https://nadiacw.com Nadia Campo Woytuk Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:13:31 +0000 https://nadiacw.com en https://nadiacw.com/multispecies-notes Mon, 28 Dec 2020 18:06:47 +0000 Nadia Campo Woytuk https://nadiacw.com/multispecies-notes 🌾🐝👩🏽‍🦱&nbsp; notes on multispecies encounters and women's health On this page I have gathered (messy) thoughts, notes, images, quotes, that relate to different threads on women’s health and multispecies studies. STORYING EXPOSUREA personal diary / story <img width="1754" height="1239" width_o="1754" height_o="1239" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59ea8b8be716f7544ed106cdd34c7ee5e25c61c08f97ab4374f518d43a5f6e68/storying-exposure---nadia.jpg" data-mid="93863597" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/59ea8b8be716f7544ed106cdd34c7ee5e25c61c08f97ab4374f518d43a5f6e68/storying-exposure---nadia.jpg" /><img width="1754" height="1239" width_o="1754" height_o="1239" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dcf151aeb09da410d65d363ce6c7cc79d0c7cac2b4319711bf0440d85786c305/storying-exposure---nadia-1.jpg" data-mid="93863628" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dcf151aeb09da410d65d363ce6c7cc79d0c7cac2b4319711bf0440d85786c305/storying-exposure---nadia-1.jpg" /> <img width="1754" height="1239" width_o="1754" height_o="1239" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/66cb3d6c96998304a30fe2d1c8a0f2daade498ee76bb3ce722c930aa20f80686/storying-exposure---nadia-4.jpg" data-mid="93863694" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/66cb3d6c96998304a30fe2d1c8a0f2daade498ee76bb3ce722c930aa20f80686/storying-exposure---nadia-4.jpg" /><img width="1754" height="1239" width_o="1754" height_o="1239" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/030ea3234f1b5831f34b387bee32f41b939421d3f0ee55cc5ebbbfd706a0874d/storying-exposure---nadia-5.jpg" data-mid="93863696" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/030ea3234f1b5831f34b387bee32f41b939421d3f0ee55cc5ebbbfd706a0874d/storying-exposure---nadia-5.jpg" /> <img width="1754" height="1239" width_o="1754" height_o="1239" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00c8ba71bf2d18f2956aefbf1c6bf7240817911baa05b43cd6f3fa043cf972a0/storying-exposure---nadia-6.jpg" data-mid="93863699" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00c8ba71bf2d18f2956aefbf1c6bf7240817911baa05b43cd6f3fa043cf972a0/storying-exposure---nadia-6.jpg" /><img width="1754" height="1239" width_o="1754" height_o="1239" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/431a5368d0e7393b40cea282c097c2d592dd7b47be5b56ff8437b4e41d6c7359/storying-exposure---nadia-7.jpg" data-mid="93863702" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/431a5368d0e7393b40cea282c097c2d592dd7b47be5b56ff8437b4e41d6c7359/storying-exposure---nadia-7.jpg" /><img width="1754" height="1239" width_o="1754" height_o="1239" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/748ed28b77748dc68aa9e749c89de2bd3ecc572c44c15173b05a4043963783f8/storying-exposure---nadia-8.jpg" data-mid="93863704" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/748ed28b77748dc68aa9e749c89de2bd3ecc572c44c15173b05a4043963783f8/storying-exposure---nadia-8.jpg" /> FEEDING PLANTS MENSTRUAL BLOOD<img width="1280" height="848" width_o="1280" height_o="848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e2a4c11bedf1ef6b07e56b1992e22b194fb61d3ed7fa70a8c1bbbef47bcc20fb/pouring-plant-3.jpg" data-mid="93275806" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e2a4c11bedf1ef6b07e56b1992e22b194fb61d3ed7fa70a8c1bbbef47bcc20fb/pouring-plant-3.jpg" /> I feed my plants my menstrual blood. For me this feels like a special relationship, a multispecies relationship: a relationship of care/nurturing between human and plant. Sometimes I feed my blood to plants I can later consume, such as lettuce. I just started an outdoor garden, I'll try using my blood as a fertilizer. I feed you, you feed me. What contents does my menstrual blood contain that nurture plants? How does what I eat affect the contents of my menstrual blood? not only benefits the plant, but encourages bodily knowledge (looking, touching the blood) my messy, leaky body becomes useful (what makes something useful anyway?) - my blood isn't waste anymore. <img width="1280" height="720" width_o="1280" height_o="720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ebbdf3902215643369e06321b9c0cb96d7732d70c0292be022e4fe1a9fdd320/garden.jpg" data-mid="93861954" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ebbdf3902215643369e06321b9c0cb96d7732d70c0292be022e4fe1a9fdd320/garden.jpg" />speculations a kit that helps you determine the contents of your blood, tools for mixing and making food for your planta kit that helps you determine how what you eat, your microbiome, affects your menstrual cyclea device that takes the blood from your toilet / bathroom and transfers it to the plant. fluid speculations︎︎︎ with watercolor: <img width="2961" height="2209" width_o="2961" height_o="2209" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e0b077f725ad0882cce10ee4cb4d23989637617ec4a21846e8c4040c2615ec2/fluidspec.jpg" data-mid="93861976" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4e0b077f725ad0882cce10ee4cb4d23989637617ec4a21846e8c4040c2615ec2/fluidspec.jpg" />PLANTS THAT AID IN UNDERSTANDING WOMEN’S HEALTHPLANTS AS PH INDICATORS butterfly pea flower / Clitoria ternatea: blue flower turns purple when mixed with acid (lemon) I purchased seeds last spring and started growing this plant.<img width="1080" height="1920" width_o="1080" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/293262c27d449b611623364d644663089b20171c2482a99e43765455fae936f0/butterflypea.jpg" data-mid="93862389" border="0" data-scale="42" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/293262c27d449b611623364d644663089b20171c2482a99e43765455fae936f0/butterflypea.jpg" />Could this plant aid in measuring out vaginal pH? urinary tract infections? yeast infections? bacterial vaginosis? Red cabbage contains a water-soluble pigment called anthocyanin that changes color when it is mixed with an acid or a base. The pigment turns red in acidic environments with a pH less than 7 and the pigment turns bluish-green in alkaline (basic) environments with a pH greater than 7. <img width="512" height="279" width_o="512" height_o="279" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f177a9ea3f291781df80bbe5246ccc6082dab4d471f4440c8bd035e7ff94122/unnamed.gif" data-mid="93862991" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/9f177a9ea3f291781df80bbe5246ccc6082dab4d471f4440c8bd035e7ff94122/unnamed.gif" /> <img width="480" height="360" width_o="480" height_o="360" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d38f4b17fc2c1d9f54d09f8234bf2be4d69a05f9719ddd92f8421557bbeb762e/hqdefault.jpg" data-mid="93862995" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/480/i/d38f4b17fc2c1d9f54d09f8234bf2be4d69a05f9719ddd92f8421557bbeb762e/hqdefault.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="604" width_o="800" height_o="604" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5135e821f0d32200037f5f4229ea98fefaee8408454bf4616ae3a294ef5af5df/edibleph.png" data-mid="93863016" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/5135e821f0d32200037f5f4229ea98fefaee8408454bf4616ae3a294ef5af5df/edibleph.png" /> links... Natural Acid and Base Indicators Poinsettia pH Paper: Holiday Chemistry Project Litmus paper is a type of pH paper made by treating the paper with natural dyes from lichens. https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-litmus-paper-3976018 Litmus - Wikipedia Roccella tinctoria - Wikipedia <img width="700" height="700" width_o="700" height_o="700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23e90eb48a1ba7af219c2c5fb420cfa0e6fee98cb6bc755132d9cf28f1cd8fb5/FT6A0ZII9GWE4PL.LARGE.jpg" data-mid="93863262" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/700/i/23e90eb48a1ba7af219c2c5fb420cfa0e6fee98cb6bc755132d9cf28f1cd8fb5/FT6A0ZII9GWE4PL.LARGE.jpg" /> <img width="494" height="351" width_o="494" height_o="351" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90e75e403f67cd2dabaa2264087e2003ade1741cc25d94a0a0a69e4316147df8/b79aae318a9170a3c73135bb17286dcc.jpg" data-mid="93863283" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/494/i/90e75e403f67cd2dabaa2264087e2003ade1741cc25d94a0a0a69e4316147df8/b79aae318a9170a3c73135bb17286dcc.jpg" /> <img width="460" height="460" width_o="460" height_o="460" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8127e8e6f2c859de49f31b14d654c5a3f84bcd03653d1996c6209f0839613fad/380541822.jpg" data-mid="93863364" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/460/i/8127e8e6f2c859de49f31b14d654c5a3f84bcd03653d1996c6209f0839613fad/380541822.jpg" />Svenska lafvarnas färghistoria BIOMATERIALS AND WOMEN’S HEALTHSCOBY (OR OTHER BIO CELLULOSE) AS AN INTIMATE FABRIC <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a66f5671a883f688b86bb2b8647075f7cca7a134cd55d9dc48441c7dd6e5f662/scobys.jpg" data-mid="93863376" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a66f5671a883f688b86bb2b8647075f7cca7a134cd55d9dc48441c7dd6e5f662/scobys.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35f60fec4c3d5d189e3bf40466e4924b35f1e29133377fd883e4d4242ea80eb2/wetscoby.jpg" data-mid="93863379" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35f60fec4c3d5d189e3bf40466e4924b35f1e29133377fd883e4d4242ea80eb2/wetscoby.jpg" /> more pictures of dried scoby soon...TEAS AND NATURAL REMEDIES / MEDICINAL PLANTSraspberry leaf tea for cramps / PMS <img width="1080" height="1920" width_o="1080" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3921c7d8bd423e300aab68fe1d430e2ec833f85a9e5045c89045f5d68172f14/rasptea.jpg" data-mid="93863410" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f3921c7d8bd423e300aab68fe1d430e2ec833f85a9e5045c89045f5d68172f14/rasptea.jpg" />seed cycling&nbsp;<img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1beb0822704419769dbb4aa4fe4d61769e768b1c0b0af0572ec820fca327bd9c/seeds.jpg" data-mid="93863438" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1beb0822704419769dbb4aa4fe4d61769e768b1c0b0af0572ec820fca327bd9c/seeds.jpg" /> there are plants that cause abortion - for years before safe and legal abortion methods women have consumed abortifacient medicinal plants to terminate their pregnancy. Commonly accepted abortifacients and emmenagogic herbs include (but are not limited to) tansy, thuja, safflower, scotch broom, rue, angelica, mugwort, wormwood, yarrow, and essential oil of pennyroyal. Abortifacients - an overview | ScienceDirect TopicsPOLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORShormonal levels are detected in water sources / lakes and rivers, the amount of women taking the contraceptive pill can be determined through the city’s water system - hormones in pee end up in watermore polluted places have a harsher effect on women’s bodies - less fertility, less regular menstrual cycles…LIFECYCLE OF MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTSmenstrual hygiene products generate a big amount of waste, this waste goes into the water, causes pollution, clog up pipes etc (see the photos of menstrual products in barcelona sewers and beaches)Dataset: Feminine hygiene product lifecycle inventory and impact assessment - ScienceDirectinstead of waste, can these products become compost? Turn and Flowcan these products be consumed by other species? insects that eat plastic? cotton?CLIMATE CRISIS AND GENDER EQUALITY Environmental degradation disproportionately affects low-income countries and the most marginalized women, who have contributed least to the crisis . The destruction of women’s livelihoods, which depend heavily on the natural environment, contributes to rising food insecurity and morbidity and increases the burden of unpaid care and domestic work. Globally, 7 per cent of employed women are working in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, and only 13.8 per cent of landholders are women. https://nadiacw.com/under-the-microscope Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:24:02 +0000 Nadia Campo Woytuk https://nadiacw.com/under-the-microscope under the microscope <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85543b1f053093b0ea166f2097452999e6b8b264bbceb822820d01ba4438139a/IMG_20190226_175201081.jpg" data-mid="97868142" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85543b1f053093b0ea166f2097452999e6b8b264bbceb822820d01ba4438139a/IMG_20190226_175201081.jpg" /><img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff4e771eacf785474aa13a7fb30199f524f908c7a258ef8bde2869ad28315d99/IMG_20190226_175320715.jpg" data-mid="97868217" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff4e771eacf785474aa13a7fb30199f524f908c7a258ef8bde2869ad28315d99/IMG_20190226_175320715.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd61a2552d8469f0855ece8384fb916780a2ca85b843566676f583f8155aa6b1/IMG_20190226_175510965.jpg" data-mid="97868146" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd61a2552d8469f0855ece8384fb916780a2ca85b843566676f583f8155aa6b1/IMG_20190226_175510965.jpg" /><img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fef1377bd1ea2d046c888616b0f148a662401e982d503f4001f8c9a59754a3ce/IMG_20190226_185243_185.jpg" data-mid="97868199" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fef1377bd1ea2d046c888616b0f148a662401e982d503f4001f8c9a59754a3ce/IMG_20190226_185243_185.jpg" /><img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ccb92694151ae5e803ec9c541fbc76ba7245c1ac820b2828ed959a38ca2d9a8/IMG_20190306_215445260.jpg" data-mid="97868149" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ccb92694151ae5e803ec9c541fbc76ba7245c1ac820b2828ed959a38ca2d9a8/IMG_20190306_215445260.jpg" /> https://nadiacw.com/environmenstrual Mon, 29 Jul 2024 12:58:37 +0000 Nadia Campo Woytuk https://nadiacw.com/environmenstrual Environmenstrual Speculations Zine 2024 - present Nadia Campo Woytuk &amp; Anupriya TuliPublished in / Presented at:ICT4S: Liminal Excavations︎︎︎. Biørn-Hansen, A., Bates, O., Cerna, K., et al. 2024. Sustainable Futures Lab.DIS 2024 Zine Library. This zine explores the connections between menstrual health, environmental health, and information technologies by presenting three short speculations depicting fictional futuristic scenarios. The aim is to nurture a critical and speculative perspective, provoking reflections on the more-than-human entanglements of the human body and the environment, as well as the emotional anxieties that may arise in generating awareness on this topic. This is particularly relevant given the growing pressure on women and menstruating individuals to track their cycles and manage their data, all driven by a capitalist mindset. In our society, menstrual bodies and intimate data are commodified, turning deeply personal experiences into profit-driven commodities and exacerbating the pressures on those who menstruate. ︎︎︎ DOWNLOAD DIGITAL ZINE HERE&nbsp;︎︎︎ <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93a90599532a90d69c32610d0aad1b7fca2ba0d14daa5c8375b6a2c4137ba25a/IMG_9778-copy.jpg" data-mid="215438679" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/93a90599532a90d69c32610d0aad1b7fca2ba0d14daa5c8375b6a2c4137ba25a/IMG_9778-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2388" height="1668" width_o="2388" height_o="1668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc40511605797010f4b88bd47775d63646666265318e6f76786c353ed80f6aa5/page3.png" data-mid="215438701" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc40511605797010f4b88bd47775d63646666265318e6f76786c353ed80f6aa5/page3.png" /> https://nadiacw.com/period-instrument Wed, 31 Jan 2024 20:34:33 +0000 Nadia Campo Woytuk https://nadiacw.com/period-instrument The Period Instrument 2024Yann Seznec &amp; Nadia Campo Woytuk Published in: NIME 2024:&nbsp;The Period Instrument. Yann Seznec, and Nadia Campo Woytuk&nbsp;https://zenodo.org/records/13904792 Best Paper Award 🏆 <img width="2532" height="1358" width_o="2532" height_o="1358" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ddab38e89d34d9f45299f08ef2c360d79149bafb4eb022abce9a2e41acfe69b/periodInstrument-12.jpg" data-mid="203293409" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ddab38e89d34d9f45299f08ef2c360d79149bafb4eb022abce9a2e41acfe69b/periodInstrument-12.jpg" /> The Period Instrument is an interface for musical expression that requires the input of menstrual blood in order to be played. Drawing from both experimental musical instrument design and feminist design, the resulting object exists both as a sound-making device as well as a vector for challenging normative principles of musical instrument design. <img width="3264" height="4928" width_o="3264" height_o="4928" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26123ea0d54f3fa98ee11817fb67f1fc7f8740de065d3ff6eaca3eb5bf8321d3/periodInstrument-3.jpg" data-mid="203293410" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26123ea0d54f3fa98ee11817fb67f1fc7f8740de065d3ff6eaca3eb5bf8321d3/periodInstrument-3.jpg" /><img width="3264" height="4502" width_o="3264" height_o="4502" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5de7ec8dd28e0231f9f859cd182cc987169cbd01115bfc4e8b4cece6d5fde821/periodInstrument-8.jpg" data-mid="203293411" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5de7ec8dd28e0231f9f859cd182cc987169cbd01115bfc4e8b4cece6d5fde821/periodInstrument-8.jpg" /> https://nadiacw.com/insert-here Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:13:31 +0000 Nadia Campo Woytuk https://nadiacw.com/insert-here Insert here: Unpacking tensions in designing technologies for the vagina 2023-2024 Nadia Campo Woytuk, Joo Young Park, Marianela Ciolfi Felice, Madeline Balaam Published in:DRS 2024:&nbsp;Campo Woytuk, N., Young Park, J., Ciolfi Felice, M., and Balaam, M. (2024) Insert here: Unpacking tensions in designing technologies for the vagina, in Gray, C., Ciliotta Chehade, E., Hekkert, P., Forlano, L., Ciuccarelli, P., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2024: Boston, 23–28 June, Boston, USA. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.389&nbsp;︎︎︎&nbsp; From sex toys to fertility trackers to vaginal fitness, the design of vaginally inserted technologies often mirrors gendered norms and societal taboos. These norms perpetuate the vagina as an obscure and mystified area, making it difficult for designers to find their way amidst a web of technical, material, and ethical concerns. In this paper, we present a mingling of our experiences as designers, together with feminist and posthuman literature, to discuss the challenges and tensions arising when designing in this space. We provide alternative framings and reflect on how the case of designing for the vagina creates blurry definitions of the inside/outside of the body and of medical/non-medical devices. We offer future directions on how we might demystify and destigmatize designing for vaginas, calling for more queer and feminist approaches to intimate design. <img width="4611" height="1994" width_o="4611" height_o="1994" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d5496a961ca27af6810ca69a4f77c1456e4b0524d2aed065e9be60ee89f2fb5/fig2-copy.jpg" data-mid="215438978" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d5496a961ca27af6810ca69a4f77c1456e4b0524d2aed065e9be60ee89f2fb5/fig2-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2640" height="1476" width_o="2640" height_o="1476" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a8f6b8c4bede2d1fc3a0869875c1849eb60fd3489beaff8a66e1006a612d0733/Screenshot-2024-07-29-at-15.17.11.png" data-mid="215438994" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a8f6b8c4bede2d1fc3a0869875c1849eb60fd3489beaff8a66e1006a612d0733/Screenshot-2024-07-29-at-15.17.11.png" /><img width="2638" height="1486" width_o="2638" height_o="1486" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1821f1b6a364867163e628458cf710ff1b6eac0386a16940e047f9cf7a904f25/Screenshot-2024-07-29-at-15.16.57.png" data-mid="215438989" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1821f1b6a364867163e628458cf710ff1b6eac0386a16940e047f9cf7a904f25/Screenshot-2024-07-29-at-15.16.57.png" /> https://nadiacw.com/tactful-feminist-sensing Mon, 22 May 2023 10:08:57 +0000 Nadia Campo Woytuk https://nadiacw.com/tactful-feminist-sensing Tactful Feminist Sensing 2023 - presentPublished in:&nbsp;DIS 2023: “Tactful Feminist Sensing: Designing for Touching Vaginal Fluids”︎︎︎ by Nadia Campo Woytuk, Jooyoung Park, Jan Maslik, Marianela Ciolfi Felice and Madeline Balaam. Best Pictorial Award 🏅CHI 2025: “Toward Feminist Ways of Sensing the Menstruating Body”︎︎︎ &nbsp;by Nadia Campo Woytuk, Anupriya Tuli, Jooyoung Park, Laia Turmo Vidal, Deirdre Tobin, Anuradha Reddy, Beatrice Vincenzi, Jan Maslik, Marianela Ciolfi Felice, Madeline Balaam&nbsp;Honorable Mention Award 🏅 DIS 2025: “Making Intimate Technologies Together”︎︎︎ by&nbsp;Authors: Nadia Campo Woytuk, Mafalda Gamboa, Alejandra Gómez Ortega, Joo Young Park, Anupriya Tuli, Deirdre Tobin, Fiona Bell, Marianela Ciolfi Felice, Madeline Balaam. Observing the texture, color, and conductivity of cervical mucus has the potential to support menstrual cycle and fertility tracking, generating a layer of rich bodily, tactile/haptic knowledge in addition to other collected data, such as cycle length or body temperature.&nbsp;The ‘tactful feminist sensor’ is a prototype for measuring the conductivity of cervical mucus in vaginal fluids, which varies across a menstrual cycle. <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/10f566fcaf29d0db40f20e50c2dcaa4d3bc7b247b1cd3044b3b065a649b1dc4b/sewnSensor1.jpg" data-mid="228902678" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/10f566fcaf29d0db40f20e50c2dcaa4d3bc7b247b1cd3044b3b065a649b1dc4b/sewnSensor1.jpg" />︎︎︎The DIY version of the sensor is made with conductive thread <img width="3696" height="2448" width_o="3696" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e979ced9842c592f013f0594f5124c425653d4d6ff9d2e1ccb1dae4a55d3ed2c/tactful3.JPG" data-mid="179525212" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e979ced9842c592f013f0594f5124c425653d4d6ff9d2e1ccb1dae4a55d3ed2c/tactful3.JPG" /> <img width="2448" height="3696" width_o="2448" height_o="3696" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/619e753f13257c767e2c484eacd0440c0d86179afff7c515fb652c79d7203f76/tactful2.JPG" data-mid="179525086" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/619e753f13257c767e2c484eacd0440c0d86179afff7c515fb652c79d7203f76/tactful2.JPG" /> <img width="3696" height="2448" width_o="3696" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a777f72c49c1317bb8895e82bb5f88a1e5652808f3307bf011367f63a0930b3/tactful1.JPG" data-mid="228902666" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a777f72c49c1317bb8895e82bb5f88a1e5652808f3307bf011367f63a0930b3/tactful1.JPG" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e1d770ada833261e19f8525b3ffa9db5bcb78894b46a1a4fb60e04b26a15966/functionality.005.jpeg" data-mid="239142714" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e1d770ada833261e19f8525b3ffa9db5bcb78894b46a1a4fb60e04b26a15966/functionality.005.jpeg" />︎︎︎Vaginal electrical resistance varies across the menstrual cycle and could potentially be used to pinpoint ovulation and the fertile window. <img width="3170" height="2099" width_o="3170" height_o="2099" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e19310841fafbde3ba1985d75da4b42d8d70a3d6d08138dbdb73875533c257e6/tactful7.jpg" data-mid="179525207" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e19310841fafbde3ba1985d75da4b42d8d70a3d6d08138dbdb73875533c257e6/tactful7.jpg" /> <img width="3696" height="2448" width_o="3696" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a8e38b941ad3d8cb1d1db512b73dbfb34e6df4b763f0d1cf2e494b7d88241697/tactful6.JPG" data-mid="179525208" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a8e38b941ad3d8cb1d1db512b73dbfb34e6df4b763f0d1cf2e494b7d88241697/tactful6.JPG" /> <img width="3696" height="2448" width_o="3696" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cde89f92a178433eceadc6426e4dd5a61c3099a72be5a6cf036a9d3151bfd9a3/tactful4.jpg" data-mid="179525210" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cde89f92a178433eceadc6426e4dd5a61c3099a72be5a6cf036a9d3151bfd9a3/tactful4.jpg" /> <img width="3696" height="2448" width_o="3696" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f9bffa3f81e91c200d54713539df49d85088fe843e437c218631e7f5230a779/tactful5.jpg" data-mid="179525199" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f9bffa3f81e91c200d54713539df49d85088fe843e437c218631e7f5230a779/tactful5.jpg" /> https://nadiacw.com/Designing-Fertility-Otherwise Fri, 14 Apr 2023 14:31:28 +0000 Nadia Campo Woytuk https://nadiacw.com/Designing-Fertility-Otherwise Designing Fertility Otherwise: of human, animal and soil relations 2022-present This project unpacks the design space of fertility sensing, reflecting on current meanings and designs for fertility in humans, animals, and soil. Attending to the curious relations between these, we explore how fertility technologies share histories across patriarchal and capitalist visions of bodies and land. <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6fe59e02778ca1baf43a09eca222fd00e67c43cb5f4f6ab5a0cfbef9e0582287/1designseed.jpg" data-mid="175391284" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6fe59e02778ca1baf43a09eca222fd00e67c43cb5f4f6ab5a0cfbef9e0582287/1designseed.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a448f1c58e4343d780525a1d1a98e7710f88eb444319d8d3f076a9fd458359d7/2designseed.jpg" data-mid="175391288" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a448f1c58e4343d780525a1d1a98e7710f88eb444319d8d3f076a9fd458359d7/2designseed.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72e28874e82d1b6e0fb124b125e749a07212544770d6bb63f0643990051beb06/3designseed.jpg" data-mid="175391289" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72e28874e82d1b6e0fb124b125e749a07212544770d6bb63f0643990051beb06/3designseed.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e8ef2ba69c50a9ffb37cc0a612abe6529a8335d21a8ff94529a5711b92438d6/4designseed.jpg" data-mid="175391290" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e8ef2ba69c50a9ffb37cc0a612abe6529a8335d21a8ff94529a5711b92438d6/4designseed.jpg" /> ︎ An exploratory paper on this project has been accepted at Nordes 2023 (Nordic design conference) Together with Jooyoung Park, Marie Louise Juul Søndergaard, Madeline Balaam and Marianela Ciolfi Felice. Read it here&nbsp;︎︎︎In the paper we provide a critical feminist analysis of fertility sensing and begin to unpack how design might approach this space otherwise, by means of exploratory prompts and opportunities that we call ‘design seeds’. We accompany the design seeds with four evocative images, engaging practically and materially with these opportunities, opening up for critical yet hopeful engagements with human, animal, and soil fertility. We invite designers to notice these entanglements and extend to more-than-human perspectives in designing fertility tracking and sensing technologies. https://nadiacw.com/Menstrual-data-tapestries Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:01:39 +0000 Nadia Campo Woytuk https://nadiacw.com/Menstrual-data-tapestries “User 59899” - Menstrual data tapestries An art commission for the CyFer project︎︎︎by Nadia Campo Woytuk &amp; Nicolas Harrand, 2023 Block print, machine knitting and machine embroidery“User 59899” is a collection and exploration of what it means to physicalize the different layers of obscurity of intimate data. Nadia Campo Woytuk &amp; Nicolas Harrand have used Nadia’s own data to create three striking wall hangings which explore the permanence of this disembodied data and the power individuals have over its creation and destruction. The artworks represent Nadia’s (User 59899’s) menstrual cycle data from the past three years. <img width="3966" height="2803" width_o="3966" height_o="2803" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f6fe5dac6f02657e8e3fd7a5206ac2c103b20c2d2f205db13e4d6946273719a/SEECS6E23032015290_1.jpg" data-mid="205765621" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f6fe5dac6f02657e8e3fd7a5206ac2c103b20c2d2f205db13e4d6946273719a/SEECS6E23032015290_1.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1645" width_o="2048" height_o="1645" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7348fd0bcb525047c46bb2cb09bb2724db882b0f1da15b7724d7bb246a0a89a6/6509-8dc0-2b21-2370.jpg" data-mid="205766017" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7348fd0bcb525047c46bb2cb09bb2724db882b0f1da15b7724d7bb246a0a89a6/6509-8dc0-2b21-2370.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1956" width_o="2048" height_o="1956" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b14ebd3e336b501b2369b241408d297ba6c290adeceb888c74d8df9f9e766e55/6509-8e0e-e0f6-e139.jpg" data-mid="205766020" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b14ebd3e336b501b2369b241408d297ba6c290adeceb888c74d8df9f9e766e55/6509-8e0e-e0f6-e139.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1645" width_o="2048" height_o="1645" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5270dc1ce9ca8e0424c1fa8c8a5e932c5c9c1d492eed43775207054c913643f3/6509-8e35-7c4c-f205.jpg" data-mid="205766022" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5270dc1ce9ca8e0424c1fa8c8a5e932c5c9c1d492eed43775207054c913643f3/6509-8e35-7c4c-f205.jpg" /> <img width="1092" height="1372" width_o="1092" height_o="1372" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/afb216aff607592f23d150a18c944c3e304fbbc294589f07c279bbd9dc10f3d4/piece_0.svg" data-mid="205765556" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/afb216aff607592f23d150a18c944c3e304fbbc294589f07c279bbd9dc10f3d4/piece_0.svg" /> <img width="1663" height="2112" width_o="1663" height_o="2112" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41a7cfea55047f62ce18a26fee558e99d0a3cbbe8e9a5d453fa0c96428fd395f/tapestry1-large.png" data-mid="205765613" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41a7cfea55047f62ce18a26fee558e99d0a3cbbe8e9a5d453fa0c96428fd395f/tapestry1-large.png" /> <img width="1092" height="1372" width_o="1092" height_o="1372" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6dd529c6e66c44b817a0acc7dda7f29ccc2403df1b6d02867036f2be1bf92e13/piece_2.svg" data-mid="205765558" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6dd529c6e66c44b817a0acc7dda7f29ccc2403df1b6d02867036f2be1bf92e13/piece_2.svg" /> P1: USER INPUTS The hand-printed calendar “uf.entryMap” represents User 59899’s temperature oscillations. Each block corresponds to a daily temperature measurement, represented with a set of 4 different stamps and 3 different colors. Bigger shapes and warmer colors represent higher values. <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20225bfb58d7e650e0e9fbeca657b0a83edbfae3109cc9262fe5d1293b36a3ed/IMG_1056-1-copy.jpg" data-mid="205766033" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20225bfb58d7e650e0e9fbeca657b0a83edbfae3109cc9262fe5d1293b36a3ed/IMG_1056-1-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b05636d6ecce5b924cd36de24b5c36ce5995e02ce78762eea7f0e8b4e4d6b99/p1-3.jpg" data-mid="205766036" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b05636d6ecce5b924cd36de24b5c36ce5995e02ce78762eea7f0e8b4e4d6b99/p1-3.jpg" /> <img width="3966" height="2803" width_o="3966" height_o="2803" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb0c000cf23a8c948da542afedacefeec0601ec531f7c33f3af9a59a416d7865/SEECS6E23032015250.jpg" data-mid="205766041" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eb0c000cf23a8c948da542afedacefeec0601ec531f7c33f3af9a59a416d7865/SEECS6E23032015250.jpg" /> P2: COMPUTEDThe machine-knitted piece “uf.predictionMap” represents fertility and predicted ovulation data, which a menstruation app has computed from User 59899’s inputed data. <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a08d8c55fbd86490bd028eef75d3c9c2bb1178973dc3629d65ab970a68e3be6/IMG_0699-copy.jpg" data-mid="205766063" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7a08d8c55fbd86490bd028eef75d3c9c2bb1178973dc3629d65ab970a68e3be6/IMG_0699-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f55fbb88aa95b960d6bbc12bc5dafef2eaa0038adaf05d43f6cc934ced6350e6/IMG_0651-copy.jpg" data-mid="205766062" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f55fbb88aa95b960d6bbc12bc5dafef2eaa0038adaf05d43f6cc934ced6350e6/IMG_0651-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1563" height="2048" width_o="1563" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f4a222c27d03bf7f0c386aecef19c02cec2d600c214b907660047c843fc5efa/6509-7c3b-d6cb-d807.jpg" data-mid="205766058" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f4a222c27d03bf7f0c386aecef19c02cec2d600c214b907660047c843fc5efa/6509-7c3b-d6cb-d807.jpg" /> P3: GATHERED PASSIVELYThe final machine-embroidered artwork “sessions.city, sessions.time” represents data which an app can pervasively collect on a user: the time of usage and location of User 59899. Each symbol represents a different city, and the red circles indicate the time at which the app was first opened. <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/17c5f31a00b56fb1752ca79ff91a6906cf37e3b1d5ca6eedd044c648bc560e0d/IMG_1106-copy.jpg" data-mid="205766091" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/17c5f31a00b56fb1752ca79ff91a6906cf37e3b1d5ca6eedd044c648bc560e0d/IMG_1106-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/52047d1988bd737fd2eed239f527da839c205da7ae03b69d436f0e12d5c1f0c2/IMG_1138-copy.jpg" data-mid="205766111" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/52047d1988bd737fd2eed239f527da839c205da7ae03b69d436f0e12d5c1f0c2/IMG_1138-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1403" height="2048" width_o="1403" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/111bfc6dd167d0c53d7b8206bb2d67bcddd8a6af1907856240cae98766f7eaf5/6509-7ba1-e4d4-3174.jpg" data-mid="205766149" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/111bfc6dd167d0c53d7b8206bb2d67bcddd8a6af1907856240cae98766f7eaf5/6509-7ba1-e4d4-3174.jpg" /> https://nadiacw.com/Speculations-on-Feminist-Reproductive-Health-Technologies Mon, 12 Sep 2022 10:18:48 +0000 Nadia Campo Woytuk https://nadiacw.com/Speculations-on-Feminist-Reproductive-Health-Technologies Speculations on Feminist Reproductive Health Technologies Co-organizing a workshop for the NordiCHI conference 2022. Workshop website&nbsp;︎︎︎ <img width="2388" height="1668" width_o="2388" height_o="1668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/997a020e0704a30e5aecd3de8a7b517c728a35b6799f8486603df95d06d6d154/speculations_abstract.jpg" data-mid="152691149" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/997a020e0704a30e5aecd3de8a7b517c728a35b6799f8486603df95d06d6d154/speculations_abstract.jpg" /> https://nadiacw.com/Feminist-Ecologies Mon, 12 Sep 2022 10:12:32 +0000 Nadia Campo Woytuk https://nadiacw.com/Feminist-Ecologies Feminist Voices about Ecological Issues in HCI I helped co-organize the online workshop at the CHI conference in 2022. 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