Module B

Together with Myrthe, Sharon and Emili we decided on the subject gender.

The assignment was to come up with a new visual language about the subject. We talked and discussed a lot about gender stereotypes. We all were interested in the stereotypes that are forced upon gender. For our visual language we decided to start a conversation about stereotypes in gender and see what the boundaries are.

Marie Boulanger wrote a book on gender stereotypes

Korea; The Pink and Blue Projects; JeongMee Yoon; 2006-2008  

https://www.vice.com/nl/partners/tropenmuseum-what-a-genderful-world/op-het-eiland-samoa-kun-je-naast-man-of-vrouw-ook-een-gefeminiseerde-man-zijn

We decided to create an open conversation and discussion. The four of us brought multiple objects. We asked our classmates to put the objects in the spectrum between masculine and feminine. We gave no further instructions as on what they should've focused on. The only thing we asked was that they think about the masculine and feminine stereotypes that they learnt when they were a kid.

The final presentation

Feedback

It is a project with a lot of layers. What if you make the object colourless would they be divided different in the spectrum? You can take this project further by making different categories to focus on like object, color and function. Then it would have a total different outcome. Where is the non binary part? Should we include it next time to take it to the next level and include everyone.

All the students added notes with the reason why they put it there.