Historical and contemporary archaeologies of social housing : changing experiences of the modern and new, 1870 to present
This thesis has used building recording techniques, documentary research and oral history testimonies to explore how concepts of the modern and new between the 1870s and 1930s shaped the urban built environment, through the study of a particular kind of infrastructure that was developed to meet the needs of expanding cities at this time â social (or municipal) housing â and how social housing was perceived and experienced as a new kind of built environment, by planners, architects, local government and residents. This thesis also addressed how the concepts and priorities of the Victorian and Edwardian periods, and the decisions made by those in authority regarding the form of social housing, continue to shape the urban built environment and impact on the lived experience of social housing today. In order to address this, two research questions were devised: âą How can changing attitudes and responses to the nature of modern life between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries be seen in the built environment, specifically in the form and use of social housing? âą Can contradictions between these earlier notions of the modern and new, and our own be seen in the responses of official authority
Dwyer, Emma
Historical and contemporary archaeologies of social housing : changing experiences of the modern and new, 1870 to present. This thesis has used building recording techniques, documentary research and oral history testimonies to explore how concepts of the modern and new between the 1870s and 1930s shaped the urban built environment, through the study of a particular kind of infrastructure that was developed to meet the needs of expanding cities at this time â social (or municipal) housing â and how social housing was perceived and experienced as a new kind of built environment, by planners, architects, local government and residents. This thesis also addressed how the concepts and priorities of the Victorian and Edwardian periods, and the decisions made by those in authority regarding the form of social housing, continue to shape the urban built environment and impact on the lived experience of social housing today. In order to address this, two research questions were devised: âą How can changing attitudes and responses to the nature of modern life between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries be seen in the built environment, specifically in the form and use of social housing? âą Can contradictions between these earlier notions of the modern and new, and our own be seen in the responses of official authority
historical_contemporary archaeology social housing changing experience modern new present use building record technique documentary oral_history testimony explore concept modern new shape urban build_environment study particular_kind infrastructure develop meet_need expand city time social municipal housing social housing perceive experienced new_kind build_environment planner architect local_government resident also_address concept priority victorian edwardian period decision_make authority regard form social housing continue shape urban build_environment impact live_experience social housing today order_address two_question devise change_attitude response nature modern life see build_environment specifically form use social housing contradiction earlier notion modern new see response official authority