GGR327H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dolores Hayden, Paper Tiger Television, Social Reproduction
11 Feb 2016
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First: confronting the uneven geographies of social reproduction and lgbtq equality in the city: who experiences equality and exclusion. Dolores hayden: changing the built form of spaces for housing, childcare, education so social reproduction can be more equitably shared: changing space so labour can be shared more equitably. Fierce nyc: visions for a dream city that materializes rights to accessibility, health, creative expression, education, housing, intimacy, enjoyment of the commons. Chain of binary assumptions paid work, factory/office, public and city coded as. Masculine spaces; unpaid work, home, private and suburbs coded as feminine . Does it have to be this way? (hayden: why is all responsibility of a family put onto one person. Dolores hayden (1980) asks what the built environment of a non-sexist city would look like. Proposes forms of urban design and political organizing that challenge the privatization and gendering of social reproduction. How could space and labor be organized so caregivers could pool childcare, cooking, etc.
