With the rise of the industrial movement in France, the need for new lands and industrial markets led to Algeria’s colonization for more than 70 years. The land taken from the Algerian Muslims, mainly farmers, was transmitted to minefields, forbidden zones, and regroupment camps. During its presence in Algeria, the French colonial regime built numerous residential units for the Algerian natives. The context, however, rejected this architecture, and none of the residential units were considered “homes” by Algerians. Due to the extensive use of violence by the colonial force, the number of people suffering from mental illness drastically increased by the time of the War of Independence (1954-1962). Frantz Fanon, one of the psychiatrists who oversaw the Blida-Joinville psychiatric hospital, started to humanize the therapy methods. By focusing on the relationship between the patients and their living environment, he introduced an atmospheric approach to ergotherapy. Despite its strong historical background, this dissertation also concerns our modern architecture and its potential to be used as an ergotherapy method that envisions the needs of our felt bodies.
Con l'ascesa del movimento industriale in Francia, la necessità di nuove terre e mercati industriali ha portato alla colonizzazione dell'Algeria per più di 70 anni. La terra sottratta ai musulmani algerini, principalmente contadini, è stata destinata a campi minati, zone proibite e campi di raggruppamento. Durante la sua presenza in Algeria, il regime coloniale francese costruì numerose unità abitative per i nativi algerini. Il contesto, però, rifiutava questa architettura, e nessuna delle unità abitative era considerata “casa” dagli algerini. A causa dell'ampio uso della violenza da parte della forza coloniale, il numero di persone che soffrivano di malattie mentali aumentò drasticamente al tempo della Guerra d'Indipendenza (1954-1962). Frantz Fanon, uno degli psichiatri che sovrintese all'ospedale psichiatrico di Blida-Joinville, iniziò a umanizzare i metodi terapeutici. Concentrandosi sulla relazione tra i pazienti e il loro ambiente di vita, ha introdotto un approccio atmosferico all'ergoterapia. Nonostante il suo forte background storico, questa tesi riguarda anche la nostra architettura moderna e il suo potenziale per essere utilizzata come metodo di ergoterapia che visualizza il bisogno dei nostri corpi-propri.
Frantz Fanon : architecture of the felt body
NAMAZIYAN, FARNOOSH
2021/2022
Abstract
With the rise of the industrial movement in France, the need for new lands and industrial markets led to Algeria’s colonization for more than 70 years. The land taken from the Algerian Muslims, mainly farmers, was transmitted to minefields, forbidden zones, and regroupment camps. During its presence in Algeria, the French colonial regime built numerous residential units for the Algerian natives. The context, however, rejected this architecture, and none of the residential units were considered “homes” by Algerians. Due to the extensive use of violence by the colonial force, the number of people suffering from mental illness drastically increased by the time of the War of Independence (1954-1962). Frantz Fanon, one of the psychiatrists who oversaw the Blida-Joinville psychiatric hospital, started to humanize the therapy methods. By focusing on the relationship between the patients and their living environment, he introduced an atmospheric approach to ergotherapy. Despite its strong historical background, this dissertation also concerns our modern architecture and its potential to be used as an ergotherapy method that envisions the needs of our felt bodies.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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