Gendered commutes in Ankara : women’s experiences, strategies and implications for the design of public transit
The aim of the project is to answer the question of how and to what extent the gender-related problems experienced by women in public transportation in Ankara can be tackled as a design problem. This research first interviewed women then the data collected was incorporated into design ideas by four professional industrial designers through a series of design intervention activities.
Autor(es) : Gendered Design in STEAM (GDS), Carleton University
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Exploring urban care infrastructures to support women’s autonomy in Argentina
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Developing small wind turbines with local women for domestic use in Mauritius
The energy transition to renewable sources, along with energy efficiency and management, are areas where women should be engaged actively. This research project aims to design and develop a prototype in the form of a computational model for a system using a vertical-axis wind turbine which can later be scaled-up for domestic use in Mauritius and other small islands. The key research question is to determine how the integration of Gendered Design in the context of small-island economies, with the case of Mauritius in particular, can be achieved using numerical simulations and optimization techniques for the latter application. As such, the efficiency and performance of a small-scale Savonius vertical-axis wind turbine under various wind speeds typical of the Mauritian environment has been numerically investigated.
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Gendered design in STEAM
From April 2019 to October 2022, the GDS Program has been investigating and advancing gendered design through 20 grant-awarded projects with scholars at institutions across the global souths. The Program aimed to contribute to more inclusive technological designs in science, technology, engineering, the arts and math by building capacity in gendered design and innovations to address challenges and biased perceptions predominantly faced by women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The gendered design approach brings diverse and critical perspectives to the design process to reshape how we identify design challenges, the process to address them, the solutions to these challenges, as well as the reach of their benefits.
Autor(es) : Gendered Design in STEAM (GDS), Carleton University
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Explorando las infraestructuras urbanas de cuidado para promover la autonomía de las mujeres en Argentina
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Designing for support against workplace harassment for low income women in Pakistan
The project aims to understand the potential of technology to provide women in Pakistan equitable access to employment opportunities and safe spaces for their narratives of workplace violence and harassment. The research team conducted a qualitative study of female factory workers in regions of Lahore and Faisalabad districts to understand their experiences of harassment and marginalization. Design methods were used to explore ways in which to support addressing their negative experience of harassment and abuse while allowing them to navigate patriarchal barriers to work.
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Improving the gendered design in housing and public spaces based on women’s experiences in Rwanda
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Design and construction of gender and eco-friendly fuel-less generator for female artisans in Nigeria
African civilization has traditionally been patriarchal, and this male-centered inclination permeates all facets of daily life, including the way we think about product design. Most of the user’s centered design framework is very generic and lacks the inclusiveness that is expected to address specific related design issues. Gender-centered design, a particular user-centered design paradigm, has recently risen to the forefront of product thinking. This idea ensures that men and women receive the same benefits from policies and programs while preventing the continuation of inequality. The study used a descriptive and inferential statistical analysis for the questionnaire, and it used the House of Quality (HoQ) tool to map the engineering qualities with the Voice of Customer (VoC) that was retrieved from the participant’s recorded utterance. The HoQ was later used to explore the design of a fuel-less generator prototype.
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Improving transportation systems for women in Rwanda
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Technologies for another form of construction : experiences by women from popular movements
The research project is based on a housing movement called “Mutirão” which emerged at the end of the 1980s, where residential areas were constructed on the outskirts of populated cities in Brazil. This collective activity is usually led by women (around 80%) who organize, coordinate, and work on-site. This study deploys the female perspective that has been systematically erased by colonial and patriarchal orders, to redesign construction sites, materials, tools, and techniques and deconstruct the barriers created by sexual division of labour. Through participatory processes and workshops, this study uses female perspectives to resurrect ancestral construction techniques, such as the Pana: a fabric that serves both as an object for daily activities such as for carrying things around, and as a manual that outlines technologies and construction techniques from women in different territories of Brazil.
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Modernization of the Tanzania’s batik industry as a potential source of income for unemployed women : the case of Dar es Salaam
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Tecnologias para outra forma de construção : experiências de mulheres de movimentos populares
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in STEAM (GDS)
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Reimaginar territorio urbano para la autonomía femenina en Colombia
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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3D-printed prosthesis to support female survivors of domestic violence, accidents or cancer treatment in Brazil
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Developing a hybrid fish dryer to improve processing for small-scale female processors in Lagos, Nigeria
In Lagos State, Nigeria, fish processing is a female-centric occupation dominated by traditional smoke-drying technologies that exhibit occupational hazards and fuel inefficiencies. Among fish processors in the small-scale fisheries sector, there has been limited success to introduce home grown technologies for adoption. Campaigns against the use of firewood and switching to charcoal have not been successful. Barriers to the adoption of improved fish smoking practices and sustainable energy use are influenced by cultural biases, socio-economic and psychological factors. Additionally, the energy crisis has added another barrier to the adoption of charcoal due to increasing costs. Based on the identified challenges, this project adopted a transdisciplinary approach conducting surveys and training workshops with fish processors, fishermen and other stakeholders to design a modernized fish dryer prototype and to evaluate the adoption of alternative biomass sources for fuel.
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in STEAM (GDS)
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Reimagining urban territories for women’s autonomy in Colombia
This project builds on ongoing work in the neighborhood of Bélen in Bogotá to resist gentrification and redevelopment efforts through the creation and expansion of community spaces with a gendered perspective. Researchers from Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano worked with a local group of women, the Circle of Women Aisha, to create a community kitchen and expand and renovate an existing community garden at a local community space Casa B. This project focuses on domestic spheres to argue that they are important spaces of feminist politics and community knowledge.
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Próteses impressas em 3D para apoiar mulheres sobreviventes de violência doméstica, acidentes ou tratamento de câncer no Brasil
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Improving traditional fish drying technology design for women fish vendors in Nigeria
Fishing is the main occupation of the people of Akwa Ibom state of Nigeria. Women constitute more than 90% of the personnel involved in traditional fish preservation, handling, and marketing. The study was concerned with improved and gendered design of traditional fish Drying Technology, to address some lagging challenges in operations in the traditional fish drying cottage industry. Traditional fish drying methods are inadequate, inconveniencing, and dangerous to health. The team used questionnaires, interviews, and focus group discussions to identify the main hazards and challenges experienced by women fish processors and vendors. With this data, they designed improved fish drying technology prototypes in hopes of changing the industry to improve conditions for women.
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in STEAM (GDS)
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Developing innovative urban design strategies to combat gender violence in Mexico
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Um estudo de caso sobre design de roupas; considerações sobre mulheres na menopausa de baixa renda no Brasil
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Case study of clothing design considerations of low-income, menopausal women in Brazil
As in many societies, in Brazil, middle-aged and low-income women are subject to marginalization caused by social and gender inequality. This reality underlies the construction of negative stereotypes associated with the devaluation of aging female bodies and beauty. Clothing contributes to the perception of belonging and acceptance in the social environment. When the issues of aging, gender, and economic vulnerability are present, these judgments can further feed the construction of depreciating stereotypes of women. Recognizing the particularities of these women and their demands is essential for the development of clothing products that can contribute to self-esteem and social belonging, democratizing the actions and design solutions. Thus, this investigation had as a main objective: to understand how middle-aged and low-income women perceived the biopsychosocial factors of aging, and how they influence the factors of usability and social representation through the bias of gender construction.
Autor(es) : Gendered Design in STEAM (GDS), Carleton University
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Desarrollar estrategias de diseño urbano para combatir violencia de género en México
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Studying the use of artifacts to rebuild self-image and identity among female breast cancer survivors in Brazil
This study qualitatively analyzes the individual and social well-being of female breast cancer survivors who underwent mastectomies in Pernambuco, Brazil. This study focuses on the potential of design as a vehicle for the resignification of self-image by women who have undergone mastectomies due to breast cancer, and to aid in reducing negative perceptions about their bodies. Through interviews, workshops, and exhibitions in collaboration with The Support and Self-Awareness Group for People with Cancer, this study has collected diverse personal experiences from survivors of breast cancer and of those receiving treatments, has highlighted the demands during the different stages of cancer treatment, has provided insight on the relationship these women establish with their own bodies and with artifacts they use, and has allowed women to explore strategies to rebuild their self-image and break taboos related to breasts and breast cancer.
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Designing mobile services for ageing women in Malaysia
Autor(es) : Gendered Design in STEAM (GDS), Carleton University
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Re/diseñar espacios de la universidad de Buenos Aires con perspectivas de género en la Argentina
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Improving access to financial services to enhance women’s economic empowerment in Ethiopia
Financial literacy is low amongst women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, resulting in increased poverty stemming from the lack of command over their own economic resources. This study investigated the financial literacy of women and explored the sociocultural and psychological factors that hinder or encourage utilization of financial opportunities open to women. In partnership with Enat Bank in Ethiopia, research was conducted to devise technological solutions, such as a prototype Chatbot application, to facilitate the ease of access to financial services and improve financial literacy.
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Assessing the impact of solar panels to improve energy access for women in rural Ghana
Autor(es) : Gendered Design in STEAM (GDS), Carleton University
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Re/designing the university of Buenos Aires campus to be gender inclusive in Argentina
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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Estudando o uso de artefatos para reconstruir a autoimagem e a identidade entre mulheres sobreviventes de câncer de mama no Brasil
Autor(es) : Carleton University, Gendered Design in Steam (GDS)
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