This study is an attempt for providing a socio-historical perspective to the smart home concept that is a proposal for the future domestic sphere by the application of
intelligent technologies. For achieving this attempt, the smart home is investigated with its roots within the social history of domestic technology, by posing the question
of a relation between the machine house idea of modern architecture and the smart home concept as the main question of the research. After an inquiry on the smart
home concept and on the future private sphere that is envisaged within it, the emergence of modern private sphere, the transformation of private sphere under the
impacts of industrialization, the appearance and the social consequences of the machine house idea, the introduction of mass produced appliances to the home and
the impacts of it on private sphere, the development of communication and information technologies and their domestication processes are investigated. The coconstructive
relationship of technology with the private sphere is pursued throughout this investigation.
The research questions of the study are answered in the light of the gained knowledge and critical perspective throughout the investigations. At the end, it is revealed that the smart home has conceptual, technical, and ideological constructive
roots within the histories of the modern private sphere, modern architecture and design, and domestic communication and information technologies. It is discussed
that these roots constitute the smart home as a domain of social reproduction, which also provides the ground for its conceptualization and promotion as the future
domestic sphere.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609115/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 December 2007 |
| Creators | Gunlu, Esra |
| Contributors | Borekci, Naz A.g.z. |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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