CONTRACEPTION CUBBIES PRESENTATION

CONTRACEPTION CUBBIES PRESENTATION

Christine Alcindor
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Contraceptive Cubbies is a series of linear shelves that display abstract depictions of twelve vital and relevant contraceptives. Contraceptive Cubbies provides an informative and interactive solution to the lack of contraceptive education offered to teens and young adults.


In most sexual education courses, contraception is usually one of the topics that is not explained in-depth, even with it being so crucial. Due to this, many young people have a lack of knowledge on this subject. This issue is part of an even bigger issue: reproductive and sexual rights and education are often overlooked and overshadowed. The purpose of this display is to explain contraception while using intriguing and thought-provoking visuals. The 12 plywood cubbies are placed on the wall in one single line. In each cubby, there is a model of a contraceptive. They are placed in chronological order as to when they were first discovered or invented. In addition, the cubbies provide viewers with a historical timeline, uses, and advantages and disadvantages of the contraceptive. This timeline is interactive and seeks to bring awareness to the importance and impact of educating youth on vital, but often overlooked, topics like contraception. When teens see the shelf, they are free to remove any of the models to take a closer look and are encouraged to read the blurbs behind the models. The end goal is for these teens to feel they have learned something, and hopefully, they will feel compelled to share this new knowledge with others