Hormone couture: Biopolitics, aesthetics, and technology

Pat Pataranutaporn; Potiwat Ngamkajornwiwat; Thanayuth Unprasert; Worapon Umnajsasithorn; Siwaphan Luksanayeam; Smitt Loha-Unchit; Chan La-O-Vorakia; Bawornsak Sakulkueakulsuk; Bank Ngamarunchot; Chakrapipat Assawaboonyalert; Pornpen Pataranutaporn; Sornchai Chatwiriyachai; Werasak Surareungchai; Shashi Jain

doi:10.1145/3123021.3123073

Hormone couture: Biopolitics, aesthetics, and technology

Pat Pataranutaporn
, Potiwat Ngamkajornwiwat
, Thanayuth Unprasert
, Worapon Umnajsasithorn
, Siwaphan Luksanayeam
, Smitt Loha-Unchit
, Chan La-O-Vorakia
, Bawornsak Sakulkueakulsuk
, Bank Ngamarunchot
, Chakrapipat Assawaboonyalert
, Pornpen Pataranutaporn
, Sornchai Chatwiriyachai
, Werasak Surareungchai
, Shashi Jain

Arizona State University
K. Mongkut's Univ. Technol. Thonburi
Prince of Songkla University
Malongdu Theatre
Make+Think+Code

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7 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Based on the context of higher life expectancy and lower pregnancy rate, ageing society is unavoidable. Technological response is necessary. Hormone Couture exhibition presents two wearable technologies that aesthetically respond to women's reproductive hormone and body temperature changes. The designs address how technology creates a biopolitical issues whether the wearable technology empowers women by giving her access to biological information, or creates gendered oppression by having a technology that monitors, controls, and influences sexual behavior on the body. Both of these arguments cannot be separated as they altogether exist at the same time as two sides of the same coin. This contradictory relationship between technological advancement and gender politics was materialized into the work aiming to criticize and speculate the future of wearable technology, and how it reinforces dynamics of gender tension in society.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ISWC 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	221-226
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450351881
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3123021.3123073
Publication status	Published - 11 Sept 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	29th ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2017 - Maui, United States Duration: 11 Sept 2017 → 15 Sept 2017

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC
ISSN (Print)	1550-4816

Conference

Conference	29th ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Maui
Period	11/09/17 → 15/09/17

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 Gender Equality

Keywords

Biosensor
Fashion
Fertility
Hormone
Speculative Design
Wearable Technology

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Pataranutaporn, P., Ngamkajornwiwat, P., Unprasert, T., Umnajsasithorn, W., Luksanayeam, S., Loha-Unchit, S., La-O-Vorakia, C., Sakulkueakulsuk, B., Ngamarunchot, B., Assawaboonyalert, C., Pataranutaporn, P., Chatwiriyachai, S., Surareungchai, W., & Jain, S. (2017). Hormone couture: Biopolitics, aesthetics, and technology. In ISWC 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (pp. 221-226). (Proceedings - International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3123021.3123073

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Pataranutaporn P, Ngamkajornwiwat P, Unprasert T, Umnajsasithorn W, Luksanayeam S, Loha-Unchit S et al. Hormone couture: Biopolitics, aesthetics, and technology. In ISWC 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers. Association for Computing Machinery. 2017. p. 221-226. (Proceedings - International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC). doi: 10.1145/3123021.3123073

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