{"@attributes":{"version":"2.0"},"channel":{"title":"Nadia Campo Woytuk","link":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com","description":"Nadia Campo Woytuk","pubDate":"Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:13:31 +0000","generator":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com","language":"en","item":[{"title":"multispecies notes","link":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/multispecies-notes","pubDate":"Mon, 28 Dec 2020 18:06:47 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/multispecies-notes","description":"\ud83c\udf3e\ud83d\udc1d\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffd\u200d\ud83e\uddb1  notes on multispecies encounters and women's health\nOn this page I have gathered (messy) thoughts, notes, images, quotes, that relate to different threads on women\u2019s health and multispecies studies.\nSTORYING EXPOSUREA personal diary \/ story\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFEEDING PLANTS MENSTRUAL BLOOD\nI 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.\n\nWhat contents does my menstrual blood contain that nurture plants? How does what I eat affect the contents of my menstrual blood?\n\nnot only benefits the plant, but encourages bodily knowledge (looking, touching the blood)\n\nmy messy, leaky body becomes useful (what makes something useful anyway?) - my blood isn't waste anymore.\nspeculations\na 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.\nfluid speculations\ue04e\ufe0e\ufe0e\ufe0e with watercolor:\nPLANTS THAT AID IN UNDERSTANDING WOMEN\u2019S HEALTHPLANTS AS PH INDICATORS\nbutterfly pea flower \/ Clitoria ternatea: blue flower turns purple when mixed with acid (lemon)\n\nI purchased seeds last spring and started growing this plant.Could this plant aid in measuring out vaginal pH? urinary tract infections? yeast infections? bacterial vaginosis?\n\nRed 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.\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\nlinks...\nNatural Acid and Base Indicators\n\nPoinsettia pH Paper: Holiday Chemistry Project\n\nLitmus paper is a type of pH paper made by treating the paper with natural dyes from lichens.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/what-is-litmus-paper-3976018\n\nLitmus - Wikipedia Roccella tinctoria - Wikipedia\n\n\t\n\t\n\tSvenska lafvarnas f\u00e4rghistoria\n\n\n\nBIOMATERIALS AND WOMEN\u2019S HEALTHSCOBY (OR OTHER BIO CELLULOSE) AS AN INTIMATE FABRIC\n\t\n\t\nmore pictures of dried scoby soon...TEAS AND NATURAL REMEDIES \/ MEDICINAL PLANTSraspberry leaf tea for cramps \/ PMS\nseed cycling \nthere 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.\nAbortifacients - 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\u2019s water system - hormones in pee end up in watermore polluted places have a harsher effect on women\u2019s bodies - less fertility, less regular menstrual cycles\u2026LIFECYCLE 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\nEnvironmental degradation disproportionately affects low-income countries and the most marginalized women, who have contributed least to the crisis . The destruction of women\u2019s 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.\n\nGlobally, 7 per cent of employed women are working in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, and only 13.8 per cent of landholders are women.\n\n"},{"title":"under the microscope","link":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/under-the-microscope","pubDate":"Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:24:02 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/under-the-microscope","description":"under the microscope\n\n"},{"title":"environmenstrual","link":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/environmenstrual","pubDate":"Mon, 29 Jul 2024 12:58:37 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/environmenstrual","description":"\n\tEnvironmenstrual Speculations Zine 2024 - present\nNadia Campo Woytuk & Anupriya TuliPublished in \/ Presented at:ICT4S: Liminal Excavations\ue04e\ufe0e\ufe0e\ufe0e. Bi\u00f8rn-Hansen, A., Bates, O., Cerna, K., et al. 2024. Sustainable Futures Lab.DIS 2024 Zine Library.\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\nThis 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.\n\n\n\n\ue04b\ufe0e\ufe0e\ufe0e DOWNLOAD DIGITAL ZINE HERE \ue04a\ufe0e\ufe0e\ufe0e\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\n"},{"title":"period instrument","link":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/period-instrument","pubDate":"Wed, 31 Jan 2024 20:34:33 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/period-instrument","description":"The Period Instrument 2024Yann Seznec & Nadia Campo Woytuk\nPublished in:\n NIME 2024: The Period Instrument. Yann Seznec, and Nadia Campo Woytuk https:\/\/zenodo.org\/records\/13904792 Best Paper Award \ud83c\udfc6\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\nThe Period Instrument is an interface\nfor musical expression that requires the input of menstrual\nblood in order to be played. Drawing from both experimental musical instrument design and feminist design, the\nresulting object exists both as a sound-making device as\nwell as a vector for challenging normative principles of musical instrument design. \n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n"},{"title":"insert-here","link":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/insert-here","pubDate":"Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:13:31 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/insert-here","description":"\n\tInsert here: Unpacking tensions in designing\ntechnologies for the vagina\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n 2023-2024\nNadia Campo Woytuk, \n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tJoo Young Park, Marianela Ciolfi Felice, Madeline Balaam\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\nPublished in:DRS 2024: Campo Woytuk, N.,\nYoung Park, J.,\nCiolfi Felice, M., and \nBalaam, M. (2024) Insert here: Unpacking tensions in designing \ntechnologies for the vagina, in Gray, C., Ciliotta Chehade, E., Hekkert,\n P., Forlano, L., Ciuccarelli, P., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2024: Boston, 23\u201328 June, Boston, USA. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.21606\/drs.2024.389 \ue04e\ufe0e\ufe0e\ufe0e \n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\nFrom sex toys to fertility trackers to vaginal fitness, the design of \nvaginally inserted technologies often mirrors gendered norms and \nsocietal taboos. These norms perpetuate the vagina as an obscure and \nmystified area, making it difficult for designers to find their way \namidst a web of technical, material, and ethical concerns. In this \npaper, we present a mingling of our experiences as designers, together \nwith feminist and posthuman literature, to discuss the challenges and \ntensions arising when designing in this space. We provide alternative \nframings and reflect on how the case of designing for the vagina creates\n blurry definitions of the inside\/outside of the body and of \nmedical\/non-medical devices. We offer future directions on how we might \ndemystify and destigmatize designing for vaginas, calling for more queer\n and feminist approaches to intimate design.\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\n"},{"title":"tactful feminist sensing","link":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/tactful-feminist-sensing","pubDate":"Mon, 22 May 2023 10:08:57 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/tactful-feminist-sensing","description":"\n\tTactful Feminist Sensing 2023 - presentPublished in: DIS 2023: \u201cTactful Feminist Sensing: Designing for Touching Vaginal Fluids\u201d\ue04e\ufe0e\ufe0e\ufe0e by Nadia Campo Woytuk, Jooyoung Park, Jan Maslik, Marianela Ciolfi Felice and Madeline Balaam. Best Pictorial Award \ud83c\udfc5CHI 2025: \u201cToward Feminist Ways of Sensing the Menstruating Body\u201d\ue04e\ufe0e\ufe0e\ufe0e  by Nadia Campo Woytuk, Anupriya Tuli, Jooyoung Park, Laia Turmo Vidal, Deirdre Tobin, Anuradha Reddy, Beatrice Vincenzi, Jan Maslik, Marianela Ciolfi Felice, Madeline Balaam Honorable Mention Award \ud83c\udfc5\n\n\n\nDIS 2025: \u201cMaking Intimate Technologies Together\u201d\ue04e\ufe0e\ufe0e\ufe0e by Authors: Nadia Campo Woytuk, Mafalda Gamboa, Alejandra G\u00f3mez Ortega, Joo Young Park, Anupriya Tuli, Deirdre Tobin, Fiona Bell, Marianela Ciolfi Felice, Madeline Balaam.\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\nObserving the texture, color, and conductivity of cervical\nmucus has the potential to support menstrual cycle\nand fertility tracking, generating a layer of rich bodily,\ntactile\/haptic knowledge in addition to other collected\ndata, such as cycle length or body temperature. The \u2018tactful feminist sensor\u2019 is a prototype for measuring\nthe conductivity of cervical mucus in vaginal fluids, which varies across a menstrual cycle.\n\ue04c\ufe0e\ufe0e\ufe0eThe DIY version of the sensor is made with conductive thread\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\ue04c\ufe0e\ufe0e\ufe0eVaginal electrical resistance varies across the menstrual cycle and could potentially be used to pinpoint ovulation and the fertile window.\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n"},{"title":"Designing Fertility Otherwise","link":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/Designing-Fertility-Otherwise","pubDate":"Fri, 14 Apr 2023 14:31:28 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/Designing-Fertility-Otherwise","description":"Designing Fertility Otherwise: of human, animal and soil relations\n2022-present\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\nThis project unpacks the design space of\nfertility sensing, reflecting on current meanings\nand designs for fertility in humans, animals, and\nsoil. Attending to the curious relations between\nthese, we explore how fertility technologies share\nhistories across patriarchal and capitalist visions of\nbodies and land. \n\n\n\n\n\ue07b\ufe0e An exploratory paper on this project has been accepted at Nordes 2023 (Nordic design conference)\nTogether with Jooyoung Park, Marie Louise Juul S\u00f8ndergaard, Madeline Balaam and Marianela Ciolfi Felice.\nRead it here \ue04e\ufe0e\ufe0e\ufe0eIn the paper we provide a critical feminist\nanalysis of fertility sensing and begin to unpack\nhow design might approach this space otherwise,\nby means of exploratory prompts and opportunities\nthat we call \u2018design seeds\u2019. We accompany the\ndesign seeds with four evocative images, engaging\npractically and materially with these opportunities,\nopening up for critical yet hopeful engagements\nwith human, animal, and soil fertility. We invite\ndesigners to notice these entanglements and extend\nto more-than-human perspectives in designing\nfertility tracking and sensing technologies.\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n"},{"title":"Menstrual data tapestries","link":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/Menstrual-data-tapestries","pubDate":"Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:01:39 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/Menstrual-data-tapestries","description":"\n\t\u201cUser 59899\u201d - Menstrual data tapestries An art commission for the CyFer project\ue04e\ufe0e\ufe0e\ufe0eby Nadia Campo Woytuk & Nicolas Harrand, 2023\nBlock print, machine knitting and machine embroidery\u201cUser 59899\u201d is a collection and exploration of what it means to \nphysicalize the different layers of obscurity of intimate data. Nadia \nCampo Woytuk & Nicolas Harrand have used Nadia\u2019s own data to create \nthree striking wall hangings which explore the permanence of this \ndisembodied data and the power individuals have over its creation and \ndestruction. The artworks represent Nadia\u2019s (User 59899\u2019s) menstrual \ncycle data from the past three years.\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n \n P1: USER INPUTS\n \n \n \nThe hand-printed calendar \u201cuf.entryMap\u201d represents User 59899\u2019s \ntemperature oscillations. Each block corresponds to a daily temperature \nmeasurement, represented with a set of 4 different stamps and 3 \ndifferent colors. Bigger shapes and warmer colors represent higher \nvalues.\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\nP2: COMPUTEDThe machine-knitted piece \u201cuf.predictionMap\u201d represents fertility and \npredicted ovulation data, which a menstruation app has computed from \nUser 59899\u2019s inputed data.\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\nP3: GATHERED PASSIVELYThe final machine-embroidered artwork \u201csessions.city, sessions.time\u201d \nrepresents data which an app can pervasively collect on a user: the time\n of usage and location of User 59899. Each symbol represents a different\n city, and the red circles indicate the time at which the app was first \nopened.\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n"},{"title":"Speculations on Feminist Reproductive Health Technologies ","link":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/Speculations-on-Feminist-Reproductive-Health-Technologies","pubDate":"Mon, 12 Sep 2022 10:18:48 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/Speculations-on-Feminist-Reproductive-Health-Technologies","description":"Speculations on Feminist Reproductive Health Technologies\nCo-organizing a workshop for the NordiCHI conference 2022.\nWorkshop website \ue04e\ufe0e\ufe0e\ufe0e\n"},{"title":"Feminist Ecologies","link":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/Feminist-Ecologies","pubDate":"Mon, 12 Sep 2022 10:12:32 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/nadiacw.com\/Feminist-Ecologies","description":"Feminist Voices about Ecological Issues in HCI\nI helped co-organize the online workshop at the CHI conference in 2022.\nWorkshop website \ue04e\ufe0e\ufe0e\ufe0e\n\n"}]}}