[Air-l] sources on gendering of technology?

[Sara M. Grimes]

Hi Stephanie - 
Here are a few on technology that you might find useful:

Berg, Anne-Jorunn and Merete Lie (1995). Feminism and constructivism: Do
artefacts have gender? Science, Technology & Human Values 20(3): 332-351. •

Graner Ray, Sheri (2004). Gender Inclusive Game Design: Expanding the
market. Hingham: Charles River Media. 

Kirkham, Pat (ed.) (1996). The Gendered Object. Manchester: Manchester
University Press.

Rothschild, Joan, Althea Cheng, Etain Fitzpatrick (eds.) (1999). Design and
Feminism: Re-Visioning Spaces, Places and Everyday Things. Rutgers
University Press.

Wajcman, Judy (1991). Feminism confronts technology. University Park: Penn
State University. 

Shade, Leslie Regan (2007) "Feminizing the Mobile: Gender Scripting of
Mobiles in North America." Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies,
21(2).


Sara M. Grimes
PhD Student/School of Communication
Research Assistant/Applied Communication + Technology (ACT) Lab
Simon Fraser University

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:16:59 -0400 air-l at listserv.aoir.org wrote:
> Hi everyone -
> 
> I was hoping some people could suggest some sources on the subject of
> gendering technology? I'm thinking in particular of research that
> looked at things like "women use the phone to gossip while men use it
> for business" and so forth. 
> 
> References that talk about using the Internet for "information
> gathering" versus social activity would also be helpful.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Stephanie Tuszynski
> Visiting Assistant Professor
> Department of Theatre and Film
> University of Toledo
> 
> 
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