Download - Talk Laundry: Final Presentation
1. Introduction2. Our first tests3. Evaluation & preparation4. Intervention5. Conclusion6. Future Plans
We will bediscussing the
following topics:
What we saw while walking
through Genk...
A lot of menoutside, and
woman at home
1. The introductionof our topic
So wewere curious
for
We decided to focus on;
Genders & WorkWe wanted to test the current“job & gender” situation by
interviewing citizens of Genk
1. The introductionof our topic
3. Evaluation andpreparation
Some people seemed to be scaredof our signs, but we receivedinteresting respondse;
“Men don’t knowanything about
house-work”
“I would stayhome for my kidsif my wife wanted
a career”
“Women shouldstay at home for
the children”
Your
opinion
here
They should look less ‘scary’ to our audience!
3. Evaluation andpreparation
We combined the new opinionsand the old ones and ironed them onto 10 different t-shirts.
4. InterventionWe prepared the interventionby answering these questions;
What?Printing provocative
statements on shirts & hang them on lines in the city.
Ask people to choose a statement and interview them.
Let them reflect their opinion and maybe they will develop
their own one.
4. InterventionWe prepared the interventionby answering these questions;
To generate awareness, get insight in the current
situation, make people discuss it and hopefully changing
some people’s mind to accept a broader view.
Why?
4. InterventionWe prepared the interventionby answering these questions;
To raise attention in society about the topic
“genderspecific predjudiceat work”
What for?
4. InterventionWe prepared the interventionby answering these questions;
City Centre of Genk “stadsplein”
on May 18th, 201514h- 16h
Where &when?
4. InterventionWe prepared the interventionby answering these questions;
No specific target group; All ages, genders, cultures, …
Only requirement: Non-tourists, english/dutch
language
Who?
4. InterventionWe prepared the interventionby answering these questions;
Raising attention by using a “Traditional” scene of laundry but exposing the opposide message on the
laundry itself.
Hanging up shirts on lines, between trees.
How?
5. ConclusionIndividuals don’t like to
discuss the topics becausethey are afraid of saying something wrong, but ingroups they do dare toengage in a discussion.
People are moreopen to gender equality than
we first thought.Conclusion:
Not all women areaware of the “working-
woman”-acceptanceby other Genkians.
The results;
We could testthe influence by
interviewing beforeand after.
6. Future Plans
Mannen
en vr
ouwen
zijn geli
jk. Ik
zou blij
zijn al
s ze g
oed haa
r broo
d verdien
t!
To bring the opinion of Genk closer to individuals,we would give citizens a setof laundry pins with thequotes on.