Common thread: re-envisioning a Chinese Canadian transcultural centre

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dc.contributor.authorMah, Priscilla A.
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeBeecher, Mary Anne (Interior Design) Wilson Baptist, Karen (Landscape Architecture)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorClose, Susan (Interior Design)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-09T15:54:25Z
dc.date.available2011-09-09T15:54:25Z
dc.date.issued2011-09-09
dc.degree.disciplineInterior Designen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Interior Design (M.I.D.)en_US
dc.description.abstractCanadian society is a cultural mosaic composed of individuals from an expansive range of cultural backgrounds. Through the process of globalization and ever-increasing accessibility to new people and places we are constantly being exposed to other cultures. This practicum project proposes a new typology for cultural spaces – a transcultural center that functions as a contact zone where individuals can negotiate both spatial and social relationships. Such everyday negotiations within space enables individuals to better understand their own identity and the identities of those around them, giving them the opportunity to recognize and acknowledge cultural similarities and differences. The process of developing the transcultural centre was explored through theoretical and analytical investigations in cultural identity and interaction, phenomenology, and human geography that examined how these notions have the potential to inform an understanding of space and place, sensorial engagements, and the blurring of spatial and cultural boundaries.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2011en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/4867
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjecttransculturationen_US
dc.subjectcontacten_US
dc.subjectzoneen_US
dc.subjectinteriorityen_US
dc.subjectcultureen_US
dc.subjectidentityen_US
dc.subjectculturalen_US
dc.subjectinteractionen_US
dc.subjecthumanen_US
dc.subjectgeographyen_US
dc.subjectphenomenologyen_US
dc.subjectCanadianen_US
dc.subjectChineseen_US
dc.titleCommon thread: re-envisioning a Chinese Canadian transcultural centreen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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