De-designing hairy taboos: A designerly exploration of possibilities in public spaces of Malmö
2022 (English) Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis Alternative title
De-designing hairy taboos : A designerly exploration of possibilities in public spaces of Malmö (English)
Abstract [en]
How could design be used to end the shaming of women’s body hair? How could it generate more acceptance and advocate for bodily autonomy, diversity and positivity instead? The project de-designing hairy taboos explores those questions by creating different interventions in the public spaces of Malmö. Hereby, the intention is to provoke engagement with how we perceive, evaluate, and also construct the female body and to give voice to the silence around gender-specific body hair.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages 2022. , p. 25
Keywords [en]
body hair, taboo, stigmatisation, intervention, norm critical design, feminism, patriarchy, gender and social norms, autonomy
National Category
Design
Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-122316 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-122316 DiVA, id: diva2:1772115
Subject / course Design
Educational program Design + Change, 180 hp
Supervisors
Examiners
2023-08-152023-06-212025-06-11 Bibliographically approved