mr Peter Marolt
The Changing Values and Technologies of a Home
As values form an integral part of any national identity, a possible loss of values might lead to a nation's indistinguishability. In order for a dwelling to become a home, it has to incorporate the universal spiritual value and irradiate the spiritual standards of its inhabitants. The home integrates the essence of a country and its culture as well as the soul of the family it houses. Values may thus be defined as the identification element of both an individual and a group, such as a nation. The expression hearth symbolises home, especially in its abstract sense.
Nowadays, man is subject to the feeling of alienation even in their own home. The paper presupposes that home, attachment to the home family house and land and the local community will lose their meaning in the process of accession to the European Union with introductions to life-style characterised by working mobility and frequent migration. As a temporary home is not part of national heritage, the feeling of belonging to a home and family is gradually disappearing. The impact of globalisation and technology is such that even traditional places of gathering outside the family circle are in the process of disappearing. Flats and houses are thus turning into disposable commercial goods.
The paper assumes that, at least in cases of shorter stays in a particular area, families will prefer prefabricated houses to self-built houses mushrooming in Slovenia in the post-war period and characterised by an alienation from tradition, time and quality. A transfer of technology from neighbouring countries to Slovenia will result in a more international approach to design and use of space.
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