“My intention is to explore what happens when an organization’s bathroom becomes the locus of heated debate and cynical resignation. In contrast to viewing this rarely studied space as irrelevant to culture and identity, I argue that addressing such a space as culturally important has strong implications for understanding how authorship is constituted in organizations.“ […]
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Toilet paper papers – a partial resumé
Following on from our recent note regarding ‘A Time/Cost Assessment of Toilet-Paper Folding, Worldwide’ may we also recommend a non-exhaustive selection of other toilet paper papers which may be perused at your convenience :- ● A System for Identifying Toilet User by Characteristics of Paper Roll Rotation ● Objective Hand Measurement of Toilet Paper ● […]
Prof. Irus Braverman’s Toilet Project
“My fascination with interstitial legal geographies manifest in city trees has led me to the study of public washrooms and zoos.” – explains Irus Braverman who is Associate Professor of Law and an Adjunct Professor of Geography at the State University of New York, Buffalo. The professor’s undertaking, entitled ‘Toilet Project’ has: “ […] […]
Seven Old Ladies Locked in a Lavatory
Oscar Brand’s song ” Seven Old Ladies Locked in a Lavatory” explores several vexing questions in the fields of gynecology and engineering. It has now been made into a claymation short video. (Thanks to investigators Katherine and Pam and Jean Berko Gleason for bringing this to our attention.)