Home-making post-disaster
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 10:36
in Psychology & Sociology
When it comes time to rebuild, victims of home-destruction are often given only the bare essentials and told to make do. That is nowhere near enough says recent Concordia University doctoral graduate, Devora Neumark. In a new paper published in Housing, Theory and Society she argues that a powerful way to overcome the traumas associated with domicide and reconstitute a sense of home is to engage in house-beautification practices.