Book contents
- Gender and Technology at Work
- Gender and Technology at Work
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- 0 Introduction
- Part I Gender and Technology
- Part II Gender and Technology at the Workplace
- 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
12 - Pathways to Gender Equality in Design
from Part III - Gender and Design
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2024
- Gender and Technology at Work
- Gender and Technology at Work
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- 0 Introduction
- Part I Gender and Technology
- Part II Gender and Technology at the Workplace
- 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
Summary
This chapter reflects on some of the challenges surrounding the broader context of design. Strengthening intersectionality in systems design requires data not just concerning women but also gender minorities, that can be shared and analyzed; it requires ‘finding’ those who should be part of research and creating safe spaces for them. A feminist perspective encourages to prioritize the ‘personal’, recognizing it as a political act of resistance. At the heart of gender equality is the collective dimension of women’s citizenship and their social capital. Alliances in support of gender/social justice in design need to be built using strategies such as participatory infrastructuring and ‘institutioning’ but also acknowledging the importance of feminist trade unionism. The final points raised in this chapter are: how to connect with moves to decolonize discourses and practices of IT design; how to take a feminist perspective with regard to teaching; how to get funded and published; and how to challenge the business models of the software industry that undermine technical flexibility and make gender-sensitive design approaches difficult to implement on a larger scale.
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- Gender and Technology at WorkFrom Workplace Studies to Social Justice in Design, pp. 313 - 335Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024