A: Respond to Engles-Swartzpaul and Wikitera's "Take me away ... In search of original dwelling". Explain the overall aim of this reading: (99 words)
Overall this reading discusses the different ways ‘paradise’ or ‘authentic origin’ were employed for each of the different houses discussed. Some of these houses even became what was described as a “requisite of the commercialization and commodification of the exotic others” (cited source 1 pp. 45). I believe the aim of this reading was to show the many different ways Europeans have displaced these once, culturally authentic houses and exploited them for the sake of tourism. This has resulted in the loss of the authenticity of their origins and meant that some of these houses now have next to no connection to their origin.
Cited sources:
- Engels-Schwarzpaul, A.-Chr. and Wikitera, Keri-Anne. "Interstices: A journal of Architecture and Related Arts". Take me away ... In search of original dwelling. On Adam's House in the Pacific, Vol. 10. Enigma, Auckland, New Zealand. 2009, pp. 42-54.
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