Expanding Notions of Home: Conceptualizing and Representing Global Consciousness in Vancouver

For the mobile and culturally diverse residents of Vancouver, home has become a plural concept; one that does not rely on a singular and static notion of place. In ”Sovereignty without Territoriality: Notes for a Post-national Geography” Arjun Appadurai labels the production of transposed localities translocalities. He argues that people’s tendency is to produce localities. Because people are increasingly moving across a more porous set of places that cross borders, the result are translocalities that may coincide and overlap within a given place. As Vancouver becomes increasingly globally conscious, how is the nature of home changing? While the potential for architecture to play an active role in the expanding notion of home in Vancouver exists, its proponents are yet to emerge. This paper explores the factors that contribute to the expanding notion of home in Vancouver. The context for this expanding notion is described historically and through the lens of fast-paced global development.

Volume Editors
David Ruy & Lola Sheppard

ISBN
978-0-935502-95-4