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Morphed households as an impact of the digital

Mediatized Environments
Vikram Veeravalli, 2021


The use of digital technologies has become integral to everyday practices in many households. With the Covid-19 pandemic, the integration has increased manifolds and has reached the extent of seeming banal. The thesis looks at how existing forms of households and the relationships, routines, practices and memories of the inhabitants shift due to digital technologies. The study included four case studies of houses in Chennai, each focusing on a different implication of the digital in the sense of space. The study of my own home looks at cellularization of family and the spaces that become obsolete with use of hardware, software and online media. The study of my grandfather's house shows deviations caused by the play of digital devices and the navigations it takes to get back to the routine or move away from it. A study of my cousin's house shows the shift in family dynamics and networks mobilised everyday through digital media. And lastly, the study of my relatives' place shows emerging activities and practices because of the Covid-19 pandemic and the shift to a largely digital environment of work and living. The research allows for different interpretations of what a household is and   forces an insight into the existing forms of housing and how relevant they are with emerging practices driven by digital means. What are the new forms of spaces that accommodate these blurs and morphs of households and how does one begin to articulate them?




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Spatiality of publicness and new media

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