Displacement & Crafted Identities: Translating experiential knowledge into digital environment

With the urgency that calls for immediate actions regarding our current political and social climates, specifically concerning women's rights in the Middle East, this research takes a closer look into the fundamental values of systems. It aims to identify the occasions in which individuals are experiencing displacement. Displacement of home (about Afghan women refugees), Displacement of letters (about the visual aspect of verbal communication), and Displacement of self (about the Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran) comprise the main chapters in which I investigate the role and translation of experiential knowledge in this paper. This thesis investigates the methods by which experiential knowledge can be translated and transposed into the digital environment as a way of communication. Throughout this paper, the reader will find a collection of ‘stories’ emerging from research-creation, secondary research, research-through-design, and participatory reflections. Works of design and craft are curated to investigate and translate experiential knowledge through various methods of communication within the digital realm.