Re: Is the term Cohousing hurting us? | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Fred H Olson WB0YQM (fholsonmaroon.tc.umn.edu) | |
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 95 11:21:57 CST |
This message is from Fred ! I completely agree with Pablo's recent post on this subject to the effect that the term cohousing is on balance "helping more than it is hurting". So I'll keep my post on the subject short (er). When I first heard the term I was not particularly pleased with it but I've grown to accept if not like it. Recent correspondence with Ole Svensson of the Danish Building Research Institute Ole Swensen in Denmark indicates that the term predates the McCammant and Durret book in 1988 which I didn't realize: "The word "cohousing" is not coined by McCamant and Durrett as they are said to claim. The word has emerged in discussions between people from many nations, including Danes of course." Lately I am finding more and more people outside the cohousing movement know the term -- as Pablo points out this is very useful. But I have found cases where I ask if a person if they are familiar with the term cohousing, they say yes but later I find they had it confused with something else so be cautious. For the same reasons I prefer the term "Retrofit Cohousing" to refer to cohousing like communities built with existing housing ala N Street. I feel this is much more specific and useful than "Urban Cooperative Block" as was used in the book _Rebuilding Communities_ and the related article in the last issue of Cohousing Magazine. BTW I'm very glad that we tacked on the "-L" (which I pronounce Cohousing dash L ) to refer to this discussion. It greatly facilitates references to the discussion list rather that the subject of cohousing. I regret that the Cohousing Magazine suffers from this naming confusion. Fred -- Fred H. Olson fholson [at] uci.com (612)588-9532 Amateur radio: WB0YQM 1221 Russell Av N, Minneapolis,MN 55411 Sysop of COHOUSING-L listserv; COHOUSING URL's: mailto://listserv [at] uci.com (w/ msg: Info Cohousing-L) gopher://gopher.uci.com/ Twin Cities FREENET is in PUBLIC TEST PHASE URL's: mailto://info [at] freenet.msp.mn.us http://freenet.msp.mn.us/
- Re: Re: Is the term Cohousing hurting us?, (continued)
- Re: Re: Is the term Cohousing hurting us? Harry Pasternak, August 3 1995
- Re: Is the term Cohousing hurting us? Pablo Halpern, August 4 1995
- Is the term cohousing hurting us? Susan Johnston, August 4 1995
- RE: Is the term Cohousing hurting us? Rob Sandelin, August 4 1995
- Re: Is the term Cohousing hurting us? Fred H Olson WB0YQM, August 4 1995
- Re: Is the term Cohousing hurting us? Fred H Olson WB0YQM, August 22 1995
Results generated by Tiger Technologies Web hosting using MHonArc.