INFO 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gender Binary, Ada Lovelace, Materialism
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Gender and the history of science, tech, and computing. Dominant in gender and tech (1960s and 1970s) Sparked by concern over the economic and professional status of women. Interest in improving women"s access to professional opportunities. Didn"t question values endemic to dominant science and tech fields. Feminism meets socialist and marxist analysis of history. Critiques of the kinds of labor valued by marxist and socialist theorists. Driven by skepticism over liberal feminist goals of access and equality. Saw women"s work as continuously undervalued compared to other types of labor. Began to show how masculinity and femininity were, in part socially produced. Didn"t necessarily problematize the existence of separate spheres. Arose in part as pushback to prior approaches. Inspired by advances and widespread engagement with sts and postmodern/poststructural theory. Driven by skepticism over the liberatory or emancipatory potential of masculine sciences and technology. If male values are so ingrained, can they actually be changed.
