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