Bringing Gender into Technology: A Case Study in User-Interface-Design and the Perspective of Gender Experts.

Autor: Brigitte Ratzer1, Weisse, Astrid, Weixelbaumer, Barbara, Mirnig, Nicole, Tscheligi, Manfred, Raneburger, David, Popp, Roman, Falb, JÜrgen
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Zdroj: International Journal of Gender, Science & Technology; 2014, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p3-24, 22p
Abstrakt: Including gender knowledge in SET (Science, Engineering and Technology) research is apparently an emerging field of action. This is mainly supported by the growing number of European funding agencies that ask for explicit statements on gender aspects in research proposals. This paper describes interactions, problems, and strategies developed in research projects where an external gender expert introduces gender knowledge to a SET research team. The case study of a User-Interface (UI) design project serves as a focal point to reflect on the role and task of gender experts in SET research. In addition interviews with six gender experts who have worked in various SET projects were conducted. Based on the experiences of the gender experts, the realities, possibilities, and limitations of gender knowledge transfer are explored in a more general way. The paper concludes with reflections on Gender into Technology as an emancipatory project, based on theoretical debates in the fields of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and Feminist Technology Studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index