Embroidering the city map

Hannah Sawall; Seraphim Alvanides

doi:10.1016/j.patter.2024.101004

Embroidering the city map

Hannah Sawall^*, Seraphim Alvanides

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Architecture and Built Environment Department

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Abstract

Street names are omnipresent but hold an often-overlooked symbolic function of representing societal power balances, rendering women largely invisible. With this embroidered T-shirt, we aim to bring attention to this gendered imbalance and create a conversation starter around the topic of equality.

Original language	English
Article number	101004
Number of pages	4
Journal	Patterns
Volume	5
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2024.101004
Publication status	Published - 12 Jul 2024

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