Gendered Design: An Interdisciplinary Framework is concerned with the
feminist question of how products, both digital and physical, are and
can be gendered by design. It proposes “gendered design” as a
conceptual framework for the use of design researchers, educators and
practitioners to analyze, critically reflect on, challenge and
transform the ways in which design processes and methodologies
contribute to the prevalent gender power relations. Presenting a
comprehensive review of the extant feminist work, this book
distinguishes between the normative and interventional gendered design
practices. It identifies the explicit and intentional as well as the
unreflexively and ultimately careless practices, which lead to,
respectively, gender-stereotypical and gender-blind products. This
book stresses that the prevalence of such practices should not prevent
us from exploring the interventional forms of gendered design. Drawing
on four case studies, Gendered Design attests that, if products have
such an important role in gender relations, then they can also be
shaped in ways that advance gender equity in society by integrating
gender-sensitive, gender-responsive, gender-inclusive, and
gender-transformative considerations into product design processes and
methodologies.
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An Interdisciplinary Framework
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9798765159835
Publisert
2025
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Utgiver
Bloomsbury USA
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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