1. From women's sections: place affordances and women's sense of place in American mosques.
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Mohammed, Hassnaa
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SPACE (Architecture) , *MUSLIM women , *SPACE perception , *MUSLIM Americans , *PSYCHOLOGICAL factors - Abstract
Existing studies have shown that a significant portion of women in mosques of the United States are dissatisfied with the way mosques are run. However, despite the rapidly growing number of purpose-built mosques in the US, little empirical research has investigated the impact of current spatial and physical features of these buildings on women. Using data from 422 blogposts and 13 semi-structured interviews with a diverse group of Muslim women, this study examines the psychological impact of common architectural characteristics of contemporary American mosques on women's sense of place. The study reveals that building affordances of accessibility, functional fit, and aesthetics in mosques enable a breadth of emotions and cognitive meanings that form women's sense of place. Findings suggest that care must be taken when designing new mosques to promote women's positive place experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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