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This article is about our relationship with things; about the abundant material geographies that surround us and constitute the very possibility for us to be the beings that we are. More specifically, it is about the question of the possibility of an ethical encounter with things ( qua things). We argue, with the science and technology studies tradition (and Latour in particular), that we are the beings that we are through our entanglements with things, we are thoroughly hybrid beings, cyborgs through and through — we have never been otherwise. With Heidegger we propose that a human-centred ethics of hybrids will fail to open a space for an ethical encounter with things since all beings in the sociomaterial network — humans and non-human alike — end up circulating as objects, enframed as `standing reserve', things-for-the-purposes-of the network. We suggest that what is needed is an ethos beyond ethics, or the overcoming of an ethics — which is based on the will to power — towards an ethos of letting be. We elaborate such a possibility with the help of Heidegger, in particular with reference to the work of Graham Harman and his notion of `tool-being'. From this we propose, very tentatively, an ethos that has as its ground a poetic dwelling with things, a way of being that lets being be ( Gelassenheit). We show how such a poetic dwelling, or ethos of Gelassenheit, may constitute the impossible possibility of a very otherwise way of being with things — an ethos of a `community of those who have nothing in common' as suggested by Alphonso Lingis.

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This study investigates gender differences in housing, socioeconomic status, and self-reported health status. The analysis focuses on the social and economic dimensions of housing, such as demand, control, material aspects (affordability, type of dwelling) and meaningful aspects (pride in dwelling, home as a refuge) of everyday life in the domestic environment. A random sample, crosssectional telephone survey was administered in the city of Vancouver, Canada in June 1999 (n = 650). Survey items included measures of material and meaningful dimensions of housing, housing satisfaction, and standard measures of socioeconomic status and social support. The main outcome measure was self-reported health (excellent/very good/good vs. fair/poor). A three-stage analysis provides an overall picture of the sample characteristics for male and female respondents, detects significant relations between individual and housing characteristics and self-rated health status, and investigates male-female differences in the factors associated with fair/poor self-rated health. In multivariate analyses, a small number of socioeconomic dimensions of housing were associated with self-rated health status for women. For men, only one attribute of housing was associated with self-rated health: crowding was positively related to poor health, contradicting expectations and the findings for women. The self-reported strain of housework was unrelated to self-rated health for men, bot strongly related to poor health for women. For men and women, satisfaction with social activities increased the likelihood of reporting better health. Future research should focus on the health effects of geodered differences in domestic and paid work, and on home and family roles and the interaction among gender, household crowding, and health.

LIFE Index-Air project (LIFE15 ENV/PT/000674). FCT_UID/Multi/04349/2019. ; The exposure to particles and bioaerosols has been associated with the increase in health effects in children. The objective of this study was to assess the indoor exposure to bioburden in the indoor microenvironments more frequented by children. Air particulate matter (PM) and settled dust were sampled in 33 dwellings and four schools with a medium volume sampler and with a passive method using electrostatic dust collectors (EDC), respectively. Settled dust collected by EDC was analyzed by culture-based methods (including azole resistance profile) and using qPCR. Results showed that the PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations in classrooms (31.15 μg/m3 and 57.83 μg/m3, respectively) were higher than in homes (15.26 μg/m3 and 18.95 μg/m3, respectively) and highly exceeded the limit values established by the Portuguese legislation for indoor air quality. The fungal species most commonly found in bedrooms was Penicillium sp. (91.79%), whereas, in living rooms, it was Rhizopus sp. (37.95%). Aspergillus sections with toxigenic potential were found in bedrooms and living rooms and were able to grow on VOR. Although not correlated with PM, EDC provided information regarding the bioburden. Future studies, applying EDC coupled with PM assessment, should be implemented to allow for a long-term integrated sample of organic dust. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

This paper presents the overall status, characteristics, and policy framework of the housing sector and the initiatives towards energy efficiency in residential buildings in Belgium in order to assess the market demand for EuroPACE - an on-tax financing scheme for home retrofits. In fact, there are over 5 million residential buildings in Belgium. In 2015, the construction of new buildings represented 44% of the building stock, while renovated buildings accounted for 56%. Moreover, there is a high degree of transformation of old buildings - office buildings or commercial buildings - into residential dwellings. What is also important is that Belgium is a largely urbanised country, with over 83% of the population living in urban areas. Furthermore, 62% of the building stock was built before 1970, and only 41% of dwellings have wall insulation, 36% have fully double-glazed windows, and 58% have roof insulation. These poor insulation figures show that the need for the renovation of the building stock is high. What is more, energy prices are among the highest in the EU and 20% of Belgians are experiencing energy poverty. About 22% of the total energy consumption of the country comes from buildings. To push this renovation further, Belgium must overcome a few barriers - notably financial and technical - before achieving energy efficiency in residential buildings. Barriers related to lack of interest from the authorities are not as significant, as the country and its three regions (the Flemish Region - or Flanders, the Brussels-Capital Region, and the Walloon Region - or Wallonia), which are responsible for the development and implementation of housing and Energy efficiency policies, seem committed to implement initiatives for energy efficiency adapter to local conditions and challenges. For instance, financial support measures such as green certificates, housing bonuses, and renovation premiums aim at boosting energy efficiency in existing buildings. In order to achieve its main objective, this paper analyses the residential building stock (age, size, quality, value, ownership, amount, as well as practical details relative to housing), the characteristics of its users (household composition, income level, and division between urban/rural areas, among others), the characteristics of its energy spending and production (energy price, sources, building energy levels, and energy poverty, among others), as well as the different initiatives and policies implemented at the national and regional level to reduce energy consumption and encourage owners to invest in more energy efficient options when buying or renovating their dwelling. The conclusion of the paper presents a brief Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis of the housing sector in order to evaluate the feasibility of an on-tax financing scheme such as the one proposed by EuroPACE.

2015 Spring. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; The Ruins of Detroit is a bound collection of recent photographs by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre of decaying architecture and infrastructure in Detroit, Michigan. This thesis finds that the experience of reading The Ruins of Detroit constitutes the reader as a post-Fordist colonist, and in turn constitutes Detroit as a post-Fordist frontier. Informed by Foucauldian historical understanding and Edward Soja's argument for the foregrounding of critical spatial studies, I first discuss the history of Detroit to demonstrate how spatial practices in Detroit have influenced the enabling or disabling of human bodies in the city. These events are characterized within definitions of Fordism and post-Fordism. Secondly, I detail the relationship between ruins and the body within Western art history. I find that ruins in art echo human understandings of our bodies in relation to materials. Looking at art pieces as diverse as Andrea Mantegna's Saint Sebastian (1480) and Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty (1970), ruins prove to be places of dissection. Contemporary representations significantly merge the body with ruins, and ruins with the body. Thirdly, I point out symbols in the text that construct the reader as a post-Fordist colonist of Detroit. Using Richard Slotkin's critiques of the frontier myth as a model, I find that the interaction between reader and Ruins recycles the myth of the frontier in several ways. By acknowledging some of the failures of capitalist development, such as the prevalence of waste, the spaces within The Ruins critique the legitimacy of formerly organized institutions. Yet The Ruins simultaneously gives entitled access to resources within Detroit, encouraging adaptive use and re-use. The privilege and expressed availability produces an anxiety in the midst of the bodily presence of the indigenous population. This thesis enhances several perspectives for rhetorical studies. It argues that the frontier myth still holds rhetorical significance in the late capitalist era. The exploration serves as an example of a rhetorical analysis that accounts for the interrelatedness of subject and text. Within this understanding, it follows, and is used as a method in this study, that modes of production influence dwelling practices, a partly rhetorical action. Additionally, this thesis has political and philosophical implications concerning the nature of dwelling practices in the twenty-first century. For instance, this thesis suggests that the violence of imperialism continues to influence a post-Fordist era. In sum, this study seeks to infuse a rhetorical analysis with critical geography, inspired by Thomas Rickert, Jane Bennett, and Debra Hawhee, among others, who point out that rhetoric is intertwined with spatial and bodily practices of dwelling and an ecological relationship with materials.

Рассматриваются актуальные вопросы, связанные с правом граждан на жилье. Сравнительный подход позволяет вскрыть недостатки, свойственные новому Жилищному кодексу. Следует вывод о целесообразности глубинной переработки нормативного материала в сфере жилищного права. ; Life has shown the real importance of valid housing laws, instead of simply declared guarantees of its realization. Destruction of socialist system of economy and legislation occurred in a historically short time. Housing law decayed from 1990 (the Law on property in the USSR) till 1994 when the project of a new Housing Code was published, and Part I of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation was introduced. Art. 212-213 of the Civil Code stated, ''The Russian Federation recognises private, state, municipal and other forms of property. The amount and cost of property owned by citizens and legal bodies is not limited…''. Introduction of the new Housing Code since March 1, 2005 has caused mass protest actions under slogans ''Down with the Antisocial code'', Anti-housing, Anti-national, etc. Such a reaction should have been anticipated, during the Code concept discussion, but it did not happen and, as a result, the new Housing Code was a strong social irritant. The wording of the Code was very careful (Article 1), still it became obvious that the state shifted off the control over the most essential right of citizens. Real guarantees of a constitutional right to dwelling, listed in Article 1 of the Housing Code of the RSFSR disappeared, too. Some of the guarantees, as a matter of fact, contrasted into obstacles and restrictions. At present, there are no high rates of development of state and public housing fund based on State Planning, no fair distribution of dwelling under public control. The former guarantee of the low rent and utilities payment seems a mockery. Experts criticise the structure and content of the current Housing Code. Claims to the authors of the project are caused by two circumstances: first, ignoring certain important conclusions of the Soviet science on housing law, and, second, aspiration to react to the problematic issues of practice with a substantially political character. The quality of regulatory material in the current Housing Code of the Russian Federation is not efficient, as it is abundant in norms of different branches of law, duplicating them. There is an impression that the authors of the project included the positions about payment for premises and utilities (Articles 153-160), about powers, state control, and others in the Code, on purpose, somehow to neutralize the negative effect of the basic thesis: the state will not grant dwelling.

Al mismo tiempo que las ciudades, y sobre todo aquellas que han apostado por una ciudad modelo turística (el caso Barcelona), se afanan por mejorar la calidad de su Espacio Público sobre la base difundida (e infundada) de que a través de la transformación del dicho espacio se pueden resolver los problemas socio-económicos, el espacio privativo cae en el olvido quedando sometido al abandono y la degradación. Nos servimos del análisis de la evolución del fenómeno de la infravivienda en la Barcelona moderna, desde el surgimiento de las barracas de la ciudad industrial a la proliferación de las infraviviendas contemporáneas de la ciudad postindustrial con el objetivo de poner de manifiesto que el fenómeno de la infravivienda en Barcelona, a menudo vinculado a la historia del barraquismo y el régimen franquista no solo no ha sido abolido sino que es un fenómeno en crecimiento en la ciudad "democrática". ; At the same time as cities, especially the ones that have opted for a tourism-model (the case of Barcelona), strive to improve the quality of public space due to the spread (and unfounded) idea about the capacity of urban transformation to solve socio-economic problems, the private space sinks into obscurity subjected to carelessness and degradation. We make use of the analysis of the evolution of the phenomenon of sub dwelling in the modern Barcelona, from the emergence of the shanty towns of the industrial city to the proliferation of contemporary shacks in postindustrial city in order to show that the phenomenon of sub dwelling in Barcelona, often linked to the Franco regime, has not been abolished but it is a growing phenomenon in the "democratic" city. By means of this term we refer to dwellings which don`t meet the minimum requirements so as to be considered habitable. ; En sincronia amb les ciutats, i sobretot aquelles que han apostat per una ciutat model turística (el cas de Barcelona), que tenen el propòsit de millorar la qualitat del seu Espai Públic sobre la base difosa (i infundada) de què a través de la transformació del citat espai es poden resoldre els problemes socioeconòmics, l'espai privatiu cau en l'oblit quedant sotmès a l'abandonament i la degradació. Ens servim de l'anàlisi de l'evolució del fenomen de l'infrahabitatge a la Barcelona moderna, des del sorgiment de les barraques de la ciutat industrial a la proliferació de l'infrahabitatge a Barcelona, a mesura vinculat a la història del barraquisme i al règim franquista no només no ha estat abolit sino que és un fenomen en creixement a la ciutat "democràtica". ; Peer Reviewed

Al mismo tiempo que las ciudades, y sobre todo aquellas que han apostado por una ciudad modelo turística (el caso Barcelona), se afanan por mejorar la calidad de su Espacio Público sobre la base difundida (e infundada) de que a través de la transformación del dicho espacio se pueden resolver los problemas socio-económicos, el espacio privativo cae en el olvido quedando sometido al abandono y la degradación. Nos servimos del análisis de la evolución del fenómeno de la infravivienda en la Barcelona moderna, desde el surgimiento de las barracas de la ciudad industrial a la proliferación de las infraviviendas contemporáneas de la ciudad postindustrial con el objetivo de poner de manifiesto que el fenómeno de la infravivienda en Barcelona, a menudo vinculado a la historia del barraquismo y el régimen franquista no solo no ha sido abolido sino que es un fenómeno en crecimiento en la ciudad "democrática". ; At the same time as cities, especially the ones that have opted for a tourism-model (the case of Barcelona), strive to improve the quality of public space due to the spread (and unfounded) idea about the capacity of urban transformation to solve socio-economic problems, the private space sinks into obscurity subjected to carelessness and degradation. We make use of the analysis of the evolution of the phenomenon of sub dwelling in the modern Barcelona, from the emergence of the shanty towns of the industrial city to the proliferation of contemporary shacks in postindustrial city in order to show that the phenomenon of sub dwelling in Barcelona, often linked to the Franco regime, has not been abolished but it is a growing phenomenon in the "democratic" city. By means of this term we refer to dwellings which don`t meet the minimum requirements so as to be considered habitable. ; En sincronia amb les ciutats, i sobretot aquelles que han apostat per una ciutat model turística (el cas de Barcelona), que tenen el propòsit de millorar la qualitat del seu Espai Públic sobre la base difosa (i infundada) de què a través de la transformació del citat espai es poden resoldre els problemes socioeconòmics, l'espai privatiu cau en l'oblit quedant sotmès a l'abandonament i la degradació. Ens servim de l'anàlisi de l'evolució del fenomen de l'infrahabitatge a la Barcelona moderna, des del sorgiment de les barraques de la ciutat industrial a la proliferació de l'infrahabitatge a Barcelona, a mesura vinculat a la història del barraquisme i al règim franquista no només no ha estat abolit sino que és un fenomen en creixement a la ciutat "democràtica". ; Peer Reviewed

This research, which was developed between the second semester of 2007 and the second semester of 2013, is presented as a thesis to qualify for the title of Doctor of Architecture and is part of the Research line History of Latin American architecture of the 20th Century of PhD program in Art and Architecture of the National University of Colombia. It was conceived as the extension of studies conducted on issues of state housing of the twentieth century in Colombia and the revision of the CINVA Archive - Inter-American Center for Housing and Planning - which rests in the same University. The subject of the thesis is "the neighborhood units in Latin America" conceived as urban planning lessons, both for the architects themselves and for the community and governments." 2 Its presence, thanks to the combination of different factors: social, political, architectural and technical, phenomena an urban and social phenomenon of great magnitude and enormous importance in the history of Latin American architecture. There are two types: specific neighborhood units and private initiatives with certain commercials. This study was conducted on the first and without any interest in the second. ; Esta investigación, que se desarolló entre el segundo semestre de 2007 y el segundo semestre de 2013, se presenta como tesis de grado para optar al titulo de Doctor en Arquitectura y se inscribe en la Línea de investigación Historia de la arquitectura latinoamericana del Siglo XX del programa de Doctorado en Arte y Arquitectura de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Se concibió como la extensión de estudios realizados sobre temas de vivienda estatal del Siglo XX en Colombia y la revisión del Archivo del CINVA –Centro Interamericano de Vivienda y Planeamiento- que reposa en la misma Universidad. El asunto de la tesis son las unidades vecinales en América Latina "concebidas como lecciones de urbanismo, tanto para los mismos arquitectos como para la comunidad y los gobiernos." 2 Su presencia, gracias a la conjunción de distintos factores: sociales, políticos, arquitectónicos y técnicos, constituyó un fenómeno urbano y social de gran magnitud y enorme importancia en la historia de la arquitectura latinoamericana. Se distinguieron dos tipos: las unidades vecinales estatales y las de iniciativa privada con propósitos comerciales. Este estudio se realizó sobre el primero y sin interés alguno por el segundo. ; Doctorado en Arte y Arquitectura. ; Doctorado

Para la rehabilitación del parque habitacional en zonas vulnerables, es necesario implementar modelos de gestión innovadores mediante la colaboración público-privada.El modelo de gestión utilizado en el Área de Conservación y Rehabilitación (ACR) en calle Pirineos, en el municipio de Santa Coloma de Gramenet es pionero en Cataluña ya que no se había logrado una rehabilitación del parque habitacional privado con recursos de los mismos particulares, en el contexto de un área con una población de renta baja. La función del gobierno municipal fue de promotor y mediador con los vecinos, proyectos técnicos y contratistas para la ejecución de la obra. Otro de los factores innovadores es que el Ayuntamiento funge como instancia crediticia, financiando el proyecto y ofreciendo facilidades de pago a los propietarios de las viviendas, por lo que asume el pago inicial a los contratistas, siendo una de las claves para lograr llevar a cabo la rehabilitación. Así, los propietarios tienen facilidades para retornar al Ayuntamiento el coste de las obras, o bien en dos pagos, o bien en pagos fraccionados durante cinco años e incluso inscribiendo la deuda en el registro de la propiedad en función de las condiciones individuales de cada titular.Considerando lo anterior, la presente investigación pretende conocer con mayor profundidad los cambios percibidos por los usuarios, después de la rehabilitación de sus viviendas, en tres áreas: (I) el confort térmico; (II) la satisfacción residencial; (III) y el modelo de gestión utilizado por el Ayuntamiento de Santa Coloma de Gramenet; para lo cual se realizó una encuesta cerrada, aplicada a las personas mayores de edad, cabezas de familia y que llevan habitando dentro del ACR Pirineos por más de un año, al ser susceptibles de haber notado los posibles cambios producidos por la intervención.De los resultados encontrados, uno de los más relevantes es la gestión del Ayuntamiento, que en términos generales se percibe como buena y en particular el sistema de pago. En relación con la satisfacción residencial, aún no se percibe ningún cambio trascendental sobre las relaciones sociales entre los vecinos del barrio y edificio, sin embargo, existe una percepción de mejora en la imagen del barrio y en la revalorización de sus viviendas. Respecto al confort térmico interior, la percepción de los usuarios ha mejorado en las viviendas que antes de la rehabilitación eran más frías, sin embargo, no en todos los casos han sentido diferencia en la temperatura de su hogar.Esta investigación se ha realizado dentro del seminario de la línea de máster en Gestión y Valoración Urbana y Arquitectónica en el marco del proyecto EnerValor (MINECO/FEDER BIA2015-63606-R) ; Per a la rehabilitació del parc residencial en zones vulnerables, cal implementar models de gestió innovadors mitjançant la col·laboració publico-privada.El model de gestió utilitzat en l'Àrea de Conservació i Rehabilitació (ACR) en carrer Pirineus, al municipi de Santa Coloma de Gramenet és pioner a Catalunya ja que no s'havia aconseguit una rehabilitació del parc d'habitatge privat amb recursos dels mateixos particulars, en el context d'una àrea amb una població de renda baixa. La funció del govern municipal va ser de promotor i mediador amb els veïns, projectes tècnics i contractistes per a l'execució de l'obra. Un altre dels factors innovadors és que l'Ajuntament dona com a instància creditícia, finançant el projecte i oferint facilitats de pagament als propietaris dels habitatges, de manera que assumeix el pagament inicial als contractistes, sent una de les claus per aconseguir dur a terme la rehabilitació. Així, els propietaris tenen facilitats per retornar a l'Ajuntament el cost de les obres, o bé en dos pagaments, o bé en pagaments fraccionats durant cinc anys i fins i tot inscrivint el deute en el registre de la propietat en funció de les condicions individuals de cada titular .Atès l'anterior, la present investigació pretén conèixer amb més profunditat els canvis percebuts pels usuaris, després de la rehabilitació dels seus habitatges, en tres àrees: (I) el confort tèrmic; (II) la satisfacció residencial; (III) i el model de gestió utilitzat per l'Ajuntament de Santa Coloma de Gramenet; per a això es va realitzar una enquesta tancada, aplicada a les persones majors d'edat, caps de família i que porten habitant dins el ACR Pirineus per més d'un any, en ser susceptibles d'haver notat els possibles canvis produïts per la intervenció.Dels resultats trobats, un dels més rellevants és la gestió de l'Ajuntament, que en termes generals es percep com a bona i en particular el sistema de pagament. En relació amb la satisfacció residencial, encara no es percep cap canvi transcendental sobre les relacions socials entre els veïns del barri i edifici, però, hi ha una percepció de millora en la imatge del barri i en la re valorització dels seus habitatges. Pel que fa al confort tèrmic interior, la percepció dels usuaris ha millorat en els habitatges que abans de la rehabilitació eren més fredes, però, no en tots els casos han sentit diferència en la temperatura de la seva llar.Aquesta investigació s'ha realitzat dins del seminari de la línia de màster en Gestió i Valoració Urbana i Arquitectònica en el marc del projecte EnerValor (MINECO / FEDER BIA2015-63606-R) ; For the rehabilitation of the housing stock in vulnerable areas, it is necessary to implement innovative management models through public-private collaboration.The management model used in the Conservation and Rehabilitation Area (ACR) on Pirineos Street, in the municipality of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, is a pioneer in Catalonia since it had not achieved a rehabilitation of the private housing stock with resources of the same individuals, in the context of an area with a low income population. The function of the municipal government was to promote and mediate with the neighbors, technical projects and contractors for the execution of the work. Another innovative factor is that the City Council acts as a credit institution, financing the project and offering payment facilities to homeowners, so it assumes the initial payment to contractors, being one of the keys to achieving rehabilitation. Thus, the owners have facilities to return to the City Council the cost of the works, either in two payments, or in installments over five years and even inscribing the debt in the property registry depending on the individual conditions of each owner.Considering the above, the present investigation intends to know in greater depth the changes perceived by users after rehabilitation in three areas: (I) thermal comfort; (II) residential satisfaction; (III) and the management model used by the City Council of Santa Coloma de Gramenet; for which a closed survey was carried out, applied to the elderly, heads of family and who have been living within the Pyrenees ACR for more than a year, being susceptible to having noticed the possible changes produced by the intervention.Of the results found, one of the most relevant is the management of the City Council, which in general terms is perceived as good and in particular the payment system. In relation to residential satisfaction, there is still no significant change in the social relations between the residents of the neighborhood and the building; however, there is a perception of improvement in the image of the neighborhood and in the revaluation of their homes. With regard to indoor thermal comfort, the perception of users has improved in homes that were colder before the rehabilitation, but not in all cases they have felt difference in the temperature of their home.This research has been carried out within the seminar of the master's degree in Management and Urban and Architectural Assessment within the framework of the EnerValor project (MINECO/FEDER BIA2015-63606-R) ; Peer Reviewed

Introduction / Laura Hengehold -- What Does Being in the World Mean? Thinking Life and Domestic Bonds in Twentyfirst Century Africa / Tanella Boni -- Probing Gender Injustices in Africa / Delphine Abadie M. -- Gender Between Kinship and Utopia / Laura Hengehold -- The University, Cognitive Justice and Human Development / Florence Piron -- Anthropocenes and New African Discourses: "Dwelling in the World" With Poetry and Criticism / Jean-Godefroy Bidima -- Spectres of the Infinitesimal: Posthuman Francophone Worlds / Nick Nesbitt -- Rethinking the Living in Light of African Philosophy: Toward an Animist Humanism /Se̹verine Kodjo-Grandvaux -- From Muntu to Moun: An African Ethicalization of Caribbean Discourse / Hane̹tha Ve̹te̹-Congolo -- Nelson Mandela and the Topology of African Encounter with the World / -- Chielozona Eze -- Conclusion / Jean-Godefroy Bidima.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction and Acknowledgements -- 1 - I Have the Jawbone -- 2 - It Was God's Work -- 3 - A Mother's Love -- 4 - Building on Faith -- 5 - The Start Is Made -- 6 - Spurgeon and Other Headaches -- 7 - We Had to Go -- 8 - Dwelling in Green Pastures -- 9 - An Open Door -- 10 - An Honest Trade -- 11 - The Junk Heap -- 12 - Down on the Farm -- 13 - Training Heart, Head, and Hands -- 14 - Present Arms! -- 15 - Blowing a Horn -- 16 - The Boys' Banner -- 17 - A Winning Reputation -- 18 - Amen -- 19 - Healing Body and Soul -- 20 - Boys Will Be Boys -- 21 - End of an Era -- 22 - Change -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

The utopian sixties inspired revolutionary and alternative ways to live, love, and entertain--and equally radical spaces to do it in. Stimulated by the psychedelic drug culture, rebel designers and architects distorted space to create womblike coves and isolation chambers, forging a spatial vocabulary that still reverberates today. At the same time, the tune-in-turn-on-drop-out message lured youths into far-flung communes, often under the roofs of brightly painted geodesic domes draped and tie-dyed fabric. Idealistic and anarchic enclaves with names like Drop City and Morning Star redefined the concept of community, inventing a wildly spontaneous way of building and dwelling