Hi Mauricio,
thanks for your post. I don’t know about false beliefs. Gendering is one way of looking at the relational dynamics of power in any group or network, rather than a belief system. It’s not for everyone, but it does go a long way towards explaining why, when I post on the odd occasion that I do, that I get off list emails from women affirming their experiences of and aversion to posting to this list.
In terms of design research, all you have to do is see who publishes, who’s on editorial boards, who’s being promoted, who gets the grants and how much, and who does the teaching, and it will go some way to explaining how gendered practices function, are reproduced (the ones who do all the above are the ones appointing others while women also collude in their reproduction) and the material effects on all women and some men (of colour, etc.). This means being outside some social networks, not being considered on the same terms as men when seeking appointments, promotion and grants. It is also well documented that women by far, fare much worse then men in student satisfaction surveys on teaching.
So from my perspective, design research and education is a good example of gendering in action. It does not mean however, that I resent/hate/attack men. It simply means that I understand why it is that women have to work harder for the same rewards as men and why it doesn’t seem right.
I cite Louise Morley who cites McIntosh to say:
'senior women are under unacceptable pressure to live up to unrealistic demands of perfection. She quotes a woman psychologist’s contribution to a faculty debate on affirmative action: "I am hearing a lot of talk about excellence. But then I look around me and see a lot of mediocre men. For me the real test of affirmative action will be whether not I can stand up here in 20 years and see equal numbers of mediocre women and mediocre men" (quoted in McIntosh, 1985: 4)’.
all the best,
teena
Morley, L. 2003, 'Women’s careers in higher education: theorising gender inequalities', paper presented to the Europeanisation of Higher Education and Gender, Brussels, 26–27 June.
> On 28 Jan 2017, at 1:35 AM, G. Mauricio Mejía <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Dear Teena,
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> I think gender is a relevant topic in design research and education. I enjoy reading this type of discussions in the PhD design list, in which I am lurking because, quoting Don, “I DO NOT feel both knowledgeable and capable of making a difference” (DO NOT is mine). I am always happy to learn how I can promote gender (and race, religion, age..) diversity in my research and teaching practice.
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> I only use the word gender and others to explain that we hold false beliefs, that is our human condition. I was aware that one of the threads in the past day was related to gendered practices and I learned list discussions contain gendered practices. However, I think we are learning little about design research (this is probably a gendered comment, but I did not find another way to say it).
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> Have a good day (night in Australia),
> Mauricio
>
> G. Mauricio Mejía, PhD
> Associate professor and PhD in Design and Creation program director
> Universidad de Caldas, Colombia
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