Sep 14, 2005 (Talk of the Nation) — Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by Hurricane Katrina are trying to set up new homes in strange places. But how do you create a home when everything you love has been reduced to rubble?
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What 'Home' Means and Re-creating One After Disaster
Sep 14, 2005 (Talk of the Nation) — Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by Hurricane Katrina are trying to set up new homes in strange places. But how do you create a home when everything you love has been reduced to rubble?Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by Hurricane Katrina are trying to set up new homes in strange places. But how do you create a home when everything you love has been reduced to rubble?
Guests:
Ken Wagner, sergeant major with Louisiana Army National Guard
Toby Israel, environmental psychologist; author of Some Place Like Home: Using Design Psychology to Create Ideal Places
Pamela Clark Cochran, owner/director of the Clark Gallery in Boston, Mass.
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