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Mutable Technology, Immutable Gender: Qualifying the 'Co-construction of Gender and Technology' Approach

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    Identifier: imarina:5129521
    Authors:
    Gil-Juarez, AdrianaFeliu, JoelVitores, Anna
    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.
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    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: 2024-09-07
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277539516303168
    Licence document URL: https://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
  • Keywords:

    Development,Education,Gender Studies,Law,Sociology and Political Science,Women's Studies,Womens Studies
    Technology
    Performativity
    Interpretative flexibility
    Gender trouble
    Gender
    Co-construction
    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
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