Irene Cieraad

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Name

Irene Cieraad
Academic title(s)

Drs
Institute

Delft University of Technology
Department

Architecture
Function

Senior Researcher
Address

Burg. Tellegenstraat 49-1 Amsterdam
Zip code

1073 KB
Country

The Netherlands
Phone

+31 20 6794403
Visible Email Address

I.G.Cieraad@tudelft.nl
Short biography

Irene Cieraad is a senior researcher in the department of Architecture at TU Delft, the Netherlands. She is a cultural anthropologist who has published widely on the subject of the history of Dutch vernacular interiors and related issues of household technology, and technology’s impact on culture.
Recent publications

Her publications  include “The Radiant American Kitchen: Domesticating Dutch Nuclear Energy” in Cold War Kitchen (MIT 2009) and “Between Sensation and Restriction: The Emergence of a Technological Consumer Culture” in Technology and the Making of The Netherlands (MIT 2010). Entry “Home” in The International Encyclopedia of  Anthropology ( Wiley-Blackwell 2017); entry “Domestic Spaces” in The International Encyclopedia of  Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology (Wiley-Blackwell 2016).
Role in Tensions of Europe

Participant
Research interests

Migration, Health, Mobilty, Waste and Reuse, Environment
Additional research interests

relation between technology and culture