Reconstructions of Gender and Information Technology : : Women Doing IT for Themselves.

Reconstructions of Gender and Information Technology : : Women Doing IT for Themselves.

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Corneliussen, Hilde G.
Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2023.
©2024.
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:XV, 133 sider; illustrasjoner,
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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.

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