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My PHD Confirmation of Candidature Seminar
A home
1. Is place where one lives permanently, especially as a household (Oxford Dictionaries Resources, 2012) 2. Provides similar functions: Nostalgia
Shelter Refuge Social Affiliation Activity Personalisation Self-Identity Continuity Privacy RESEARCH INTEREST
Diversity
Culture and environment (Altman & Chemers, 1980)
Intimacy Domesticity Commodity & Delight Ease Light & Air Efficiency Style & Substance Austerity Comfort & Well-being
Environmental factors 1. Climate 2. Temperature 3. Terrain Cultural factors 1. World views 2. Environmental cognitions and perceptions 3. Privacy regulation 4. Religious and other values 5. Social structure 6. Family structure
Research interest
RESEARCH INTEREST
Research Problems
2011 Census - 26% of Australian born overseas, 20% had at least one parent born overseas (ABS, 2012)
RESEARCH PROBLEM
476,300 Muslims in Australia (69% increment from 2001) (ABS, 2012) No knowledge how Australian Muslims perception on home privacy Their home environment needs have implications for home designs Current housing design may contradict with Muslim privacy requirements
Research Questions
RESEARCH QUESTION
How do Australian Muslims perceive privacy in their homes, and how do they achieve privacy?
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
SUB QUESTION 3 What are Australian Muslims levels of satisfaction with current Australian home designs with regard to privacy?
SUB QUESTION 1 To what extent do Australian Muslims perceive modesty to be important within their home environment, and how do they achieve this?
SUB QUESTION 2 How do Australian Muslims perceive hospitality within their home environment?
Literature Review
4 Belief in Scriptures (Daud/David), Gospel (Isa/Jesus) and AlSociologists and historians then increasingly come together in their common affirmation establishment of five daily prayers Quran (Muhammad - final that have that religion is the most primitive of all social phenomena. It is from it revelation)emerged, fasting (month of Ramadan) through successive transformations, all the other manifestations of collective activity 5 Belief in Qiamat Life after death / Judgement Day law, morality, art, science, political forms, etc. In principle everything is religious alms-giving (2.5% to the poor) predestination by Allah (good or bad) of all 6 Belief in Al-Qadar (Durkheim, 1982 [1897]:173) pilgrimage to Mecca (if can afford it) things
Islam in Australia
LITERATURE REVIEW
For those whove come across the seas Weve boundless plains to share With courage let us all combine To advance Australia fair. Excerpt from Advance Australia Fair (McCormick, 1878)
3. modesty
Privacy
the right to be let alone (Warren and Brandeis, 1890)
LITERATURE REVIEW
Isolation
Affinity
Privacy
Reserve
Anonymity
Westin (1970)
LITERATURE REVIEW
Acoustical
Thick walls Dense materials Zoned internal spaces: male, female, services
Smell
Types of privacy in Islamic teachings (Sobh and Belk, 2011; Mortada, 2003)
LITERATURE REVIEW
Modesty
Behaviour, manner, or appearance intended to avoid impropriety or indecency (Oxford Dictionaries Resources, 2012) 1. physical modesty (dress code, fashion) 2. self-improvement or self- motivation 3. social interaction (shyness, not boasting)
(Boulanouar, 2006) LITERATURE REVIEW
LITERATURE REVIEW
Categories of male visitors in relation to women in Saudi Arabian homes (Shraim, 2000) 2007) Mens majlis (Lockerbie Resources, 2012; Alenazy,
LITERATURE REVIEW
Typical use of garage as mens majlis in Muslim homes in Dearborn, Michigan (Emmerson, 2011)
AIMS
SUB QUESTION 3 What are Australian Muslims levels of satisfaction with current Australian home designs with regard to privacy?
SUB QUESTION 1 To what extent do Australian Muslims perceive modesty to be important within their home environment, and how do they achieve this?
SUB QUESTION 2 How do Australian Muslims perceive hospitality within their home environment?
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
NE
ENVIRONMENTAL COGNITIONS - perceptions - coding - memory - judgements
EO/V EB/P
EO
EC
Desired level
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Actual level
Research Significance
AIMS
Research Approach
1. Qualitative approach: lived experience of a phenomenon 2. Two-step process: a) explore connections conceptual framework factors b) explore patterns of privacy in Queensland Muslim homes
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT - topography - climate - flora - fauna ENVIRONMENTAL ORIENTATIONS / VIEWS - cosmology - religion - values - norms
RESEARCH PLAN
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
Research Sample
1.Kuraby (1497 Muslims) 2.Woodridge (2484 Muslims) 3.Inala (630 Muslims) 4.Eight Mile Plains (470 Muslims) 5.Logan (432 Muslims) 6.Morooka (321 Muslims) 7.Holland Park (295 Muslims) 8. Algester (237 Muslims) Research Sites (ABS, 2012) 1.Invitation letters/ emails and phone calls to Islamic communities 2.Follow up calls to those interested 3.Screen participants 4.Sign forms prior interview 1.In a family situation 1. 20 to 60 samples: a) 10 to 30 males b) 10 to 30 females 2.Have children or extended families 3.25 to 55 years old - first generation OZ Muslims or more 4.Home owners or rented properties Sample Size Participant Selection METHODOLOGY
Recruitment Method
Research Sample
METHODOLOGY
2. Open-ended questions
2) How do you make your house work so as to satisfy the level of privacy you desire for yourself and your family? 3) How do your neighbourhood and community enable you to do the things you like to do and to spend with your family? 4) Who (the person in your household) will be responsible in the design of your interiors and arrangements of the furniture?
3. Observations
Methods of Analysis
1. Coding:
Open Coding Axial Coding Selective Coding
METHODOLOGY
Methods of Analysis
Themes
2. Successive Approximation
References
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Thank You
Laurie Buys | Rosemary Aird | Evonne Miller | Jeff Sommerfeld | John Lockerbie | Peter Gould | Bachar Houli | Panel Members | Lynda Lawson |SEF and CIF staff | HDR colleagues | QUT Library | and everyone attending this seminar
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