Piyaluk Benjadol – How Learning Yo (ญ) Alphabet Constitutes Thai Femininity Discourses?

Assistant Professor in Communication Design at the School of Fine and Applied Arts, Bangkok University, Piyaluk Benjadol delivers an insight in her studies about correlations between typography and graphic design as verbal and non-verbal codes on the one hand and cultural and social issues on the other hand.

Her main focus lies on the question how visual languages are representing social discourses about Thai women.

A striking report about her comprehensive investigations and a very impressing collection of slides!