Ellen Balka (Simon Fraser University, Ina Wagner (Universitat Siegen, Anne Weibert (Universitat Siegen, Volker Wulf (Universitat Siegen

Gender and Technology at Work (eBook, PDF)

From Workplace Studies to Social Justice in Design

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together the vast research literature about gender and technology to help designers understand what a gender perspective and a focus on intersectionality can contribute to designing information technology systems and artifacts, and to assist organizations as they work to develop work cultures that are supportive of women and marginalized genders and people. Drawing on empirical and analytical studies of women's work and technology in many parts of the world, the book addresses how to make invisible aspects of work visible; how to recognize women's skills without falling into the trap of gender stereotyping; how to engage in improving working conditions; and how to defend care of life situations and needs against a managerial logic. It addresses challenges for design, including many overlooked and undervalued aspects, such as the complexities involved in human machine interactions, as well as the need to create safe spaces for research subjects.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2024
• ISBN-13: 9781009243674
• Artikelnr.: 70909275

Autorenporträt

Ellen Balka is a Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. She has published in the fields of gender and technology, health informatics, health and medicine, and community academic research partnerships. She received a YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Workplace Innovation, a career achievement award from British Columbia Faculty Associations, and a Michael Smith Senior Scholar's Award, and she has held international research fellowships in Austria and Norway. Balka served as the Principal Investigator of Action for Health and contributions she and her team made received the Artful Integrators Award for Participatory Design.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Gender and Technology - A Research Trajectory: 1. Gender and technology - a historical perspective
2. The ethical-political perspective
3. Pathways to a gendered and intersectional perspective
Part II. Gender and Technology at the Workplace: 4. Women and machines in the factory
5. Office automation and the redesign of work
6. Beyond the office - from data work to the platform economy
7. AI-based technologies - new forms of invisibility and the 'ironies of automation'
8. The computerization of care work
9. The gendering of computer work
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.