Gender Studies

Gender Studies

Interdisciplinary Approaches

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Introduction

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Gendering the Technological Imagination Anne Balsamo | 19

Feminist Interventions in the Design Process Els Rommes | 41

Searching for Methodology. Feminist Technology Design in Computer Science

Corinna Bath | 57

Masks between the Visible and the Invisible Cecile K. M. Crutzen | 79

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Gender Research as Knowledge Resource in Technology and Engineering

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Gender Competence in Mathematics Teacher Education Andrea Blunck, Anina Mischau, Sabine Mehlmann | 235 Contributors | 259

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In her essay, “Gendering the Technological Imagination,” Anne Balsamo describes the relationship between gender and the technological imagina- tion by examining some of the myths that persist about women and techno- logical innovation. She draws on insights provided by feminist epistemology to elaborate the nature of agency that unfolds during the process of devel- oping technological applications. To illustrate how the methods of herme- neutic reverse engineering are deployed in practice, and to elaborate a re- productive theory of technology, she describes the development of an inter- active multimedia documentary that was created for the NGO Forum held in China in 1995. (The NGO Forum was held in conjunction with the 4th U.N. World Conference on Women.) The multimedia documentary, called Women of the World Talk Back, served as a particular type of boundary- object that enabled the creation of several cultural constructs, including a set of identities for the designers and the audience members, as well as a set of counter narratives about the implications of the hardware and software that were used to create the work.

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