Feminist Ageing Futures in Datafied Worlds

Projektbeschreibung
In this project an interdisciplinary team of senior and junior fellows will develop speculative arts- and design-based approaches. We will work at the intersection of gender studies, feminist Science and Technology Studies (feminist STS), anticipation studies and critical data studies to co-design, make and test new arts- and design-led methods for critical engagements with questions around datafied futures as they relate to the lives and (perceived) vulnerabilities of older women. We are interested in exploring how we can co-design speculative objects and experiences that make visible and challenge dominant discourses about data-driven solutions for the “crisis” of demographic ageing and suggest ways to imagine alternative preferred futures centering around care and community, equity and inclusion. The project will engage older women as co-researchers in a series of arts- and design-based workshops in Graz. Results will be presented in a public exhibition as well as through talks, publications and a symposium in Graz. The project will be the basis for a joint funding application on feminist ageing futures in datafied worlds.