GASA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hmong Language, Global Asia, Pangs
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In the home" section will look at home from point of view of peoples from laos, tibet, china, south asia, And will look at away" through the eyes of japan, which, after a time of stricture, opened up to foreign trade and contact: houses are strong markers of ethnic identity. The ways in which different cultures organize space, relationships and the past demonstrate the differences and likenesses between them. The house is a shelter, a point to travel out from and return to. It may be a permanent construction or one that can be dismantled and moved or changed. Planning is done by principles that vary from society to society. But the fundamentals remain the same: spaces for kitchen, storage, washing, sleeping, formal gathering, entrance. There may be a hierarchy / etiquette of placement in an extended family home. With a spread that may be vertical or horizontal.