Feminist Staging Moves: A Participatory Design Approach
Authors
Madsen, Johanne Asta ; Frederiksen, Ea Mathilde ; Booisma, Charlie Lidewei
Term
4. Term
Education
Publication year
2023
Pages
33
Abstract
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan deltagende design (Participatory Design, PD) og feminisme gensidigt kan styrke hinanden for at fremme lighed og inklusion i designpraksis. Med udgangspunkt i litteraturstudier og kvalitative interviews stiller vi skarpt på, hvordan PD kan drage nytte af feminismens refleksive blik på magt, normer og ulighed, mens feministische tilgange kan omsættes til handling gennem PD-metoder. Som et metodisk bidrag introducerer vi Feminist Staging Moves som en udvidelse af Staging Negotiation Spaces-rammen (SNS). Tilgangen synliggør feministische perspektiver i de “bag kulisserne”-valg, der former deltagerinddragelsen, og adresserer dermed idealerne om inklusion, der historisk har kendetegnet PD, men som delvist er gået tabt. Arbejdet er forankret i bæredygtigt design og den sociale dimension af bæredygtighed med udgangspunkt i problematikken om “mænd som norm” og andre strukturelle bias. Bidraget nuancerer designerens rolle og giver handlingsrettet indsigt i at iscenesætte mere retfærdige og ligeværdige designprocesser. Konkrete effekter og anvendelser af rammen rækker ud over denne afhandling og peger på videre forskning og praksisafprøvning.
This thesis explores how participatory design (PD) and feminism can mutually reinforce one another to advance equity and inclusion in design practice. Drawing on a literature review and qualitative interviews, we examine how PD benefits from feminism’s reflexive attention to power, norms, and inequality, while feminist approaches gain actionable pathways through PD methods. As a methodological contribution, we introduce Feminist Staging Moves as an extension of the Staging Negotiation Spaces (SNS) framework. The approach makes feminist perspectives explicit in the behind-the-scenes choices that shape participant involvement, addressing PD’s original inclusion ideals that have partly eroded over time. Rooted in sustainable design and the social dimension of sustainability, the work responds to the broader problem of “men as default” and other structural biases in engineering and innovation. The contribution clarifies the designer’s role and offers practical insight into staging more equitable and inclusive design processes. Specific impacts and applications extend beyond this thesis and indicate directions for further research and practice.
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