caa a22 4500 475763211 CHVBK 20180406123557.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1010106609012 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1010106609012 Klaufus Christien Urban and Mobility Studies, OTB Research Institute for Housing, P.O. Box 5030, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands aut Dwelling as representation: Values of architecture in an Ecuadorian squatter settlement [Elektronische Daten] [Christien Klaufus] This article presents the results of a case study about values of house-building and dwelling in a squatter settlement in Riobamba, Ecuador. The objective is to understand the influence of cultural dynamics on the change in dwelling preferences in a specific context. The case study focuses on how the inhabitants express their socio-cultural identity as individuals and as a group in modern, vernacular, self-built houses. The process of identification, communication, and stratification through architecture and interior decorating is analyzed by looking at diverse aspects of dwelling. Specifically, the following aspects are examined: the characteristics of the housing construction as observed by the researcher; the values and significance that the residents themselves attach to various parts of their dwellings; and the manner in which the residents evaluate each other's dwellings, including the indicators they use and the stratification they apply. In a country where the government is concerned only with reducing the quantitative housing shortage, anthropological research on changing dwelling preferences could contribute to a more adequate policy on the quality and values of dwelling. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 cultural anthropology nationallicence developing countries nationallicence socio-cultural identity nationallicence squatter settlement nationallicence vernacular architecture nationallicence Journal of Housing and the Built Environment Kluwer Academic Publishers 15/4(2000-12-01), 341-365 1566-4910 15:4<341 2000 15 10901 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010106609012 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010106609012 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Klaufus Christien Urban and Mobility Studies, OTB Research Institute for Housing, P.O. Box 5030, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Housing and the Built Environment Kluwer Academic Publishers 15/4(2000-12-01), 341-365 1566-4910 15:4<341 2000 15 10901 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer