Design to live : everyday inventions from a refugee camp
Title:
Design to live : everyday inventions from a refugee camp
Author:
Aksamija, Azra, 1976- editor
ISBN:
9780262542876
Physical Description:
323 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents> -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Perspectives on Life at the Camp -- Placed in a Timeless Base -- The Power of Writing -- Working in a Field of Traps -- Landscape -- Designs That Connect Residents with the Surrounding Landscape -- Vertical Garden -- Kitchen -- Oven -- Pigeon Breeding -- Intimacy -- Designs That Mediate Intimacy within the Family and the Community -- Outdoor Majlis -- Entrance Hall -- Courtyard -- Fellowship -- Designs That Question Life under Cultural Austerity -- Rocking Crib -- Plush Toy -- Spinning Top -- Chess Set -- Desert Castle -- Majlis -- Tea Set -- Coffee Station -- Fountain -- Energy -- Designs That Enable Access to Resources -- Water Cart -- Water Storage -- Water Faucet -- Desert Cooler -- Chandelier -- Perspectives on Humanitarian Design -- Life Worth Living -- Reverse Urbanization -- Humanitarian Design Gaps -- Collaborations Across Borders -- Refugee-led Designs as a Worldmaking Practice -- Biographies --