socio-spatial schemata.” In M.
Bonnes, T. Lee & M. Bonaiuto (Eds.), Psychological theories for
environmental issues, England: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2003, Pp.
27-61.
[32] B. Cold, “Aesthetics, well-being and health.” Ashgate: Aldershot, 2001.
[33] J. K. Nasar, “Environmental aesthetics, theory, research and
applications.” Cambridge: Syndicate Press, 1988.
[34] J. W. Robinson, “Institution and home: Architecture as cultural
medium.” Amsterdam: Techne Press, 2006.
[35] O. Dincyurek, and O. O. Turker, “Learning from traditional built
environment of Cyprus: Re-interpretation of the contextual values.”
Building and Environment, Vol. 42, 2007, Pp. 3384–3392.
[36] Y. Papadakis, Narrative, Memory and History Education in Divided
Cyprus: A Comparison of Schoolbooks on the “History of Cyprus”.
History and Memory, Vol. 20 (2), Bloomington; Indiana University
Press, 2008, Pp. 128-148. Article Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/HIS.2008.20.2.128.
[37] C. A. Brebbia, and L. Binda, “Structural Studies,” Repairs and
Maintenance of Heritage Architecture XII, Vol. 118, WIT press: Milano,
2011, p. 79.
[38] N. Özay, “Modernity and Architecture of a Developing Country; North
Cyprus.” Northern Cyprus: Eastern Mediterranean University, 2005.
[39] Plan 1: http://www.northernlandcyprus.com/newsite/projects/saklikent/
sakli-kent-2-bedroom-apartments.html.</p>
<p>[1] E. Relph, “Place and Placelessness.” vol. 3, London: Pion, 1976, pp. 60-
63.
[2] E. Lyons, & P. Wright, “Remembering pasts and presenting places: the
construction of national identities in Ireland.” Journal of Environmental
Psychology, vol. 17, 1996, pp. 33–45.
[3] M. R. Rakoff, “Ideology in Everyday Life: - The Meaning of the.
House.” Politics & Society, vol. 7, 1977, pp. 85-104.
doi:10.1177/003232927700700104.
[4] A. Rapoport, “Levels of meaning in the built environment”, in Poyatos,
F. (ed.), Cross Cultural Perspectives in Non-Verbal Communication,
Toronto: C. J. Hogrefe, 1988, pp. 317–326.
[5] U. ECO, “A Theory of Semiotics.” Vol. 2, Bloomington: Indiana
University Press, 1976, 78-102.
[6] U. ECO, “Two problems in textual interpretation.” Poetic today, vol. 21,
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1980, pp. 61-145.
[7] M. Gottdeiner, and R. Hutchison, “The New Urban Sociology”. Boston:
McGraw Hill, 2000, Pp. 134-141.
[8] R. W. Smith, and B, Valerie. “Symbolic interaction theory and
architecture.” Faculty Publications. Paper-5, 2006. Retrieved from:
http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/sociology_pubs/5
[9] S. R. Barley, “Semiotics and the Study of Occupational and
Organizational Cultures”. Administrative Science Quarterly:
Organizational Culture, vol. 28, issue 3. Published by: Sage
Publications, Inc. 1983, pp. 393-413. Retrieved from:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2392249.
[10] C. Sinha, “The Evolution of Language: From Signals to Symbols to
System”. In D. Kimgrough Oller & U. Griebel (Eds.), Evolution of
Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach, Cambridge MA:
MIT Press, 2004, pp. 217-237.
[11] C. Hartshorne, P. Weiss, “Collected papers of Charles Sanders Peirce.”
vol. I. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
1960.
[12] E. Hiltunen, “The future sign and its three dimensions. Futures”, vol. 40,
2008, pp. 247-260.
[13] O. Kuusi, The Signification Process of the Future Sign. Journal of
Futures Studies, vol. 16, 2011. pp. 47 – 66.
[14] C. Geertz, “The Interpretation of Cultures.” New York: Basic. 1973.
[15] M. Griaule, and G. Dieterlen, “The Dogon of the French Sudan(Mali)”.
InC. Daryll Forde:African Worlds, Studies in the Cosmological Ideas
and Social Values of African peoples. Oxford Univ. Press, London,
1954.
[16] R. Schefold, “Anthropology.” In: P. Oliver (ed.) Encyclopedia of
Vernacular Architecture of the World, vol. 1:6-8. Cambridge Univ.
Press, Cambridge, 1997.
[17] N. Egenter, “Vernacular Architecture - Where Do The Symbolic
Meanings Come From?” Some notes regarding the "anthropology of the
house". 2005.
http://home.worldcom.ch/~negenter/000_BorutAnthroHouse/Borut_Not
es.html7/31/2005
[18] J. R. Dunn, “Housing and health inequalities: review and prospects for
research.” Housing Studies. Vol. 56, Issue 9, Alberta, 2000, Pp. 671-681.
Doi:10.1136/jech.56.9.671.
[19] J. Hollander, “The Idea of a Home: A Kind of Space.” Social Research,
Vol. 58, 1991, Pp. 31–49.
[20] D. N. Benjamin, D. Stea, & D. Saile, “The home: Words, interpretations,
meanings, and environments.” Aldershot: Avebury, 1995.
[21] A. Blunt, & R. Dowling, “Home.” Vol. 11. Abingdon: Routledge, 2006,
136-175.
[22] N. Rapport, and A. Dawson, “Migrants of Identity: Perceptions of Home
in a World of Movement.” Oxford: Berg, 1998.
[23] P. Somerville, “Home Sweet Home: A critical Comment on Saunders
and Williams.” Housing Studies, Vol. 4, Issue 2, 1989, Pp. 113–118.
[24] D. Harvey, “The Condition of Postmodernity.” Oxford: Blackwell,
1989.
[25] R. Harris, and G. Pratt, “The meaning of home, homeownership, and
public policy.” In L. S. Bourne, & D. F. Ley, The Changing Social
Geography of Canadian Cities. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's
Press, 1993.
[26] C. C. Marcus, “House as a Mirror of Self.” Berkeley: Conari Press 1995.
[27] E. N. Anderson, “On the folk art of landscaping.” Western Folklore, vol.
31, 1972, Pp. 179–188.
[28] C. Kimber, “Interpreting the use of space in dooryard gardens: a Puerto
Rican example.” Mimeo. Texas: A and M University College Station,
1971.
[29] D. D. Arreola, “Fences as landscape taste: Tucson’s barrios.” Journal of
Cultural Geography, Vol. 2, 1981, Pp. 96–105.
[30] Myers, D. “Social psychology” (7th Ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill,
2002.
[31] T. Lee, “Schema theory and the role of socio-spatial schemata.” In M.
Bonnes, T. Lee & M. Bonaiuto (Eds.), Psychological theories for
environmental issues, England: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2003, Pp.
27-61.
[32] B. Cold, “Aesthetics, well-being and health.” Ashgate: Aldershot, 2001.
[33] J. K. Nasar, “Environmental aesthetics, theory, research and
applications.” Cambridge: Syndicate Press, 1988.
[34] J. W. Robinson, “Institution and home: Architecture as cultural
medium.” Amsterdam: Techne Press, 2006.
[35] O. Dincyurek, and O. O. Turker, “Learning from traditional built
environment of Cyprus: Re-interpretation of the contextual values.”
Building and Environment, Vol. 42, 2007, Pp. 3384–3392.
[36] Y. Papadakis, Narrative, Memory and History Education in Divided
Cyprus: A Comparison of Schoolbooks on the “History of Cyprus”.
History and Memory, Vol. 20 (2), Bloomington; Indiana University
Press, 2008, Pp. 128-148. Article Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/HIS.2008.20.2.128.
[37] C. A. Brebbia, and L. Binda, “Structural Studies,” Repairs and
Maintenance of Heritage Architecture XII, Vol. 118, WIT press: Milano,
2011, p. 79.
[38] N. Özay, “Modernity and Architecture of a Developing Country; North
Cyprus.” Northern Cyprus: Eastern Mediterranean University, 2005.
[39] Plan 1: http://www.northernlandcyprus.com/newsite/projects/saklikent/
sakli-kent-2-bedroom-apartments.html.</p>
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satisfaction for contemporary houses residents by attention to their
culture. In this article represented the relevant theoretical literature
on cultural symbols by use the architecture semiotic to construct the
houses as a better place for living. In fact, make a place for everyday
life with changing the house to the home is one of the most
challengeable subject for architects all around the world. The target
of this article is to find Cypriot houses cultural symbols that assist
architect to design and build contemporary houses, to make more
satisfaction for its residents according to Cypriot life style and their
culture. This paper is based on researching the effect of cultural
symbols on housing, would require various types of methods.
However, this study focuses on two methods, which are quantitative
and qualitative. The purpose of the case-specific study is to finding
the symbols that used in contemporary houses by attention to the
Cypriot cultural symbols in Famagusta houses.
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