Author, as appears in the article.: Gil-Juarez, Adriana; Feliu, Joel; Vitores, Anna;

Department: Psicologia

URV's Author/s: Gil Juárez, Adriana

Keywords: Technology Performativity Interpretative flexibility Gender trouble Gender Co-construction

Abstract: In highly technical societies, gender is largely produced in relation to technology. In this article, we explore the effects on the construction of gender and technology when groups of parents discuss technological activities. To do so, we report the results of a research project conducted in Barcelona, in which fathers and mothers, after playing video games with their sons and daughters, expressed their opinions about that activity, the relations their sons and daughters have with video games, and their own relationship with technology. The results support the idea that gender and technology are discursively and practically in permanent co-construction and have a relatively firm relationship that guarantees stability to both. However, we find that when people are confronted with facts that contradict the dominant perception that women are technologically unskilled or uninterested, it is only technology and not gender that is flexibly interpreted.

Thematic Areas: Womens studies Women's studies Sociology and political science Sociología Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Law Interdisciplinar Historia General o multidisciplinar Gender studies Education Development Ciencias sociales Antropologia / arqueologia

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 02775395

Author's mail: adriana.gil@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-2170-4117

Record's date: 2023-07-31

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277539516303168

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Womens Studies International Forum. 66 56-62

APA: Gil-Juarez, Adriana; Feliu, Joel; Vitores, Anna; (2018). Mutable Technology, Immutable Gender: Qualifying the 'Co-construction of Gender and Technology' Approach. Womens Studies International Forum, 66(), 56-62. DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2017.11.014

Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2017.11.014

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2018

Publication Type: Journal Publications