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Introduction	This course will investigate the ways in which ornament and site specific artworks have been integrated into interiors as representations of the cultural aspirations, histories, beliefs, of the occupants for whom it was designed. To what extent are those aspects or components of the environment decorative additions or are they somehow instructive, integral articulations of the spaces purpose? From the casita to the mosque, from the shotgun shack to the discotheque, from the gay bar to the Quaker meetinghouse, how does the perception of difference, deviance or “otherness” engage in dialogs with the dominant culture within those environments? How do these spaces incorporate ornamentation and works of art? How do those spaces change over time? What aspects of those spaces are transformed, abandoned or destroyed over time and/or in response to social change or turmoil, political change or economic shifts?

Introduction

This course will investigate the ways in which ornament and site specific artworks have been integrated into interiors as representations of the cultural aspirations, histories, beliefs, of the occupants for whom it was designed. To what extent are those aspects or components of the environment decorative additions or are they somehow instructive, integral articulations of the spaces purpose? From the casita to the mosque, from the shotgun shack to the discotheque, from the gay bar to the Quaker meetinghouse, how does the perception of difference, deviance or “otherness” engage in dialogs with the dominant culture within those environments? How do these spaces incorporate ornamentation and works of art? How do those spaces change over time? What aspects of those spaces are transformed, abandoned or destroyed over time and/or in response to social change or turmoil, political change or economic shifts?