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PAPERS: Designing for and with taboo Location: Appleton Tower, LT5 Zoom Link Accessibility: https://www.accessable.co.uk/the-university-of-edinburgh/central-area/access-guides/appleton-lecture-theatre-5-edinburgh Session Chair: Ana Correia de Barros, Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS Session Chair: Yoni Lefevre, LUCA School of Arts - KU Leuven | |
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Does taboo constrain self-knowledge?: A design-led inquiry into the intimate health of older women Universidade de Lisboa, ITI/LARSyS, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal Intimate health deals with highly personal functions and experiences related to sexuality, reproduction, and vulnerability. In this paper, we enquire into the private nature and sociocultural constructs of these experiences in relation to self-knowledge. We introduce a design workshop with three women aged 65+ in Portugal, where we investigated intimate care practices throughout the lifecourse. Our findings show that participatory methods can open dialogue and reveal tacit knowledge, and that lifelong learning is critical for healthy ageing. We reflect on our practice in relation to design considerations for designing with taboo and offer future directions for designing for and with the intimate ageing body. View Paper: https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2026.952
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