https://www.ted.com/speakers/arunachalam_muruganantham
Link to transcript: https://www.ted.com/talks/arunachalam_muruganantham_how_i_started_a_sanitary_napkin_revolution/transcript?language=en
Link to transcript: https://www.ted.com/talks/arunachalam_muruganantham_how_i_started_a_sanitary_napkin_revolution/transcript?language=en
Arunachalam Muruganantham created a system of simple machines to make modern sanitary napkins — giving millions of women in his home country and around the world access to hygiene.
How does this story demonstrate the following elements in research?
How does this story demonstrate the following elements in research?
- Curiosity
- Passion
- Asking questions
- Facilitating encounters
- Process of exploration
How does this research topic demonstrate the value of research in social issues?
- Personal interest
- Social welfare needs
- Feasibility
- Practice or policy relevance implications
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ReplyDeleteCuriosity-His curiosity started with what his wife was hiding behind her back. He discovered that it was related women's personal hygiene and it affected their household budget and would have an impact on their household budget.
Passion-So his curiosity grew into passion where he wanted to find a way for women to obtain sanitary napkins in an affordable manner that would not affect their household budget. He stayed true to his passion of helping women who could not afford sanitary napkins be able to obtain them.
Asking questions- He continued to ask questions regarding affordability, testing and production.
Facilitating encounters- He approached people he knew would be affected by his research.
Process of exploration- His curiosity and his encounters drove his exploration.
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ReplyDeleteArunachalam Muruganantham's research demonstrated many elements in research
- Curiosity: He was curious as to why this technology had not been made available to women. He found it very confusing as to why India was providing such primitive methods.
-Passion: He had a passion for this subject. He didn't quit investigating this subject even when he didn't a female to run trials with. He decided to use himself as the "guinea pig".
- Asking Questions: Arunachalam asked questions to his wife about the issue becaue she was the closest source and epicenter of his curiosity. He asked questions about the product he was trying to change and what would make it better.
- Facilitating Encounters: Arunachalam attempted to facilitate encounters with numerous people, but was not successful to an extent. He requested the assistance from his wife, sisters, and medical students, but eventually had to perform the experiment on himself.
- Process of Exploration: Arunachalam's process started with his wife's worrying about the cost of sanitary napkins. From there on, he wanted to help women like his wife find a better solution because sanitary/health issues are not to be ignored.
This research topic demonstrated the value of research in social issues:
Personal Interest: Arunachalam has an apparent interest in this issue. He wanted to impress his new wife, but after diving deeper into the subject he looked to solve this issue nationwide. He emphasized his research was driven by passion, not money.
Social Welfare Needs: Health issues are always involved in social welfare. The demographic was rural women. Due to their lack of resources, they were not able to get sanitary napkins like others in different socioeconomic statuses. Without the resources being available to them at a reasonable price, rural women had to sacrifice health for price.
Feasibility: The issue was feasible because it was a local issue. He used himself to create the experiment and used materials that were financially attainable.
Practice relevance implications: His practice was able to be installed at 600 other locations in rural neighborhoods. There was a need by other women and he hopes that every women in India will be able to receive proper sanitary napkins.
"RAAAC" response:
ReplyDeleteCuriosity - He was curious why his wife was hiding a dirty rag behind her back and what she was using it for.
Passion - He wanted to do something for his new wife to impress her. He wanted to create an opportunity for his community to have the available resources, like sanitary napkins, without having to give up other things, like expenses. He kept researching for 4 years in order to perfect his sanitary napkin-making process.
Facilitating encounters/questions – He first started off by asking why his wife was using the dirty rag instead of the sanitary napkin. He was looking into how much they cost and what they are made of. He questioned the connection between the sanitary napkins and the milk budget. When he went to the store, he asked to purchase the sanitary napkin and was surprised by the store owner’s response to wrapping the sanitary napkin up, like it was this disgusting thing.
Process of exploration – He was curious as to what the sanitary napkin was made of, so he opened it up to see it. He realized that it was made of raw, cheap material that should not cost that much, but was seen as a luxury in India. He started researching the machine to make the sanitary napkins and created his own, simpler version.
Personal interest – He started this whole process for his wife.
Social welfare needs – He wanted to create an opportunity for all women in low-income countries to have the resources they need.
Feasibility – He wanted to create something affordable, good quality, and easy to produce, so that the women can make it for themselves.
Practice or policy relevance implications – He has a specific group that he is creating this process for to fulfill their needs, but there are other countries that could use this sanitary napkin-creating process as well. He has the information of how to create them online, but not everyone has the resources to go online to look it up.
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ReplyDeleteCuriosity
He wants his wife to be healthy and provide sanitary conditions. Menstruation is a concept men typically shy away from, yet he persisted to gather information that would help create sanitary pads.
Passion
The needs of his wife and women across India were of importance to his research and determination over several years to conduct research. He breaks away from a standard business model with a philanthropically focus with his product design.
Asking Questions
He involved many women such as his wife and college students in the process of gathering information and research. Questions were also involved in strategic planning of developing technology to create the products that would be accessible to all women in rural India.
Facilitating Encounters
He attempted to facilitate research with college students. By publicly posting his research online, he facilitated a space for countries around the world to share and take part in his findings.
Process of Exploration
He persisted for years by practicing, asking questions, distributing, and arriving at a final product that was accessible to populations in the most need. In attempts to understand the issue at a personal level, he went so far as to imitate the experience of menstruation for himself.
He used his background in business to solve a health issue relevant to his loved ones and country. Social welfare needs were considered by bringing affordable products with the capacity to alleviate a health care problem. The project was created in order to make production feasible for rural communities. His findings could be applied worldwide by providing public information online as a resource for other countries interested in the same issues. The production of sanitary napkins created employment for women in rural areas that secondarily assist financial struggles of those communities.
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ReplyDelete- Curiosity = “What is behind your back?” The taboo topic of women’s personal hygiene drove him to explore the lack of accessibility and affordability of sanitary napkins.
- Passion = He wanted to make the sanitary napkin an accessible option no matter your socioeconomic status. He stated that only 6% of women in India utilize a sanitary napkin and he wanted to eliminate the stress of choosing between necessity and personal welfare.
- Asking questions = He was inquiring from the beginning on what the sanitary napkin was and how to make the sanitary napkin a more affordable option for low income women in India.
- Facilitating encounters = He found that finding wiling subjects for his study was difficult. No matter the personal connection, there was hesitance to disclose those personal details or experiences.
- Process of exploration = He started with the curiosity of the situation with his wife and wanted to help her. Originally he wanted to use his wife as his test subject but when she refused he moved onto his sisters. When his sisters refused, he moved onto medical students and eventually himself as no one wanted to participate. Although he came across roadblocks to his efforts, his passion drove him onward.
- Personal interest = His desire to impress his new wife and ensure her happiness drove him to look into this topic.
- Social welfare needs = He shed light on the sanitary conditions that the women were forced to endure due to their economic status.
- Feasibility = Created the machine that is can be utilized in small scale that is affordable for women to produce these sanitary products in their homes/communities.
- Practice or policy relevance implications = Income generation & employment; social welfare need to ensure personal health & hygiene.
The Mighty Ducks
ReplyDelete• Curiosity:
came to be when he discovered that cotton pads will be more sanitary for women in India in rural areas. He then explored the usage of the pad by trying it on himself.
• Passion:
His passion was to create a sanitary pad that would be assessable for women who could not afford to purchase the pads. Which lead to him building a machine, in order for villagers to make their own affordable pads.
• Asking Questions:
He would ask why women were not participating in his research. Why his wife was getting so upset in his interest in sanitary pads.
• Facilitating encounter:
He made a commercial to advertise his machine for women in need, especially in rural areas.
• Process of exploration:
Getting to know the sanitary pad first hand. Finding out if people were actually benefiting from his design.
• Personal interest:
He wanted to prove himself due to the fact that he was a school dropout. To help his wife and community.
• Social welfare needs:
Providing sanitary pads that are affordable for women in rural areas. Providing jobs for those in need. Generating wealth for those in need.
• Feasibility:
Making it accessible to rural areas, by commercializing it.
• Practice of policy relevance implications:
Providing service for the community and not letting it sell to bigger companies who will not help those in need. Empowerment to the rural communities and around that area.
ReplyDeleteThe passion of the researcher was that his wife was hiding a dirty rag.
The wife chose to use an old rag over getting milk, which opted the researcher to find a solution to the problem of sanitary pads.
The researcher wanted to help women obtain sanitary pads for a more affordable price.
He wanted to use his wife, sisters and college students to test his product. Since he couldn’t get anyone to try the product he tried the product himself. To assure that his product would help women he carried out a variety of activities that women have to do on a daily bases.
Personal interest was to help his wife and all the women in rural areas to have sanitary napkins. He made the machine small enough that any one can have it in their home. Making it more accessible to any community to have one of the machines.