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Jacqui Alexander
Monash University, Caulfield East, VIC, Australia

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Published: 06 December 2019 in The Design Journal
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Video is becoming an important tool when investigating and communicating architectural and urban design research. From social research of a site before design, the lived experience of a completed structure, to the communication of architectural projects, video functions as an effective means of capturing and disseminating qualitative data. This paper presents findings from an Australian-Italian collaboration that produced five short documentaries by Australian architecture students on the lived urban experience of residents and businesses in Prato, Italy. It asks: what are the opportunities and challenges of video ethnography as a research practice in design education? In answering this question, the paper provides three disciplinary perspectives on the project: examining the pedagogical objectives and the potential for this approach to catalyse actual change in the world, the methodology for using video and sensory ethnography techniques in capturing and editing qualitative data, and the importance of collaboration with an Italian translator in the design of culturally appropriate questions and the production of videos. Finally, the paper reflects on the documentary outcomes and learning experience, to discuss the value of this intercultural approach for design education and by extension, practice.

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Cameron Rose; Jacqui Alexander; Samuele Grassi. Ethnographic Documentary as a Translator of Architecture and Urban Research: Perspectives on an Australian-Italian Intercultural Experience. The Design Journal 2019, 23, 113 -131.

AMA Style

Cameron Rose, Jacqui Alexander, Samuele Grassi. Ethnographic Documentary as a Translator of Architecture and Urban Research: Perspectives on an Australian-Italian Intercultural Experience. The Design Journal. 2019; 23 (1):113-131.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Cameron Rose; Jacqui Alexander; Samuele Grassi. 2019. "Ethnographic Documentary as a Translator of Architecture and Urban Research: Perspectives on an Australian-Italian Intercultural Experience." The Design Journal 23, no. 1: 113-131.

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Published: 12 September 2018 in Urban Science
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The home-sharing platform, Airbnb, is disrupting the social and spatial dynamics of cities. While there is a growing body of literature examining the effects of Airbnb on housing supply in first-world, urban environments, impacts on dwellings and dwelling typologies remain underexplored. This research paper investigates the implications of “on-demand domesticity” in Australia’s second largest city, Melbourne, where the uptake of Airbnb has been enthusiastic, rapid, and unregulated. In contrast to Airbnb’s opportunistic use of existing housing stock in other global cities, the rise of short-term holiday rentals and the construction of new homes in Melbourne has been more symbiotic, perpetuating, and even driving housing models—with some confronting results. This paper highlights the challenges and opportunities that Airbnb presents for the domestic landscape of Melbourne, exposing loopholes and grey areas in the planning and building codes which have enabled peculiar domestic mutations to spring up in the city’s suburbs, catering exclusively to the sharing economy. Through an analysis of publically available spatial data, including GIS, architectural drawings, planning documents, and building and planning codes, this paper explores the spatial and ethical implications of this urban phenomenon. Ultimately arguing that the sharing economy may benefit from a spatial response if it presents a spatial problem, this paper proposes that strategic planning could assist in recalibrating and subverting the effects of global disruption in favor of local interests. Such a framework could limit the pernicious effects of Airbnb, while stimulating activity in areas in need of rejuvenation, representing a more nuanced, context-specific approach to policy and governance.

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Jacqui Alexander. Domesticity On-Demand: The Architectural and Urban Implications of Airbnb in Melbourne, Australia. Urban Science 2018, 2, 88 .

AMA Style

Jacqui Alexander. Domesticity On-Demand: The Architectural and Urban Implications of Airbnb in Melbourne, Australia. Urban Science. 2018; 2 (3):88.

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Jacqui Alexander. 2018. "Domesticity On-Demand: The Architectural and Urban Implications of Airbnb in Melbourne, Australia." Urban Science 2, no. 3: 88.