A master thesis from Aalborg University
Inhabiting the Network
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Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2022
Submitted on
2022-05-25
Pages
109 pages
Abstract
This Master’s thesis investigates how dark design and social exclusion affects mobility patterns of the homeless population of Aalborg as well as what home means when you are homeless. With the nation’s highest percentage of rough sleepers, Aalborg presents an interesting case. By interviewing people experiencing homelessness and experts in the feld in addition to performing observations, the mobility patterns of the homeless have been identifed. The theoretical framework covers the mobilities and materialities of social exclusion and dark design as well as the notion of home. Although Aalborg has very few artefacts of dark design we have found that removal of benches has altered the mobility patterns of the socially vulnerable, affecting where they stay during the day. Furthermore, the meaning of home was highly subjective, relating to both materialities and emotional relations.
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