VACKOVÁ, Barbora and Lucie GALČANOVÁ. Cold feet and empty fridges? The meanings of home and home-making practices of solo-living people in the Czech Republic. In Malgorzata Bogunia-Borowska. Social Spaces and Social Relations. 1st ed. Frankfurt aam Mein: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2016, p. 83-117. Warsaw Studies in Philosophy and Social Sciences (Book 7). ISBN 978-3-631-66784-2. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-06452-0.
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Original name Cold feet and empty fridges? The meanings of home and home-making practices of solo-living people in the Czech Republic.
Authors VACKOVÁ, Barbora (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Lucie GALČANOVÁ (203 Czech Republic).
Edition 1. vyd. Frankfurt aam Mein, Social Spaces and Social Relations, p. 83-117, 35 pp. Warsaw Studies in Philosophy and Social Sciences (Book 7), 2016.
Publisher Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 50000 5. Social Sciences
Country of publisher Germany
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/16:00088028
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
ISBN 978-3-631-66784-2
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-06452-0
Keywords in English home; housing; solo-living; materiality; visual studies; qualitative research
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Lucie Galčanová Batista, Ph.D., učo 41048. Changed: 14/7/2016 16:54.
Abstract
In the study presented in this chapter, we focused on how is the sense and place of home perceived and created by people who are living solo – those who form a one-member household for at least one year. Inspired by and discussing with some of the conclusions from J.-C. Kaufman´s book The Single Woman and the Fairytale Prince, we tried to empirically grasp the theoretical triad of “meaning – practice – materiality”. It led us to different questions in the open-ended interviews and short-term observations – not only we were asking what does home (in general as an idea, or in particular, as a place, house or flat) mean to a person, but also what he or she does, how, why and what he or she does not, what were the changes, ruptures and their reasons, if they are communicable. The chapter is based on rich narrative and visual data, and focuses especially on two most mundane objects - a bed and a fridge - aiming to better understand the meaning of home for solo-living people as it is constructed by various practices and in relation to materiality of their homes within wider cultural and social context.
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GA13-32237S, research and development projectName: Význam domova perspektivou samostatně žijících osob.
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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