Gender-Inclusive UrbanismLeisure & Spatial JusticeFeminist PlacemakingCommunity-Centered Public SpacesSociocultural Mapping
This project explores the gendered dynamics of leisure, examining how cultural conditioning has restricted women’s access to public spaces. Rooted in Kerala’s patriarchal social fabric, the research highlights how women are domesticated from childhood, shaping a sense of guilt around leisure. While men freely occupy spaces like chaayakadas (tea stalls), banyan trees, and fields, women’s presence in public is often limited to necessity, not recreation.
By analyzing films, literature, and spatial practices, the project critiques women's exclusion from leisure culture and advocates for a more inclusive public realm. Through a combination of visual narratives, site analysis, and personal reflections, the study reimagines landscapes as spaces of belonging and community for all genders.
This project is relevant to urban design, gender studies, public policy, and cultural research. It offers insights into inclusive spatial planning, feminist urbanism, and social equity in public spaces.