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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Nicola Dawn
dc.contributor.editorJulie Lunn
dc.contributor.editorStephanie Bizjack
dc.contributor.editorSue Summers
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:45:28Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:45:28Z
dc.date.created2014-02-13T20:00:36Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationSmith, Nicola. 2013. Shifting Cultures and Motivations: Transforming identity through modifying interior worlds., in Lunn, J. and Bizjack, S. and Summers, S. (ed), Changing Facts: Changing Minds; Changing Worlds. pp. 312-332. Curtin University of Technology: Black Swan Press.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24872
dc.description.abstract

Attending to the fabric of the house through maintenance or modification, and accommodating the shifting desires and requirements of family is a life-long commitment to home making that many people make when buying property. Several generations may witness the life span of the same family home, accommodating them through changing eras and changing economies. These domestic buildings age and morph and intertwine with the changing lives of the inhabitants, the successive fashions in home décor and increasing pressures to remain efficient and functional, such as accommodating new technologies. When there is no practical need for a homeowner to reconfigure their physical environment, such as requiring additional space to accommodate an expanding family, other shifting cultural and behavioural pressures can provoke action. This paper will draw on a current doctoral research study to explore aspects of personal and social motivation underlying the changes we make to our homes, and our lives.

dc.publisherBlack Swan Press
dc.subjectTransformation
dc.subjectDo-It-Yourself (DIY)
dc.subjectidentity
dc.subjectDIY
dc.subjecthome renovations
dc.subjecthome alterations
dc.subjectReal Estate Value
dc.subjectarchitecture
dc.subjecthome improvement
dc.titleShifting Cultures and Motivations: Transforming identity through modifying interior worlds.
dc.typeBook Chapter
dcterms.source.startPage312
dcterms.source.endPage332
dcterms.source.titleChanging Facts: Changing Minds; Changing Worlds
dcterms.source.isbn9780980631395
dcterms.source.placeCurtin University of Technology
dcterms.source.chapter18
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