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Contributing Meaningfully as a Foreigner

Hedrick, Bridgett D
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1367925811

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2013, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
The earthquake disaster in Haiti in 2010, created immediate and long-term needs for their people. The resulting unbalanced hierarchy between nature and man produced an environment with little to no organization or control. This thesis addresses how the American architect can provide the best design solutions for Haitian people in his or her role as a foreign agent. It poses the question of whether non-local agents can design cross-culturally by employing a socio-cultural approach through the use of indigenous materials, craft, building techniques, and spatial organization. The built environment is a reflection of the socio-cultural logic of place. This thesis is an exploration of architecture as a cultural and social expression of the Haitian life, arguing that social expression of architecture is embedded in development through agriculture. For long-term improvements in Haiti, this thesis will study and analyze subsistence farming through an agriculture-training center in Jeremie, Haiti.
Michael McInturf, M.Arch. (Committee Chair)
Aarati Kanekar, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
80 p.
Architecture
Jeremie, Haiti; Socio-cultural Approach; Agriculture Training Center; Porch Culture; Long-term Development; Foreign Architect;

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  • Hedrick, B. D. (2013). Contributing Meaningfully as a Foreigner [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1367925811

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hedrick, Bridgett. Contributing Meaningfully as a Foreigner. 2013. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1367925811.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hedrick, Bridgett. "Contributing Meaningfully as a Foreigner." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1367925811

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