Overview

This book brings together the vast research literature about gender and technology to help designers understand what a gender perspective and a focus on intersectionality can contribute to designing information technology systems and artifacts, and to assist organizations as they work to develop work cultures that are supportive of women and marginalized genders and people. Drawing on empirical and analytical studies of women's work and technology in many parts of the world, the book addresses how to make invisible aspects of work visible; how to recognize women's skills without falling into the trap of gender stereotyping; how to engage in improving working conditions; and how to defend care of life situations and needs against a managerial logic. It addresses challenges for design, including many overlooked and undervalued aspects, such as the complexities involved in human–machine interactions, as well as the need to create safe spaces for research subjects.

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Author:   Ellen Balka (Simon Fraser University, British Columbia) ,  Ina Wagner (Universität Siegen, Germany) ,  Anne Weibert (Universität Siegen, Germany) ,  Volker Wulf (Universität Siegen, Germany)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.765kg
ISBN:  

9781009243711

ISBN 10:   1009243713
Pages:   406
Publication Date:   04 April 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Gender and Technology – A Research Trajectory: 1. Gender and technology – a historical perspective; 2. The ethical-political perspective; 3. Pathways to a gendered and intersectional perspective; Part II. Gender and Technology at the Workplace: 4. Women and machines in the factory; 5. Office automation and the redesign of work; 6. Beyond the office – from data work to the platform economy; 7. AI-based technologies – new forms of invisibility and the 'ironies of automation'; 8. The computerization of care work; 9. The gendering of computer work; Part III. Gender and Design: 10. Revisiting the ethical-political perspective in technology design; 11. Contextualizing women's work; 12. Pathways to gender equality in design; Postscript; References; Index.

Reviews

'This expansive volume conveys how decades of feminist scholarship on women, work, and technology can inform artifact and system design in ways that promote social justice. It is enriched by the collaboration of a multidisciplinary, multinational team of authors who weave their own stories and those of other feminist technologists into the narrative.' Carol J. Haddad, Professor Emerita of Technology Studies, Eastern Michigan University 'A captivating deep dive into the intersection of gender, technology, and workplace culture. The authors masterfully integrate extensive research, providing essential guidance for designing user-centric IT systems and promoting inclusive workplaces. A pivotal guide for creating a more equitable tech world.' Nicola Marsden, Professor of Social Informatics, Heilbronn University, Author of Retaining Women in Tech: Shifting the Paradigm 'This book provides a very welcome and sensitive appraisal of the gender-technology relationship in an ever faster-paced era of change in both domains. It is conceptually comprehensive and politically engaged, restoring authority and agency to those conventionally overlooked and marginalised in technological design processes. A must-read for all those interested in the challenges of achieving social justice in technology design.' Juliet Webster, Work and Equality Research, London 'Balka, Wagner, Weibert & Wulf's expertise and established commitment to participatory design (PD) and computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) provides a rich history of feminist scholarship in gender and technology studies that has shaped this field. Interspersed with interviews from eleven feminist pioneers in PD, CSCW, HCI and STS, they offer provocations, ethical-political perspectives and inspiration for burgeoning intersectional and interdisciplinary research and practice in gender, work and system design, data feminism, critical data studies, and data justice and design justice.' Leslie Regan Shade, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

Author Information

Ellen Balka is a Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. She has published in the fields of gender and technology, health informatics, health and medicine, and community academic research partnerships. She received a YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Workplace Innovation, a career achievement award from British Columbia Faculty Associations, and a Michael Smith Senior Scholar's Award, and she has held international research fellowships in Austria and Norway. Balka served as the Principal Investigator of Action for Health and contributions she and her team made received the Artful Integrators Award for Participatory Design. Ina Wagner is affiliated to the University of Siegen, Germany after retiring as professor at the Vienna University of Technology, Vienna. A leader in the field of work and technology, her research focusses on work practices and the design of supporting technologies. She has published on computers in hospitals and in architectural planning, feminist perspectives in science and technology, and ethical and political aspects of ICT. She recently coauthored the books 'Future-proofing: Making practice-based IT design sustainable' and 'L'urbanism informel. Au-delà du droit à la ville', and received the Woman's Prize of the City of Vienna and Gabriele Possanner Staatspreis. Anne Weibert is a research associate at the Institute for Information Systems and New Media at the University of Siegen. She has conducted participatory design projects in socially and culturally diverse settings, working with children and adults, and vulnerable populations including refugees. Her research is focused on computer-based collaborative project work and inherent processes of technology appropriation and media literacy, intercultural learning, and community-building. She is a co-author of 'Future-proofing: Making Practice-Based IT Design Sustainable'. Anne Weibert has been awarded the 'Förderpreis des Augsburger Wissenschaftspreises für Interkulturelle Studien' and the 'Rolf H. Brunswig-Promotionspreis' at the University of Siegen. Volker Wulf is Professor at the Institute for Information Systems and New Media at the University of Siegen. His research interests lie primarily in the areas of socio-informatics, computer-supported cooperative work, participatory design, and human–computer Interaction. He has published more than 400 academic papers and edited fifteen books including 'Expertise Sharing: Beyond Knowledge Management' and 'Social Capital and Information Technology, End User Development,' and 'Socio-Informatics: A Practice-based Perspective on the Design and Use of IT Artefacts.' He has been appointed to the CHI-Academy and the Leibniz Sozietät der Wissenschaften, Berlin.

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