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Extreme Gender Dynamics

04 Mar 2013
In: Afghanistan, Research Methods
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Except from the research report: In the Hands of God: A Study of Risk & Savings in Afghanistan co-authored with Cara Silver, Mark Rolston and …
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Spectator Sports

08 Oct 2012
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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Sensual Legs

02 Sep 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Mazar e Sharif
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Product localisation in a country where under the Taliban female faces were scratched from shampoo bottles.
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Female Candidates

29 Aug 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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Billboard for one of the ~406 female candidates in the upcoming Afghan election: 68, or roughly ~20% of the seats are reserved for women: posters …
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Demarking Segregation I

03 Apr 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Tehran
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Male only queue for a Tehran bus – the female only queue was for the back half of the bus, and yes with equal number …
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Speed Dating

19 Feb 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Tehran
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Iran is a society where an unmarried man and woman alone in a car together can trigger a ticking off, fine or worse if stopped …
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Gravestones & Gender Orientation

03 Aug 2008
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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If the head and foot stones are aligned with the grave the body is female, perpendicular to the grave, male. Green flags – either martyrs …
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Objectification

02 Aug 2008
In: Design Inspiration, Kabul
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The use of the female form – in a city where the ‘revelation’ of adult women in public ranges from headscarf to full length burka.
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Traces

27 Feb 2008
In: Future Perfect, Tokyo
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A cable that runs between the body of this Japanese toilet and the seat – to power the under-seat heating. Having an exposed cable is …
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Targets Practiced

11 Feb 2008
In: Cultural Norms, Los Angeles
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Gender of shooter. Shooter’s preference for gender of target.
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