Gender Makerspace

We made a digital poster to challenge the way that our stores are set up and organized by gender. There is a Chapter in Rethinking Popular Culture and Media By Marshall and Sensoy that talks about the toy aisles in stores how the conflict they present. "Miles of Isles of Sexism" was mentioned in a classmates blog and my partner Stefanie and I ran with it by making this digital poster .

I think our thinking process was triggered when Stefanie and I discovered we both read the same classmate's blog and were interested in what the content was challenging. Stefanie suggest we make a gender collaborative shopping aisle and we just went from there. At first, I tried to brainstorm my own idea and was having a tough time. I found the process a lot easier when I had another person to collaborate with. I think this just speaks to how important collaboration is, especially for analytical and critical thinking, and abstract projects/concepts. I liked the fact that we go an option of either working hands-on or digitally. I think the only reason we chose a digital format was because Stefanie and I are still intrigued and excited to continue our practice with technology. I think for my students who are 2nd graders, I would encourage the hands-on approach.

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