Utveckling av illustrativa artefakter: samtalsmaterial om maskulinitetsnormer inom hållbarhet
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Examensarbete på grundnivå
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2021
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Holmberg, Jessica
Johansson, Cornelia
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This project has its starting point in research about how sustainability can be connected to masculinity
and concerns three masculinities. These masculinities are a result of research done by Martin Hultman
and Paul M. Pulé and are described as industrial, ecomodern and ecological masculinities.
There already exist illustrations that are used to describe these masculinities, but these are not
specifically made for this purpose since they are modified versions of other illustrations. The aim of
the project was therefore to create illustrations solely for these masculinities, as well as examine how
abstract concepts can be visualized in a concrete way. This was made through the creation of artefacts,
in collaboration with the research project Könad Hållbarhet.
Könad Hållbarhet examines practices of energy and structures of power, with a special focus on
sustainable conversions in everyday life. This is done through a norm-critical and intersectional
perspective. The project that is presented in this paper has connections with the research of Könad
Hållbarhet, but is mostly free-standing and focuses on sustainability connected to masculinities.
Due to the pandemic (covid-19), the work in this project has been carried out remotely, which has
limited development and evaluation of physical artefacts. This has led to a focus on digital artefacts
throughout the project. Furthermore, the only masculinities that were studied were the ones mentioned
above, which means other definitions and categorizations of masculinities were not treated.
The project investigated the masculinities through an iterative product development process. Initially,
a pre-study was carried out. This consisted of a participant observation, a literature study, a
questionnaire, interviews, and multiple analyses of functions. This also resulted in a specification of
requirements. The development of concepts took its starting point in this specification of requirements
and started with brainwriting and brainstorming, which resulted in a great deal of sketches. These
were combined in morphological matrices and later discussed with concerned parties. After much
discussion and iteration regarding the ideas, there were four concepts left. These were evaluated
further with the methods PNI, PUGH-matrices, discussions and a focus group with user tests.
This project resulted in a final concept which combines two different concepts, which are called
“Stege 3.0” and “Samtalskort 2.0”. These are designed for different areas of application and can also
complement each other. The concept “Stege 3.0” consists of three different illustrations and is suitable
for discussions on a structural and societal level. The concept “Samtalskort 2.0” consists of twelve
different illustrations (located on different cards) and is more suitable for personal reflections.
Hopefully, these artefacts will facilitate discussions regarding the different masculinities connected
to sustainability.