Document Type
Preprint
Publication Date
Spring 2006
Publication Title
Symbolic Interaction
Publisher
University of California Press
Volume
29
Issue
2
Abstract
Architectural sociology is receiving renewed attention but still remains a neglected area of investigation. As a major theoretical perspective within sociology, symbolic interaction helps us understand how the designed physical environment and the self are intertwined, with one potentially influencing and finding expression in the other; how architecture contains and communicates our shared symbols; and how we assign agency to some of our designed physical environment, which then invites in a different kind of self-reflection. This article discusses numerous instances of symbolic interaction theory–architecture connections, with applied examples showing how symbolic interactionists and architects can collaborate on projects to the benefit of each, and to the benefit of humanity
Keywords
Architecture—Psychological aspects; Design—Human factors; Social change; Symbolic interactionism; Symbolism in architecture
Disciplines
Architecture | Environmental Design | Place and Environment | Sociology
Language
English
Repository Citation
Smith, R. W.,
Bugni, V.
(2006).
Symbolic interaction theory and architecture.
Symbolic Interaction, 29(2),
University of California Press.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/sociology_pubs/5