Reconstructions of Gender and Information Technology : : Women Doing IT for Themselves.
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Place / Publishing House: | Singapore : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2023. ©2024. |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (144 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- About the Author
- List of Figures
- Chapter 1: Women Fighting Gender Stereotypes in a Gender Egalitarian Culture
- Introduction: Continuous Gender Disparity in Technology
- What makes Women Enter IT?
- Women's Underrepresentation-A Multidimensional Challenge
- Theoretical and Methodological Framework for the Book
- Empirical Material
- Analytical Framework
- Structure of the Book
- Chapter 2: The Unsolved Mystery of the Gender Imbalance in IT
- Introduction: A Western Challenge
- Numbers Talking
- Barriers for Women's Participation in IT
- A Nordic Gender Equality Paradox
- What Brings Women to IT?
- Effects of Recruitment Measures
- Alternative Training Arenas
- Stereotypes Affecting Supporters
- Challenging the Notion of Gender Equality
- Chapter 3: Women's Chronological Pathways to IT Education
- Introduction: Looking for Positive Drivers and Turning Points
- A Chronological Drawing of the Pathways to IT
- Pathway 1: Interest in IT as a Driving Factor
- Pathway 2: Recruited into IT Education
- Pathway 3: An Unintended and Accidental Study Choice
- Pathway 4: An Alternative Platform
- Pathway 5: A Detour before "Discovering" IT
- Pathway 6: Encouraged because IT is Suitable for Girls
- Lessons from the Pathways
- Chapter 4: Girl Power: Reconstructing the Gendered Space of IT
- Introduction: Space Invader Experiences
- Gamers, Geeks, and Hackers-Identifying the Norm as Masculine
- Claiming Visibility-Claiming Space
- Cracking the Code of Being a Girl in IT
- Alternative Interests, Motivations, and Competences
- The Space Invaders' Penalty Round
- Is it Enough to Feel like an Insider?
- Reconstructions
- Chapter 5: Girls Don't Walk Alone: Supporters' Investment in Welcoming Girls and Women into Fields of IT
- Introduction: Shifting Perspective to Supporters.
- Schools' Attitudes and Strategies for Supporting Women into IT
- Hesitating to Focus on Gender Differences
- Distrusting Women's Interest in Technology
- Sorting Women by Interest
- A Burden of Doubt Paired with Postfeminist Assumptions
- When Doing Nothing Appears to be the Right Thing to Do
- The Schools' Responses Versus the Women's Experiences
- Avoiding Gender Issues Reduces Schools' Role as Supporters for Women
- A Narrow Definition of Interest in IT Excludes Alternative Types of Interest
- When Gender Barriers are Cleared Away, Free Choice Remains
- Girls Still Doing IT for Themselves
- Chapter 6: Gender Patterns, Equality Paradoxes, and Lessons for an Inclusive Digital Future
- Introduction: A Global Digital Transformation
- Space Invader Lessons: Barriers, Turning Points, and Reconstructions
- Paradoxes, Postfeminism, and a Non-performative Policy
- Reconstructing Motivation with Interest as Key
- Doing IT Together with the Ecosystem
- The International Picture
- Closing Reflections: The Untapped Potential
- References.