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- Elovaara, Pirjo
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Information Technology : Are Women Outsiders and/or Insiders?
- 2003
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Ingår i: How do we make a difference?. - Luleå : Gender and Technology, Luleå University of Technology. - 9197256897 ; , s. 21-28
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In Sweden public images of information technology and gender often focus on women´s absence in education and professions in the IT sector. These presentations are numerous in campaigns and projects with the aim of encouraging women to engage in computer science and the IT sector. In my paper I create other images and representations by the use of two feminist figurations - Rosi Braidotti´s cartography and Donna J.Haraway´s diffraction. My point of departure is taken in librarians´ everyday practices when I create another map as well as other meanings than those based on women´s absence. There is a predominance of women working in libraries in Sweden. The inclusion of librarians makes sense of the image of the IT sector, but are they insiders or outsiders?
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