NYLON BORDERS

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(set: $counter to 7) <div id="cover"> #Nylon Borders <div id="intro-caption">Live Action Role-play and Online Game exploring questions related to socio-economic class and identity in the field of design Developed by Trojan Horse in 2023</div> </div> (live: 1s)[ (set: $counter to it - 1) (if: $counter is 0)[(go-to: "Main menu")] (replace: ?amount)[$counter] ]

<div id="main-menu"> #Nylon Borders <div id="intro-caption">Live Action Role-play and Online Game exploring questions related to socio-economic class and identity in the field of design</div> <div class="menu-item">(transition-depart: "dissolve")[[NEW GAME|NEW GAME TRANSITION]]</div> <div class="menu-item">[[INFO]]</div> </div>

<div id="menu-caption" style="overflow: scroll"> In Nylon Borders you play a Dragon Fly which observes the LARP workshop from distance. The gameplay is more or less realistic documentation of what happened in the Nylon Borders LARP workshop at Luonnos Project Space in November 2022. <div class="caption-button">→ (transition-depart: "dissolve")+(transition-time: 1s)[[START A NEW GAME AS DRAGON FLY|DragonFly-Intro-1]]</div> </div>

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<div id="menu-caption"> This Online Game is based on a workshop that took place at Luonnos Project Space in Helsinki on November 22 and 24, 2022. For more info about that event <a href="https://trojanhorse.fi/nylon-borders" target="_blank">here</a>. GAME DEVELOPMENT: Trojan Horse / Tommi Vasko FONTS: "Savate" by Velvetyne Type Foundry, "Philibert" by Open Source Publishing 3D MODELING: Antti Auvinen SUPPORT FOR THE WORKSHOP: Grafia ry CONTACT: info@trojanhorse.fi https://trojanhorse.fi </div> <div class="menu-item menu-page">[[BACK|Main menu]]</div>

<div id="intro-caption"> The Dragon Fly has been following the workshop situation for a while. Outside cars pass by the space in Novemeber darkness. The workhsop participants slowly seem to become more comfortable being with each other. <div class="caption-link">[[CONTINUE THE GAME|DF-Storypoint-x]]</div> </div>

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<label id="label1" for="menu-toggle1"><svg viewBox="0 0 100 80" width="40" height="40"><rect width="100" height="20" rx="8"></rect><rect y="30" width="100" height="20" rx="8"></rect><rect y="60" width="100" height="20" rx="8"></rect></svg></label><input type="checkbox" id="menu-toggle1"/><ul id="game-menu"><li>(link: "SAVE GAME")[(alert: "Use the following code to continue the game from this point: KSJDHFKJSDHF")]</li><li><a href="#">SETTINGS</a></li><li>[[MAIN MENU|Main menu]]</li><li><a href="#">BACK</a></li></ul> What do you think about socio-economical class structures? [[I think it's very important to reflect ones own position.|Position-1]] [[I am facinated how in the Kahdeksan kuplan Suomi book researchers write that different classes have different tools to deal with problems in life.|Tools-1]] [[I don't see how discussions about class can be productive in the world we live in.|Critique-1]] <div class="dev-proposal"><a href="https://forms.gle/u46Mmop9icpXefdj9" target="_blank">I would like to propose another reaction or comment!</a> (Link opens a google form in a new tab. To submit your proposal anonymously, open link in a private / incognito window (right click -> Open link in new private / incognito window).</div>

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[It's already some minutes after five, so I quess we could slowly start.](click-replace: "It's already some minutes after five, so I quess we could slowly start.")[If someone comes a little late that's ok.](click-replace: "If someone comes a little late that's ok.")[The good thing for having such a small group in this workshop is that we have more time to discuss and go deeper in everyone's interests and reflection.](click-replace: "The good thing for having such a small group in this workshop is that we have more time to discuss and go deeper in everyone's interests and reflection.")[We have planned today's structure so that Pirkka55 will first tell a little about Live Action Role-Playing and the things that have led us as architects and designers to LARPing.](click-replace: "We have planned today's structure so that Pirkka55 will first tell a little about Live Action Role-Playing and the things that have led us as architects and designers to LARPing.")[After that, I'll talk about the thoughts behind this class-themed Larp.](click-replace: "After that, I'll talk about the thoughts behind this class-themed Larp.")[And after that, we can go through the background reading together.](click-replace: "And after that, we can go through the background reading together.")[And finally, the idea is to write the characters and the backstory of this Larp together to be played the next time.](click-replace: "And finally, the idea is to write the characters and the backstory of this Larp together to be played the next time.")[If you don't have any specific questions right at the beginning, we could go directly to the LARP lecture by Pirkka55.](click-replace: "If you don't have any specific questions right at the beginning, we could go directly to the LARP lecture by Pirkka55.")[...](click-replace: "...")[(link: "Ok, perfect!")(go-to: "df-inside-2-1")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('lecture-3');</script>}[I will talk about LARPs as a research method,](click-replace:"I will talk about LARPs as a research method,")[as a method for speculation,](click-replace:"as a method for speculation,")[and as a way to test and speculate about design and social and political theory.](click-replace:"and as a way to test and speculate about design and social and political theory.")[This presentation is based especially on a weekend-long live action role-plays](click-replace:"This presentation is based especially on a weekend-long live action role-plays")[that we have been organizing as part of the Reconfiguring Territories research program organized at Narva Art residency in eastern Estonia.](click-replace:"that we have been organizing as part of the Reconfiguring Territories research program organized at Narva Art residency in eastern Estonia.")[(link: "I have also been using articles from the field of performative arts and city planning.")(display: "df-inside-2-3")]

<div id="fly"></div> <div id="dialogue"> [Hello everyone.](click-replace:"Hello everyone.")[My name is Pirkka 55,](click-replace:"My name is Pirkka 55,")[and I am an architect, researcher and curator.](click-replace:"and I am an architect, researcher and curator.")[Today I will introduce you to live-action role-play,](click-replace:"Today I will introduce you to live-action role-play,")[(link: "also known as LARP.")(display: "df-inside-2-2")] </div>

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('lecture-4');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('lecture-3');</script>}[So, live-action role-play is a game](click-replace:"So, live-action role-play is a game")[where players physically and verbally embody their characters](click-replace:"where players physically and verbally embody their characters")[and enact the fictional plot for the group they are playing with.](click-replace:"and enact the fictional plot for the group they are playing with.")[Live-action role-play is something that is close to theatre,](click-replace:"Live-action role-play is something that is close to theatre,")[(link: "but it also has this kind of character that we know from playing games.")(display: "df-inside-2-4")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('lecture-5');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('lecture-4');</script>}[In this context,](click-replace:"In this context,")[I am especially interested in how LAPRs can be used in educational settings,](click-replace:"I am especially interested in how LAPRs can be used in educational settings,")[but of course, they can be done just for fun.](click-replace:"but of course, they can be done just for fun.")[When playing a game, players use quite often costumes and props.](click-replace:"When playing a game, players use quite often costumes and props.")[Larps can happen physically or online.](click-replace:"Larps can happen physically or online.")[Of course, when doing it online,](click-replace:"Of course, when doing it online,")[you have different kinds of ways of presenting yourself.](click-replace:"you have different kinds of ways of presenting yourself.")[You can use digital filters or backgrounds.](click-replace:"You can use digital filters or backgrounds.")[Larps making process includes different parts.](click-replace:"Larps making process includes different parts.")[First, you construct characters.](click-replace:"First, you construct characters.")[You write the characters and a storyline,](click-replace:"You write the characters and a storyline,")[a plot that defines the context and gives the players some purpose.](click-replace:"a plot that defines the context and gives the players some purpose.")[Like why we are playing this game,](click-replace:"Like why we are playing this game,")[what kind of persons these characters are,](click-replace:"what kind of persons these characters are,")[and what kind of conflict we can have in the game.](click-replace:"and what kind of conflict we can have in the game.")[Then there is a playing part](click-replace:"Then there is a playing part")[and then a debriefing in the end.](click-replace:"and then a debriefing in the end.")[It's really important to speak together.](click-replace:"It's really important to speak together.")[Why did we play this game,](click-replace:"Why did we play this game,")[(link: "and how did everything go?")(display: "df-inside-2-5")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('lecture-6');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('lecture-5');</script>}[With the Trojan Horse collective,](click-replace:"With the Trojan Horse collective,")[which I am also part of,](click-replace:"which I am also part of,")[(link: "we have been playing live action role-plays since 2016.")(display: "df-inside-2-6")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('lecture-7');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('lecture-6');</script>}[For us,](click-replace:"For us,")[it was interesting to try to find if live action role-plays](click-replace:"it was interesting to try to find if live action role-plays")[(link: "could be used to approach built-in roles and unwritten rules of our design practices.")(display: "df-inside-2-7")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('lecture-8');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('lecture-7');</script>}[We wanted to build design methods that would be playful,](click-replace:"We wanted to build design methods that would be playful,")[and also we wanted to use speculation and imagination as part of our work.](click-replace:"and also we wanted to use speculation and imagination as part of our work.")[And that is also what we are doing in this workshop.](click-replace:"And that is also what we are doing in this workshop.")[These kinds of things that were not so closely connected](click-replace:"These kinds of things that were not so closely connected")[to our everyday practice as designers,](click-replace:"to our everyday practice as designers,")[we wanted to add those to our work.](click-replace:"we wanted to add those to our work.")[At the same time,](click-replace:"At the same time,")[we found out that if we are using this kind of game as a way to do design](click-replace:"we found out that if we are using this kind of game as a way to do design")[or do research on design or architecture,](click-replace:"or do research on design or architecture,")[we could also invite those who are not actually designers or architects](click-replace:"we could also invite those who are not actually designers or architects")[to be part of the design process.](click-replace:"to be part of the design process.")[Because we can quite easily teach others to play the game,](click-replace:"Because we can quite easily teach others to play the game,")[and then we can speak about the design process.](click-replace:"and then we can speak about the design process.")[And when speaking about design process,](click-replace:"And when speaking about design process,")[the discussion could also include topics like technology, urban planning, design justice or socio-economic class in there.](click-replace:"the discussion could also include topics like technology, urban planning, design justice or socio-economic class in there.")[And what is important part of the LARP,](click-replace:"And what is important part of the LARP,")[is this kind of testing someone's position that is not yourself.](click-replace:"is this kind of testing someone's position that is not yourself.")[So, you are kind of borrowing a position while playing a game](click-replace:"So, you are kind of borrowing a position while playing a game")[(link: "and becoming a character.")(display: "df-inside-2-8")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('lecture-9');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('lecture-8');</script>}[Live action role-plays are really messy processes,](click-replace:"Live action role-plays are really messy processes,")[of course.](click-replace:"of course.")[At the same time,](click-replace:"At the same time,")[you are wearing a character.](click-replace:"you are wearing a character.")[You are trying to remember the plot.](click-replace:"You are trying to remember the plot.")[You're walking in the city if we play in a public space.](click-replace:"You're walking in the city if we play in a public space.")[Then there are these other human beings](click-replace:"Then there are these other human beings")[that you might know from your personal life.](click-replace:"that you might know from your personal life.")[You are maybe playing with your schoolmates,](click-replace:"You are maybe playing with your schoolmates,")[or someone is perhaps your teacher.](click-replace:"or someone is perhaps your teacher.")[(link: "So there are these kinds of layers from your normal life.")(display: "df-inside-2-9")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('lecture-10');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('lecture-9');</script>}[And at the same time, while playing the game,](click-replace:"And at the same time, while playing the game,")[you can pay attention to some specific topics.](click-replace:"you can pay attention to some specific topics.")[It can be, for example, a city that you're looking at while playing.](click-replace:"It can be, for example, a city that you're looking at while playing.")[You can look at the city from the inside,](click-replace:"You can look at the city from the inside,")[or you can try to look at the fearless conflicts of the city.](click-replace:"or you can try to look at the fearless conflicts of the city.")[You can pay attention to the unusual networks of information.](click-replace:"You can pay attention to the unusual networks of information.")[You can follow misunderstandings.](click-replace:"You can follow misunderstandings.")[And at the same time,](click-replace:"And at the same time,")[you are constantly looking the process as some kind of design fiction.](click-replace:"you are constantly looking the process as some kind of design fiction.")[So it's really like a messy process,](click-replace:"So it's really like a messy process,")[but it's also making it visible how complex these kinds of settings](click-replace:"but it's also making it visible how complex these kinds of settings")[(link: "where people are coming together, are.")(display: "df-inside-2-10")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('lecture-11');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('lecture-10');</script>}[For us, Karen Barad has been important.](click-replace:"For us, Karen Barad has been important.")[Karen Barad has this kind of concept of intra-action](click-replace:"Karen Barad has this kind of concept of intra-action")[where she defines or where she explains how things constantly exchange information.](click-replace:"where she defines or where she explains how things constantly exchange information.")[And this kind of concept has been really important for us](click-replace:"And this kind of concept has been really important for us")[because while playing the game, and while doing it in a public space,](click-replace:"because while playing the game, and while doing it in a public space,")[for example, we are constantly aware of how the city is affecting the game](click-replace:"for example, we are constantly aware of how the city is affecting the game")[and how we are affecting each other's while playing.](click-replace:"and how we are affecting each other's while playing.")[And so on.](click-replace:"And so on.")[And also when thinking about technology, for example,](click-replace:"And also when thinking about technology, for example,")[technology is also shaping us as characters,](click-replace:"technology is also shaping us as characters,")[and we are affecting how we use the technology and shaping it also.](click-replace:"and we are affecting how we use the technology and shaping it also.")[So this kind of intra-action is happening constantly.](click-replace:"So this kind of intra-action is happening constantly.")[And while playing a game it's quite a visible part of the process.](click-replace:"And while playing a game it's quite a visible part of the process.")[Or I could say that it's quite often quite easy to look at it](click-replace:"Or I could say that it's quite often quite easy to look at it")[(link: "while playing a live action role-play game.")(display: "df-inside-2-11")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('lecture-12');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('lecture-11');</script>}[Here are some pictures from Narva.](click-replace:"Here are some pictures from Narva.")[We did live action roleplay workshop there.](click-replace:"We did live action roleplay workshop there.")[(link: "Maybe it was 2019.")(display: "df-inside-2-12")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('lecture-13');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('lecture-12');</script>}[Yes, it was springtime,](click-replace:"Yes, it was springtime,")[(link: "and here we are walking under the bridge.")(display: "df-inside-2-13")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('lecture-14');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('lecture-13');</script>}[Yes, it was springtime,](click-replace:"Yes, it was springtime,")[And this is from the boat.](click-replace:"And this is from the boat.")[One of the live action role-plays,](click-replace:"One of the live action role-plays,")[or actually, two of them,](click-replace:"or actually, two of them,")[were happening on a boat.](click-replace:"were happening on a boat.")[The first one was on a boat from Helsinki to Stockholm.](click-replace:"The first one was on a boat from Helsinki to Stockholm.")[And we're kind of on a spaceship traveling from planet A to planet B.](click-replace:"And we're kind of on a spaceship traveling from planet A to planet B.")[And on the second we took a boat from Helsinki to Tallinn.](click-replace:"And on the second we took a boat from Helsinki to Tallinn.")[(link: "This is a picture from the boat.")(display: "df-inside-2-14")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('lecture-15');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('lecture-14');</script>}[During the games, there have been some findings.](click-replace:"During the games, there have been some findings.")[LARP definitely functions as a good conversation starter](click-replace:"LARP definitely functions as a good conversation starter")[among designers researchers and students.](click-replace:"among designers researchers and students.")[After playing live action role-plays](click-replace:"After playing live action role-plays")[you can definitely speak about something that you have been sharing.](click-replace:"you can definitely speak about something that you have been sharing.")[So, after the game, you have been sharing something important.](click-replace:"So, after the game, you have been sharing something important.")[And actually, it's really interesting to speak about it.](click-replace:"And actually, it's really interesting to speak about it.")[So it's a really good conversation starter.](click-replace:"So it's a really good conversation starter.")[But LARPs are really different from each other.](click-replace:"But LARPs are really different from each other.")[If a LARP is facilitated well, if the story has been written carefully,](click-replace:"If a LARP is facilitated well, if the story has been written carefully,")[and if the characters are interesting,](click-replace:"and if the characters are interesting,")[that really affects also what kind of questions come up while playing.](click-replace:"that really affects also what kind of questions come up while playing.")[It's important of course as I said earlier to debrief the process.](click-replace:"It's important of course as I said earlier to debrief the process.")[When it has been done well](click-replace:"When it has been done well")[it is actually interesting to discuss LARP as a method to look at other things.](click-replace:"it is actually interesting to discuss LARP as a method to look at other things.")[So, if some other things come up while playing](click-replace:"So, if some other things come up while playing")[meaning that because I played a character,](click-replace:"meaning that because I played a character,")[did I look at the city from some other perspective than I did before playing?](click-replace:"did I look at the city from some other perspective than I did before playing?")[Or did some other things come up?](click-replace:"Or did some other things come up?")[And actually what has been one of the most important parts for me.](click-replace:"And actually what has been one of the most important parts for me.")[Or one of the most important findings has been](click-replace:"Or one of the most important findings has been")[this kind of impossibility of playing the character.](click-replace:"this kind of impossibility of playing the character.")[So actually I have been seeing that](click-replace:"So actually I have been seeing that")[these characters that I have been creating and playing,](click-replace:"these characters that I have been creating and playing,")[they're actually just some kind of a side of myself.](click-replace:"they're actually just some kind of a side of myself.")[So actually, I don't have the possibilities.](click-replace:"So actually, I don't have the possibilities.")[I can try to imagine someone else,](click-replace:"I can try to imagine someone else,")[I can wear other clothes that I do usually,](click-replace:"I can wear other clothes that I do usually,")[but at the same time,](click-replace:"but at the same time,")[I cannot somehow take myself away.](click-replace:"I cannot somehow take myself away.")[So it is a really complex process of becoming someone else.](click-replace:"So it is a really complex process of becoming someone else.")[(link: "And at the same time like I am not kind of disappearing while playing.")(display: "df-inside-2-15")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('lecture-16');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('lecture-15');</script>}(link: "And here are some references to read.")(display: "df-inside-2-16")

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{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('lecture-18');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('lecture-17');</script>}[We can also go directly to the background readings and discuss LARPing little bit later on.](click-replace:"We can also go directly to the background readings and discuss LARPing little bit later on.")[(link: "Continue")(go-to: "df-inside-3-1")]

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<div id="fly"></div><div id="dialogue">[Now, to go more into the topics behind this workshop,](click-replace:"Now, to go more into the topics behind this workshop,")[I will talk a little about why we wanted to organize a workshop about socioeconomic class structures in design.](click-replace:"I will talk a little about why we wanted to organize a workshop about socioeconomic class structures in design.")[I'm also going to go through the background reading.](click-replace:"I'm also going to go through the background reading.")[Hopefully, you had a chance to at least browse through them. ](click-replace:"Hopefully, you had a chance to at least browse through them. ")[But no worries if you didn't!](click-replace:"But no worries if you didn't!")[(link: "After this quick presentation, we can discuss how you relate to and reflect on the questions and discussions in the presentations.")(display: "df-inside-3-2")]</div>

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('readings-2');</script>}[So, a couple of years ago,](click-replace:"So, a couple of years ago,")[five members of the Trojan Horse collective gathered to develop a LARP called Nylon Borders.](click-replace:"five members of the Trojan Horse collective gathered to develop a LARP called Nylon Borders.")[We wanted to understand how inequality is produced and reinforced in education,](click-replace:"We wanted to understand how inequality is produced and reinforced in education,")[media, and the everyday work of architects and designers.](click-replace:"media, and the everyday work of architects and designers.")[Our main idea was that as architects and designers,](click-replace:"Our main idea was that as architects and designers,")[we are professionals who build and make certain worlds possible.](click-replace:"we are professionals who build and make certain worlds possible.")[By doing that, we embody some of the most inherited and socially privileged positions in our society.](click-replace:"By doing that, we embody some of the most inherited and socially privileged positions in our society.")[Architects and designers can define what a desirable reality looks like.](click-replace:"Architects and designers can define what a desirable reality looks like.")[And we believe this must be filtered through an intersectional lens of awareness of power.](click-replace:"And we believe this must be filtered through an intersectional lens of awareness of power.")[We wanted to become more aware of how design reinforces exclusion and inequality.](click-replace:"We wanted to become more aware of how design reinforces exclusion and inequality.")[And as many of us work as teachers or lecturers in design schools,](click-replace:"And as many of us work as teachers or lecturers in design schools,")[(link: "we wanted to become more aware of education's role in reinforcing and reproducing inequality.")(display: "df-inside-3-3")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('readings-3');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('readings-2');</script>}[In our background research for the project, we have been talking with sociologist Hanna Tyvelä.](click-replace:"In our background research for the project, we have been talking with sociologist Hanna Tyvelä.")[Hanna is a PhD researcher of social history and the history of architecture at Tampere University.](click-replace:"Hanna is a PhD researcher of social history and the history of architecture at Tampere University.")[Her research suggests that gender and class equality were the key elements of Finland's welfare state development and modernization in the 20th century.](click-replace:"Her research suggests that gender and class equality were the key elements of Finland's welfare state development and modernization in the 20th century.")[Currently, she is working at the University of Turku on a research project focusing on equality issues concerning current housing policies in Europe.](click-replace:"Currently, she is working at the University of Turku on a research project focusing on equality issues concerning current housing policies in Europe.")[When we talked with her about this workshop a couple of weeks ago,](click-replace:"When we talked with her about this workshop a couple of weeks ago,")[she said that when we talk about class, it's very important to discuss our position and situatedness in society.](click-replace:"she said that when we talk about class, it's very important to discuss our position and situatedness in society.")[About our parents and grandparents.](click-replace:"About our parents and grandparents.")[How our position is entangled in broader social development, industrialization, urbanization, and education.](click-replace:"How our position is entangled in broader social development, industrialization, urbanization, and education.")[She also said that it's important to see that education and work life are not separate from personal life.](click-replace:"She also said that it's important to see that education and work life are not separate from personal life.")[The personal you and the professional you are not two different separate roles.](click-replace:"The personal you and the professional you are not two different separate roles.")[In relation to education,](click-replace:"In relation to education,")[she said it's important to talk about what it means to be good and successful in school.](click-replace:"she said it's important to talk about what it means to be good and successful in school.")[What kind of tacit knowledge is associated with success?](click-replace:"What kind of tacit knowledge is associated with success?")[What kind of silent information have you received from your parents?](click-replace:"What kind of silent information have you received from your parents?")[What is hidden behind being talented?](click-replace:"What is hidden behind being talented?")[What kind of resources one has, for example, for social encounters?](click-replace:"What kind of resources one has, for example, for social encounters?")[What kind of networks have you got, thanks to your background?](click-replace:"What kind of networks have you got, thanks to your background?")[Hanna also talked about the difference in educational culture in Helsinki and regional universities,](click-replace:"Hanna also talked about the difference in educational culture in Helsinki and regional universities,")[(link: "where there is often more diversity in students' backgrounds.")(display: "df-inside-3-4")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('readings-4');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('readings-3');</script>}[Similar discussions are also present in the background reading.](click-replace:"Similar discussions are also present in the background reading.")[In the list we sent you, we had three texts.](click-replace:"In the list we sent you, we had three texts.")[First, the Introduction to the book: 'Maku, luokka ja yhteiskunta – kulttuuripääoma, kulutus ja elämäntyylien sosiaalinen eriytyminen', ('Taste, class, and society – cultural capital, consumption and social differentiation of lifestyles,').](click-replace:"First, the Introduction to the book: 'Maku, luokka ja yhteiskunta – kulttuuripääoma, kulutus ja elämäntyylien sosiaalinen eriytyminen', ('Taste, class, and society – cultural capital, consumption and social differentiation of lifestyles,').")[written by sociologist Semi Purhonen and a working group.](click-replace:"written by sociologist Semi Purhonen and a working group.")[Second, design historian and sociologist Paola De Martin's text: 'Breaking class: upward climbers and the Swiss nature of design history' from the book 'Design Struggles'.](click-replace:"Second, design historian and sociologist Paola De Martin's text: 'Breaking class: upward climbers and the Swiss nature of design history' from the book 'Design Struggles'.")[And third, an episode of Kulttuuricocktail, 'Culture Cocktail' talk show with the theme: 'The middle class is overrepresented in art',](click-replace:"And third, an episode of Kulttuuricocktail, 'Culture Cocktail' talk show with the theme: 'The middle class is overrepresented in art',") [(link:"where writer Natalia Kallio ja sculptor Markus Kåhre discuss socio-economic class and their experiences of class in culture and art worlds in Finland.")(display:"df-inside-3-5")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('readings-5');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('readings-4');</script>}[So,](click-replace:"So,")[in the Introduction to the book: 'Taste, class, and society,'](click-replace:"in the Introduction to the book: 'Taste, class, and society,'")[discussions about class are connected to broader discussions about social hierarchies, status, values, and power.](click-replace:"discussions about class are connected to broader discussions about social hierarchies, status, values, and power.")[Here, culture means a system where social status is represented symbolically as lifestyles and lifestyle choices ](click-replace:"Here, culture means a system where social status is represented symbolically as lifestyles and lifestyle choices ")[(including, for example, watching television, movies, reading, music, visual arts, exercise, eating out, leisure activities, etc.),](click-replace:"(including, for example, watching television, movies, reading, music, visual arts, exercise, eating out, leisure activities, etc.),")[so above all, as different ways of consumption.](click-replace:"so above all, as different ways of consumption.")[From this point of view, questions about socio-economic class are directly connected to the discussions about design.](click-replace:"From this point of view, questions about socio-economic class are directly connected to the discussions about design.")[(link: "The article further analyzes socio-economic class through the concepts of cultural capital and taste.")(display: "df-inside-3-6")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('readings-6');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('readings-5');</script>}[Following the definitions of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu,](click-replace:"Following the definitions of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu,")[cultural capital is defined in the text as a value system where cultural resources, differences in lifestyles, and tastes produce inequality.](click-replace:"cultural capital is defined in the text as a value system where cultural resources, differences in lifestyles, and tastes produce inequality.")[Cultural capital includes, for example, skills, tendencies for action, a sense of nuance, and embodied knowledge of beauty, creativity, and individuality.](click-replace:"Cultural capital includes, for example, skills, tendencies for action, a sense of nuance, and embodied knowledge of beauty, creativity, and individuality.")[Cultural capital is reproduced by high culture: art institutions, museums, and universities.](click-replace:"Cultural capital is reproduced by high culture: art institutions, museums, and universities.")[Cultural capital is often inherited from immediate family, friends, and close communities.](click-replace:"Cultural capital is often inherited from immediate family, friends, and close communities.")[Taste classifies people and objects in a hierarchical order.](click-replace:"Taste classifies people and objects in a hierarchical order.")[The text suggests that discussions about taste often conceal the ruling class's power to decide what is perceived as good taste.](click-replace:"The text suggests that discussions about taste often conceal the ruling class's power to decide what is perceived as good taste.")[So those who have cultural capital can define what good taste means and, in that way,](click-replace:"So those who have cultural capital can define what good taste means and, in that way,")[(link: "either reinforce or dismantle structures that produce inequality.")(display: "df-inside-3-7")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('readings-7');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('readings-6');</script>}[In the second essay, De Martin writes about their own experience as a Swiss social climber.](click-replace:"In the second essay, De Martin writes about their own experience as a Swiss social climber.")[The text opens up the experience of becoming middle-class](click-replace:"The text opens up the experience of becoming middle-class")[and understanding the history of design through socio-economic classes.](click-replace:"and understanding the history of design through socio-economic classes.")[Among other things, De Martin writes that:](click-replace:"Among other things, De Martin writes that:")[Switzerland and other rich countries are not seen as working class.](click-replace:"Switzerland and other rich countries are not seen as working class.")[The life of social climbers crosses many socio-economic classes.](click-replace:"The life of social climbers crosses many socio-economic classes.")[Often, because of this, social climbers never feel at home as part of the middle class,](click-replace:"Often, because of this, social climbers never feel at home as part of the middle class,")[and must justify their belonging to themselves and others.](click-replace:"and must justify their belonging to themselves and others.")[(link: "Being lower class often appears as having a lack of self-confidence.")(display: "df-inside-3-8")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('readings-8');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('readings-7');</script>}[De Martin also writes about the concept of cleanliness related to modern design,](click-replace:"De Martin also writes about the concept of cleanliness related to modern design,")[the dirtiness of the working class,](click-replace:"the dirtiness of the working class,")[and for example, gentrification](click-replace:"and for example, gentrification")[as a cleansing that involves driving people from the lower class out of the areas.](click-replace:"as a cleansing that involves driving people from the lower class out of the areas.")[When a designer climes to the middle class, they must:](click-replace:"When a designer climes to the middle class, they must:")[internalize middle-class color palettes and patterns,](click-replace:"internalize middle-class color palettes and patterns,")[get rid of - or become aware of - their unconscious 'dirty' and 'violent' reflexes,](click-replace:"get rid of - or become aware of - their unconscious 'dirty' and 'violent' reflexes,")[and forget their past.](click-replace:"and forget their past.")[(link: "De Martin also writes how the ghost of colonialism haunts the background of discussions about good taste.")(display: "df-inside-3-9")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('readings-9');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('readings-8');</script>}[The Culture Cocktail talk show also talks about identification and socio-economic class.](click-replace:"The Culture Cocktail talk show also talks about identification and socio-economic class.")[At the beginning of the program, an interview with writer Väinö Linna is shown.](click-replace:"At the beginning of the program, an interview with writer Väinö Linna is shown.")[In the interview, he does not want to define himself as a working-class writer](click-replace:"In the interview, he does not want to define himself as a working-class writer")[because he feels that it generates sympathy and gives him some kind of upper hand compared to real writers.](click-replace:"because he feels that it generates sympathy and gives him some kind of upper hand compared to real writers.")[In the program, the guests discuss the difficulty of getting into cultural circles in Finland](click-replace:"In the program, the guests discuss the difficulty of getting into cultural circles in Finland")[if you come from outside the middle-class elite and the Helsinki-centric world.](click-replace:"if you come from outside the middle-class elite and the Helsinki-centric world.")[The program also talks about how middle-class entertainment is seen as unintellectual](click-replace:"The program also talks about how middle-class entertainment is seen as unintellectual")[and, on the other hand, upper-class art as boring and superficial.](click-replace:"and, on the other hand, upper-class art as boring and superficial.")[Natalia Kallio says that upper-class young people often have clear career goals, dreams, and plans.](click-replace:"Natalia Kallio says that upper-class young people often have clear career goals, dreams, and plans.")[Markus Kohre says that upper-class people more easily end up in safer professional fields](click-replace:"Markus Kohre says that upper-class people more easily end up in safer professional fields")[(link: "and become architects, not artists, for example.")(display: "df-inside-3-10")]

{<script>$('tw-story').addClass('readings-10');</script>}{<script>$('tw-story').removeClass('readings-9');</script>}[So from these discussions, we come to questions like:](click-replace:"So from these discussions, we come to questions like:")[How does design work relate to cultural capital and taste?](click-replace:"How does design work relate to cultural capital and taste?")[What kind of influence can we have to shape society as designers?](click-replace:"What kind of influence can we have to shape society as designers?")[How could those who benefit from the current society and have cultural capital relate to questions about socio-economic class?](click-replace:"How could those who benefit from the current society and have cultural capital relate to questions about socio-economic class?")[How does professional and personal life come together, or how do we try to keep them apart?](click-replace:"How does professional and personal life come together, or how do we try to keep them apart?")[How could those people who have more power actively act for the benefit of others?](click-replace:"How could those people who have more power actively act for the benefit of others?")[(link: "How could the LARP workshop bring justification and understanding to those feelings that arise from the experience of becoming a designer from a working-class background?")(display: "df-inside-3-11")]

[I'm very curious about your reflections and reactions to these three texts.](click-replace:"I'm very curious about your reflections and reactions to these three texts.")[Or, two texts and one tv program.](click-replace:"Or, two texts and one tv program.")[We can either just discuss freely, or go more systematically through some of the texts...](click-replace:"We can either just discuss freely, or go more systematically through some of the texts...")[...](click-replace:"...")[(link: "Continue")(go-to: "to-be-continued")]

The Nylon Borders game will continue here soon! I'm currently transcribing the discussion, it should be online in early April 2023. All best, Tommi Vasko