Beyond its material and physical aspects, the understanding of home emerges at the intersection of socially accepted, romanticized notions of safety, comfort, and nurture, and the diverse subjective experiences that may include alienation, anxiety, and stress. Alison Blunt and Robyn Dowling (2006) develop the concept of home through critical geography, examining its relationship to scale, identity, and power within space (pp. 2–3). This theoretical framework presents a broad and multifaceted perspective, where the architecture of a place intersects with its emotional, experiential, and socio-cultural significance. Marks in the Making engages with this notion of home through the lens of critical geography and an aesthetic of fragments, seeking to reveal the intricate layers inherent in cross-cultural experiences and understandings of home and its structure.
I am grateful to the BC Arts Council and the Province of British Columbia for supporting this project through the Project Assistant Grant 2022.
Blunt, A., & Dowling, R. (2006). Home. New York, NY: Routledge.
Murrani, S. (2020). “Contingency and plasticity: The dialectical re-construction of the concept of home in forced displacement.” Culture and Psychology, 26(2), 173–186.