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Home & Displacement

detail of Suh's "Seoul Home/L.A. Home"
Lesson 1—Understanding Home
above: sculpture by Suh
detail of Sikander's "Fleshy Weapons"
Lesson 2—Migrating Viewpoints
above: painting by Sikander
detail of Zittel's "A-Z"
Lesson 3—Model Homes
above: installation by Zittel
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Home is a personal and yet universal concept. Whether it is a building, a community, a group of people or a country, the idea of home connects all of us. But home can also provoke feelings of loss, nostalgia, homesickness, and isolation. In an age of international travel and intercontinental trade, leaving home has become more common and even expected in many communities. The lessons in this topic explore feelings of community, commonality, and belonging to a home; as well as dislocation, distance and isolation from the idea of home in today’s increasingly global, migratory society. Students will draw upon their own communities for inspiration in each lesson.
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Home & Displacement


Historic Houses
http://www.fieldtrip.com/pa/56275343.htm
  Betsy Ross
http://www.dickinsonhomestead.org/
  Emily Dickinson
http://www.nps.gov/frdo/cedar.htm
  Fredrick Douglass
http://www.keats-shelley-house.org/
  Housed famous poets: Keats, Elliot, Goethe, Coleridge, Byron, & Joyce
http://www.satchmo.net/thehouse/
  Louis Armstrong
http://www.susanbanthonyhouse.org/
  Susan B. Anthony
http://www.woodrowwilsonhouse.org/
  Woodrow Wilson

History of Architecture
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp./org/orion/eng/hst/egypt.html
  Egyptian
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp./org/orion/eng/hst/greek.html
  Greek
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp./org/orion/eng/hst/roma.html
  Roman
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp./org/orion/eng/hst/byzantz.html
  Early Christian/Byzantine
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp./org/orion/eng/hst/romanesq.html
  Romanesque
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp./org/orion/eng/hst/gothic.html
  Gothic
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp./org/orion/eng/hst/renais.html
  Renaissance
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp./org/orion/eng/hst/manneris.html
  Mannerism
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp./org/orion/eng/hst/baroque.html
  Baroque


The following Web sites are cited in the individual lesson plans:

Immigration and Migration
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/98/migrate/essay.html
An essay from the Library of Congress on Immigration and Migration
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam008.html
An African-American mosaic from the Library of Congress

House Construction and Styles
http://www.howstuffworks.com/house.htm
  How house construction works
http://andyshowto.com/house_styles.htm
  Various house styles

Oral History
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/oral/offsite.html
  Oral history research office – links to organizations, programs and projects
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/1minute.html
  A guide on oral histories and how to conduct an oral history interview

Contemporary & Avant Garde Architecture
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/1999/un-privatehouse/
  Online catalog of home design exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art
http://www.architectureweek.com/2003/0122/design_3-1.html
  Architecture Week, article on portable architecture

http://www.ruralstudio.com/intro.html
  Edward Mockbee’s Rural Studio designs and plans


 
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