[Air-L] nerd culture and new media

[Denise N. Rall]

This is nothing new to cyberspace - technological innovation has always sought to embody gender. Check out Cynthia Cockburn's work on this and also Juliet Webster.

Cockburn, C. (1985). Machinery of dominance: women, men and technical know-how. London, Pluto Press.

Cockburn, C. and S. Ormrod (1993). Gender and technology in the making. London, Sage.

I also found this paper useful in describing 'workplace masculinities'

Martin, P. Y. (2001). "'Mobilizing masculinities': Women's experiences of men at work." Organization 8(4): 587-618.

I certainly think the reserach can go forward from here into cyberspace . . . but do continue to look at the precedents, much important work has been done already in this area.

For Scandanavia, see Suchman & Jordan -

Suchman, L. and B. Jordan (1989). Computerisation and women's knowledge. Women, work and computerisation: Forming new alliances. K. Tijdens, M. Jennings, I. Wagner and M. Weggelaar. Amsterdam, North-Holland: 153-160.


Denise N. Rall, PhD. Internationalisation Project Officer
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Presenter, Internet Research 9.0, 15-18 October 2008, Copenhagen, DK


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