‘Blooming’: A Design Concept for Period Poverty in Rural Areas of China

Jingchun Zeng; Bingjian Liu; Xu Sun; Jiang Wu

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-77077-8_31

‘Blooming’: A Design Concept for Period Poverty in Rural Areas of China

Jingchun Zeng
, Bingjian Liu^*
, Xu Sun
, Jiang Wu

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Period poverty has a significant impact on the lives of women and girls. Through this study, it is identified that traditional culture has significant impact on period poverty in rural areas of China. This article analyzes the causes of the period poverty in the world, especially in Asia, combining the different situations to evaluate current Chinese situations and causes. Through the interviews with volunteers who offer free pads to the students in rural areas and questionaries carried out in people living in cities, the gap between the females in different areas and potential solutions are identified. In addition, a design solution named ‘blooming’ is developed in order to explore the possibilities to reduce the period poverty. The evaluation of the design shows that it can provide the under-age girls free sanitary products and physiological knowledge at the same time, and encourage the public to donate for the period poverty. However, it needs further user testing in the local environment to ensure it is acceptable and adjustable.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Cross-Cultural Design. Applications in Arts, Learning, Well-being, and Social Development - 13th International Conference, CCD 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Proceedings
Editors	Pei-Luen Patrick Rau
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	408-422
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9783030770761
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77077-8_31
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	13th International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design, CCD 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 24 Jul 2021 → 29 Jul 2021

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	12772 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	13th International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design, CCD 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	24/07/21 → 29/07/21

UN SDGs

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

SDG 1 No Poverty

Free Keywords

China
Culture
Period poverty
Product design
Under-age girls

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Zeng, J., Liu, B., Sun, X., & Wu, J. (2021). ‘Blooming’: A Design Concept for Period Poverty in Rural Areas of China. In P.-L. P. Rau (Ed.), Cross-Cultural Design. Applications in Arts, Learning, Well-being, and Social Development - 13th International Conference, CCD 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Proceedings (pp. 408-422). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12772 LNCS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77077-8_31

Zeng, Jingchun ; Liu, Bingjian ; Sun, Xu et al. / ‘Blooming’ : A Design Concept for Period Poverty in Rural Areas of China. Cross-Cultural Design. Applications in Arts, Learning, Well-being, and Social Development - 13th International Conference, CCD 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Proceedings. editor / Pei-Luen Patrick Rau. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. pp. 408-422 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Zeng, J, Liu, B , Sun, X & Wu, J 2021, ‘Blooming’: A Design Concept for Period Poverty in Rural Areas of China. in P-LP Rau (ed.), Cross-Cultural Design. Applications in Arts, Learning, Well-being, and Social Development - 13th International Conference, CCD 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 12772 LNCS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 408-422, 13th International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design, CCD 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual, Online, 24/07/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77077-8_31

‘Blooming’: A Design Concept for Period Poverty in Rural Areas of China. / Zeng, Jingchun; Liu, Bingjian ; Sun, Xu et al.
Cross-Cultural Design. Applications in Arts, Learning, Well-being, and Social Development - 13th International Conference, CCD 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Proceedings. ed. / Pei-Luen Patrick Rau. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. p. 408-422 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12772 LNCS).

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Zeng J, Liu B , Sun X , Wu J. ‘Blooming’: A Design Concept for Period Poverty in Rural Areas of China. In Rau PLP, editor, Cross-Cultural Design. Applications in Arts, Learning, Well-being, and Social Development - 13th International Conference, CCD 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2021. p. 408-422. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-77077-8_31

‘Blooming’: A Design Concept for Period Poverty in Rural Areas of China

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