astronomy

Perla Serfaty

Perla Serfaty is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Perla Serfaty rather than just read about it. In short: Perla Serfaty (pen names, Perla Serfaty-Garzon and Perla Korosec-Serfaty; born in 1944 in Marrakesh, Morocco) is a French and Canadian academic, sociologist, psychosociologist, writer, and essayist, known in particular for her work on home and intimacy. She is a theorist of domestic intimacy, hospitality and the appropriation of inhabited places, and an expert in environmental psychology.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Perla Serfaty (pen names, Perla Serfaty-Garzon and Perla Korosec-Serfaty; born in 1944 in Marrakesh, Morocco) is a French and Canadian academic, sociologist, psychosociologist, writer, and essayist, known in particular for her work on home and intimacy. She is a theorist of domestic intimacy, hospitality and the appropriation of inhabited places, and an expert in environmental psychology. Her book Vieillesse et Engendrements. La longévité dans la tradition juive., dedicated to the traditional Jewish view of longevity as transmitted by the Hebrew Bible, was awarded the J. I. Segal Jewish Book Award in 2014. The contribution of Serfaty's work to environmental psychology was distinguished by her induction in 2018 into the International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS) Hall of Fame.

Early life and education Perla Serfaty moved to France in 1964. She studied philosophy, psychology, and sociology at the University of Strasbourg, where she followed the teachings of Georges Gusdorf, André Canivez, Georges Lanteri-Laura, Didier Anzieu, and Henri Lefebvre. She joined the laboratory of Professor Paul-Henry Chombart de Lauwe at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, (École Pratique des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales), Paris V – Sorbonne, where she received her doctorate in literature and humanities (1985, sociologie).

Career and research Appointed to the Institute of Psychology at the University of Strasbourg in 1969, she introduced into her teaching environmental psychology, a young discipline that was not taught in France at the time, where it was still practically unknown. Serfaty took an active part in the development of research in environmental psychology as well as in its institutional recognition. She organized the first international conference devoted to environmental psychology to be held in France: the 3rd International Architectural Psychology Conference (IAPC) (Strasbourg, 1976), ), in Strasbourg, the theme of which was ‘The Appropriation of Space.’ The creation of the IAPS (International Association of People-Environmental Studies) in 1981 consolidated, institutionalized and gave formal recognition to the international character of the IAPC. Perla Serfaty took an active part in the development of research and theory of Environmental Psychology as well as in its institutional recognition as well as in the conceptualization within the framework of this discipline of the notions of dwelling, ‘chez-soi,’ hospitality, loss of home in migration, as well as of appropriation of space. Among Perla Serfaty's research interests are also sociability and the modes of appropriation of public urban spaces, the transformation of the meaning of protection of architectural and urban heritage as well as of intangible cultural heritage.

Awards and honours 2014, J. I. Segal Jewish Book Award 2018, induction into the International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS) Hall of Fame

Selected works Serfaty-Garzon, Perla (2016). Quand votre maison vous est contée (in French). Bayard Canada. ISBN 978-2-89579-768-5. OCLC 991381693. Serfaty-Garzon, Perla (2014). Vieillesse et engendrements (in French). Novalis. ISBN 978-2-89646-656-6. OCLC 937593826. (Prix J.I.-Segal, 2014) Serfaty-Garzon, Perla (30 April 2008). Marre d'être la fée du logis ?: Paradoxes de la femme d'aujourd'hui (in French). Armand Colin. ISBN 978-2-200-24362-3. OCLC 1041211802. Serfaty-Garzon, Perla (2006). Enfin chez soi? (in French). Bayard Canada Livres. ISBN 978-2-89579-815-6. OCLC 1269054550. Serfaty-Garzon, Perla (2006). Un chez-soi chez les autres (in French). Bayard Canada. ISBN 978-2-89579-811-8. OCLC 1256742953. Serfaty-Garzon, Perla (13 November 2003). Chez soi: Les territoires de l'intimité (in French). Armand Colin. ISBN 978-2-200-35643-9. Serfaty-Garzon, Perla (1999). Psychologie de la maison: une archéologie de l'intimité (in French). Editions Cursus Universitaire. ISBN 978-2-89546-001-5. OCLC 313654636. Carreau, Serge; Serfaty-Garzon, Perla; Québec (Province). Ministère de la culture et des communications (1998). Le patrimoine de Montréal: document de référence (in French). Gouvernement du Québec, Ministère de la culture et des communications. ISBN 978-2-89417-777-8. OCLC 43281621. Korosec-Serfaty, Perla, La Grand'place. Pratiques quotidiennes et identité de lieu, Paris, Éditions du CNRS, 1986 Korosec-Serfaty, Perla (1982). The Main Square: Functions and Daily Uses of Stortorget in Malmoe. Aris. ISBN 9789197045407. OCLC 1049275642. Korosec-Serfaty, Perla (1979). Une maison à soi: déterminants psychologiques et sociaux de l'habitat individuel (in French). Verlag nicht ermittelbar. OCLC 490940817. Korosec-Serfaty, Perla, ed. (1976). Appropriation de l'espace (in French). Universite Louis Pasteur. OCLC 757287074.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Perla Serfaty

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Perla Serfaty claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Perla Serfaty before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Perla Serfaty ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Perla Serfaty

In research: Perla Serfaty appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Perla Serfaty in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Perla Serfaty is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1944 births, 21st-century French essayists, 21st-century French non-fiction writers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Perla Serfaty outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Perla Serfaty matter?

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