Just to attempt my own version of answering the first question, except I
won't be nearly as "funny" as Eduardo, I want to begin by saying,
Lubomir and Filippo - I don't think the issue is that anyone is trying
to diminish the 'professionalism' quality of profession by suggesting
that the experiences of men and women, both in the world (socialization)
and at work (professionalisation) and in terms of family (as another
arena of adult life) may be (and I'm saying may be) fundamentally
different. In the realm of design, both its theory and its practice, I
believe it is the same - the fundametally different genedered
experiences that men and women designers being to the field do indeed
lead (I think - I have no 'proof' off hand) to approaching design in
different ways, using different methods, having different design
priorities, sensibilities and intuitions. And I think such perspectives
have to be cherished and recorgnized, not denied their existence! I
think if anything, recognizing and fostering such differences enriches
the field of design, not make it less 'professional'
My $0.20 (inflation)
Milena
Fiona Jane Candy wrote:
> Edouardo
>
> have you been taking some kind of hallucinogenic substance?
>
> F
>
>
>>>>Eduardo Corte-Real <[log in to unmask]> 01/20/08 1:23 am
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>
> Dear Teena and all,
>
> I think that no one replied properly your first question.
> I’ll try to do it (and I hope that you read my post with Texan
> accent,
> don’t ask me why…)
> I think that one major question is: if all male design researchers were
> to
> be abducted by aliens, isn’t there a difference if they were abducted
> by
> male aliens or female aliens?
> Another question (which is quite pertinent): what would be the effect
> on
> alien culture if all male earthling design researchers were to be
> abducted
> by aliens?
> These are the real important matters that no one seems to worry about.
> As
> always, our humancentered vision of the problems forgets about others.
>
> Yes, what about the aliens? Does anyone thought why they are compelled
> to
> abduct humans? And from all humans, why they are so keen on design
> researchers? And from all human design researchers why they would to
> focus
> on male design researchers? This is so typical!
> I’m inclined to believe that ALL male design researchers weren’t
> already
> abducted by aliens because almost all addicted to abduction aliens are
>
> also design researchers. But maybe there are other reasons.
> The reasons because all male design researchers weren’t already
> abducted
> by aliens are:
> 1. The aliens have their lot of male design researchers and they
> don’t want any more.
> 2. They haven’t got much time lately with all the female soccer
> players to think about.
> 3. They have abducted all the Spanish design researchers because
> they
> thought (wrongly) that they were the only male design researchers.
> 4. They thought that Australia was just a realistic painting on the
>
> ocean.
>
> But, probably the main reason is that, in fact, for sure, certainly,
> and
> this is a secret very well kept for so many years, all male design
> researchers are aliens and yes, they are not very keen on abducting
> themselves.
>
> But, what if, what if, all male design researchers were to be abducted
> not
> by aliens but by (no, not by female design researchers) but by … ahh
> aahh
> ggg swosh
>
>
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