Scholars have recently begun to balance their indictments of domestic drudgery with an exploration of how many people manage to create a positive environment in their homes. De Certeau eloquently portrays the conversion of the routine and repetitive acts of domestic life into experiences of creativity and pleasure. The notorious mismatch between many older people and their housing, which too often is designed on a medical model and not a residential one, should inspire us to seek a better theoretical understanding of aging and environment. The majority of theories that guide housing research, however, were devised twenty-five years ago. Despite increasing demand due to more people living longer, the housing plight continues.
Home is where old and new technologies mingle.
For the last century, amateur film and video-making shaped imaginary representations of home. Cracking open the unmapped electronic frontier, the essays in Clicking In, from the likes of feminist Sadie Plant and superhacker R.U. Sirius, render the corporate fantasies of Clinton's information superhighway dull and obsolete. Let us know . Inc. All rights reserved.