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(Lived) Spaces of belonging, culture, and gender: Spatial practices of home for Syrian women in Istanbul

Title	(Lived) Spaces of belonging, culture, and gender: Spatial practices of home for Syrian women in Istanbul
Author	Sezginalp Özçetin, Pınar, Rottmann, Susan Beth
Publication Date:	2022
Publication Place	- Sage
Subject	Belonging, Gender, Migration, Residential interior space, Spatial practice
Type	Periodical
Language	English
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID	1206-3312
Record ID	cdaec43f-842d-4f76-beff-23f68a9e5db5
Library Location	Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Humanities and Social Sciences
Date	2022
Notes	European Union’s Horizon 2020
Sample Text	Combining architectural and cultural anthropological approaches, this study explores the domestic lived spaces of Syrian women in Istanbul to understand how they create belonging in a new social and architectural setting and perform gender roles. We analyze data gathered from several types of dwellings according to the concept of spatial practice of Henri Lefebvre to explore how women’s daily life praxis fosters feelings of contentment and safety, and how they reflect on their previous homes in Syria through a lens of nostalgia. At the same time, we explore how houses in Syria are remembered via reflections on spatial changes. Methodologically, we rely on semi-structured interviews and mental map drawings of houses in Istanbul and reminisced houses from Syria. Ultimately, this research provides a fine-grained portrait of the (lived) space of Syrian women, showing how they reconstruct domestic lives through past/Syrian and current/Turkish spatial practices.
DOI	10.1177/12063312221089213

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(Lived) Spaces of belonging, culture, and gender: Spatial practices of home for Syrian women in Istanbul

Author Sezginalp Özçetin, Pınar, Rottmann, Susan Beth

Publication Date 2022

Publication Place - Sage

Subject Belonging, Gender, Migration, Residential interior space, Spatial practice

Type Periodical

Language English

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Özyeğin University

Library Asset ID 1206-3312

Record ID cdaec43f-842d-4f76-beff-23f68a9e5db5

Library Location Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Humanities and Social Sciences

Date 2022

Notes European Union’s Horizon 2020

Sample Text Combining architectural and cultural anthropological approaches, this study explores the domestic lived spaces of Syrian women in Istanbul to understand how they create belonging in a new social and architectural setting and perform gender roles. We analyze data gathered from several types of dwellings according to the concept of spatial practice of Henri Lefebvre to explore how women’s daily life praxis fosters feelings of contentment and safety, and how they reflect on their previous homes in Syria through a lens of nostalgia. At the same time, we explore how houses in Syria are remembered via reflections on spatial changes. Methodologically, we rely on semi-structured interviews and mental map drawings of houses in Istanbul and reminisced houses from Syria. Ultimately, this research provides a fine-grained portrait of the (lived) space of Syrian women, showing how they reconstruct domestic lives through past/Syrian and current/Turkish spatial practices.

DOI 10.1177/12063312221089213