Category: Reading Summaries

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Melissa King analyzes how the use of the network affects the can the community judges them in her article, “Better Online Living through Content Moderation”. Many people moderate the content they visualize online, which makes them vulnerable to the criticism of others. The vulnerability increases throughout time, but users can avoid such problems by avoiding the harassers. The person can block…

Reading Summary 5

In “Color Walking” by Phia Bennin and Brenda McMullan observed an experiment while analyzing the Color Show. William Burroughs created a tool to allowing students to walk out the door and pick a color that catches your eye. He expected that the surroundings would pop when following the color from objects. For examples, if a man in a green shirt…

Reading Summary 4

The New York Times Magazine recently published an article, “Making Bathrooms More ‘Accommodating’”, by Emily Bazelon, which analyzes the controversy of women and men’s personal spaces. Transgender people question society about the design of where they can accommodate their personal space. People have opinionated perspectives to the association between masculine and feminine cooperation. In recent times, voters in Houston denied…

Reading Summary 3

In the article, “His & Hers: Designing for a Post-Gender Society”, Suzanne Tick analyzes the issue of gender revolution. The expansion in science and technology has challenged the male and female roles. Masculine and feminine identities are becoming distinctive; the designers must accommodate to the change of social issue. Tick explains that males are dominant over the modern technology. This…

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In the article, “Tapestry of Space: Domestic Architecture and Underground Communities in Margaret Morton’s Photography of a Forgotten New York”, Nersessova examines Morton’s book, she depicts a comprehensive overview of the buildings in New York. She captures and portrays images of urban areas that affect individuals and express behavior. The article targets Morton’s various photographs that incorporate communities with disposed…

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In the article, “Architectural Exclusion: Discrimination and Segregation Through Physical Design of the Built Environment,” Schindler exhibits a broad overview of various infrastructures exemplifying ethnic and behavioral barriers in many works. She analyzes the role of architecture segregating and causing contradictions within communities. Robert Moses, New York’s most famous architect, intentionally created low hanging overpasses so that poor and people…

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