Home Truths

Abstract

This chapter is primarily concerned with two aspects of the postwar interior: the interior as a space for the construction of identities, and the interior as a space animated and configured through material technologies. The postwar home has been a site of competing forces, of modernization and traditionalism vying for supremacy, and this is often articulated in the field of interior design. The home, as a site for identity, for instance, is often experienced as a form of traditionalism (where a parent generation instils values and practices for the next generation) but can also be the place where tradition is challenged. Similarly, as our homes become more and more technologically sophisticated we use these technologies to maintain our connections to cultural traditions as well as fashion new traditions for the future. In conclusion, the chapter is concerned with the global future of the home under conditions of extensive migration and climate change.

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