Date of Award
3-2019
Culminating Project Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Social Responsibility: M.S.
First Advisor
Ann Finan
Second Advisor
Tracy Ore
Third Advisor
Isolde Mueller
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
tiny house, freedom, discourse, blogs, simple living, voluntary simplicity
Abstract
The Tiny House movement, characterized by the primary dwelling it is named for, is an emerging field of academic study. The movement encompasses a diverse spectrum of simple living practices that typically serve participants' pursuit of self-defined freedom. Using framing methodologies to root the Tiny House movement as a specific articulation of Voluntary Simplicity, an intersectional approach to understand power and identity, and critical discourse analysis, this study analyzes freedom discourse in publicly available Tiny House blogs to discern positive descriptors of freedom (freedom to); negative descriptors of freedom (freedom from); applications of said freedom (freedom for whom) based on privileges and access to capitals, including financial, social, and human; and whether/how freedom discourse relates to other simple living movements.
Recommended Citation
Bennett, Kate, "Freedom To, From, and for Whom: Analyzing Freedom Discourse in Tiny House Blogs" (2019). Culminating Projects in Social Responsibility. 17.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/socresp_etds/17
