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Isabel Zorn / Susanne Maass / Els Rommes Carola Schirmer / Heidi Schelhowe (Eds.)
Gender Designs IT
Construction and Deconstruction of Information Society Technology
Studien Interdisziplinäre Geschlechterforschung - Band 13
2007. 195 pp. with 10 Fig. and 10 Tab. Softc. EUR 29,90 ISBN 978-3-531-14818-2
Contributions by: Corinna Bath, Christina Björkman, Tanja Carstensen, Cecile Crutzen, Pirjo Elovaara, Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger, Susanne Hartmann, Heike Jensen, Susanne Maass, Ruth Meßmer, Bettina Munk, Tanja Paulitz, Els Rommes, Carola Schirmer, Sigrid Schmitz , Lena Trojer, Jutta Weber, Heike Wiesner, Andreas Wiesner-Steiner, Gabriele Winker, Isabel Zorn
How can information technology (IT) paradigms and design processes be studied from a gender perspective? What does IT design look like when its construction is informed by gender research? Though gender research and computing sci- ence seem like two separate worlds, this book proves how inspirational a confrontation and combination of those worlds can be.
A deconstructive analysis of advanced fields of computing shows the multiple ways in which software design is gen- dered and how gendering effects are produced by its use. Concepts and assumptions underlying research and devel- opment, along with design tools and IT products, teaching methods and materials are studied.
The book not only offers a gender analysis of information society technologies, it also shows practical examples of how IT can be different. A gender perspective on IT design can serve as an eye-opener for what tends to be overlooked and left out. It yields innovative ideas and high quality software systems that may empower a large diversity of users for an active participation in our information society.
Isabel Zorn, Prof. Dr. Susanne Maass, Carola Schirmer, and Prof. Dr. Heidi Schelhowe work in computing science, digi- tal media design, and gender studies at Bremen University, Germany.
Dr. Els Rommes works at the Institute for Gender Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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I. Introduction
Susanne Maass, Els Rommes, Carola Schirmer, Isabel Zorn
Gender Research and IT Construction: Concepts for a Challenging Partnership
Heike Jensen
The UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) – Empowering Women as Shapers of the Information Society?
II. Analysis and Deconstruction
Jutta Weber, Corinna Bath
'Social' Robots & 'Emotional' Software Agents: Gendering Processes and De-Gendering Strategies for 'Technologies in the Making'
Cecile Crutzen
Ambient Intelligence, between Heaven and Hell. A Transformative Critical Room?
Christina Björkman, Pirjo Elovaara, Lena Trojer
Feminist Technoscience Rearranging in the Black Box of Information Technology
III. Construction of Information Society Technology
Susanne Maass, Els Rommes
Uncovering the Invisible: Gender-Sensitive Analysis of Call Center Work and Software
Tanja Carstensen, Gabriele Winker
E-Empowerment of Heterogeneous Feminist Networks
Tanja Paulitz
Implicit / Explicit Alliances between Gender and Technology in the Construction of Virtual Net- works
IV. Education and Empowerment for the Information Society
Ruth Meßmer, Sigrid Schmitz
Bridging Disciplines: Gender Studies and Computer Science in an E-Learning Course
Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger
Computer Games: Playing Gender, Reflecting on Gender
Bettina Munk
LogoGo – An Approach to the Design of Girl-Specific Educational Software Susanne Hartmann, Heike Wiesner, Andreas Wiesner-Steiner
Robotics and Gender: The Use of Robotics for the Empowerment of Girls in the Classroom
