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If “Diversity” Is the Answer, What Is the Question? Understanding Diversity Advocacy in Voluntaristic Technology Projects
- Author(s):
- Christina Dunbar-Hester (see profile)
- Date:
- 2019
- Subject(s):
- Multiculturalism--Study and teaching, Ethnology, Science--Study and teaching, Technology--Study and teaching, Computer software--Study and teaching
- Item Type:
- Book chapter
- Tag(s):
- Diversity studies, Ethnography, Gender, Science and technology studies (STS), Software studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/yg7g-9b80
- Abstract:
- Dunbar-Hester vividly cuts to the heart of gender issues embedded within computing cultures by exploring questions of “diversity” tied to FLOSS and hackerspace projects. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork within these sites, she reveals a wide array of motivations behind diversity programs. In doing so, she assesses the potential of such projects for political intervention, foregrounding the placement of technology at the center of social empowerment initiatives. The result of this work is a profound recognition of the continued gulf between rhetorics of plurality and claims to social power.
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- Published as:
- Book chapter Show details
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- Pub. Date:
- 2019
- Book Title:
- digitalSTS: A Field Guide for Science & Technology Studies
- Author/Editor:
- Janet Vertesi, David Ribes
- Page Range:
- 81 - 98
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial
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If “Diversity” Is the Answer, What Is the Question? Understanding Diversity Advocacy in Voluntaristic Technology Projects