Tecnologia, cultura e funções de portas de moradias no cotidiano da sociedade: configurações, usos e significados

Abstract

This dissertation aims at investigating the interrelationships between technology, culture and functions of housing doors in everyday life of society, and its manifestations in configurations, uses and meanings of doors. This work starts from the understanding of the door as an artifact representative of culture and technology subject to take on various configurations and mediate variations in uses and meanings. The investigation begins with the analysis of standardized doors of houses, considering their original design and construction, and further substitutions and / interventions by the residents, due to particular needs and desires. Field research was carried out at the Gurupi housing condominium, located in the Cajuru neighborhood, at the Panamericano housing condominium, located in the Capão da Imbuia neighborhood, and at the Isla Victoria housing condominium, all in Curitiba / PR. The research follows a qualitative methodological approach of an interpretive nature, idiographic, and not experimental. The methodological procedures include: semi-structured interviews with residents, bibliographic research, iconographic research and observation. The research is organized into five chapters in which interrelationships between technology, culture and housing doors in everyday life of society are discussed, based on the theoretical and field research, with emphasis on manifestations of the cultural diversity in preferences and requirements, manifested in the variety of configurations, uses and meanings of the doors. It is intended, with this research, to promote and expand knowledge about the interrelationships between technology, culture and artifacts of everyday life of society.