Arlene Oak
Biographic Data
| ID | 6566481 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arlene Oak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arlene |
| FAMILY NAME | Oak |
| SIGNATURE | OAK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Thinking Through Architecture School
The TV series Architecture School depicts entanglements between design (education), urban development, and the complexities of everyday life through its presentation of students in a program of “public-interest” design–build education (wherein students plan and construct homes for low-income families in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans). The series offers a nuanced presentation of the situated difficulties of critical design thinking in the con…
Makeover media as fashion journalism
The USA-based television program What Not To Wear (WNTW) was a staple of popular fashion media, informing audiences about acceptable modes of dress and appearance. We consider how aspects of this show and its accompanying book encompass features of traditional fashion reportage – particularly advice literature – and also approaches to fashion communication that overlap with the style and concerns of “New Journalism” (those modes of reporting – so…
Building consensus
This article explores multimodal communication and social interaction in university-level architecture education. Drawing on ethnography of North American programs of ‘design-build’ architecture, we consider how the judgment of a ‘good’ (or ‘bad’) design is as much a result of how it is communicated as what is communicated. In settings like the design ‘review’, students endeavor to persuade an audience of the merits of their proposed design. This…
Houses of Straw
The UK television program Grand Designs, in which participants engage in the design and construction of their dream houses has, over a period of fourteen years, done much to educate a lay audience about the design of domestic buildings. In this paper we analyze two episodes of the program, both featuring houses constructed using straw bales. Our analysis considers three ways in which the show frames design issues and participants for the viewer. …
Building consensus
This article explores multimodal communication and social interaction in university-level architecture education. Drawing on ethnography of North American programs of ‘design-build’ architecture, we consider how the judgment of a ‘good’ (or ‘bad’) design is as much a result of how it is communicated as what is communicated. In settings like the design ‘review’, students endeavor to persuade an audience of the merits of their proposed design. This…
Houses of Straw
The UK television program Grand Designs, in which participants engage in the design and construction of their dream houses has, over a period of fourteen years, done much to educate a lay audience about the design of domestic buildings. In this paper we analyze two episodes of the program, both featuring houses constructed using straw bales. Our analysis considers three ways in which the show frames design issues and participants for the viewer. …
Houses of Straw
The UK television program Grand Designs, in which participants engage in the design and construction of their dream houses has, over a period of fourteen years, done much to educate a lay audience about the design of domestic buildings. In this paper we analyze two episodes of the program, both featuring houses constructed using straw bales. Our analysis considers three ways in which the show frames design issues and participants for the viewer. …
Building consensus
This article explores multimodal communication and social interaction in university-level architecture education. Drawing on ethnography of North American programs of ‘design-build’ architecture, we consider how the judgment of a ‘good’ (or ‘bad’) design is as much a result of how it is communicated as what is communicated. In settings like the design ‘review’, students endeavor to persuade an audience of the merits of their proposed design. This…
Makeover media as fashion journalism
The USA-based television program What Not To Wear (WNTW) was a staple of popular fashion media, informing audiences about acceptable modes of dress and appearance. We consider how aspects of this show and its accompanying book encompass features of traditional fashion reportage – particularly advice literature – and also approaches to fashion communication that overlap with the style and concerns of “New Journalism” (those modes of reporting – so…
Thinking Through Architecture School
The TV series Architecture School depicts entanglements between design (education), urban development, and the complexities of everyday life through its presentation of students in a program of “public-interest” design–build education (wherein students plan and construct homes for low-income families in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans). The series offers a nuanced presentation of the situated difficulties of critical design thinking in the con…
Architecture (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Design Education and Practice (2 works) · Presentation (obstetrics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Telecommunications (2 works)