Gender and Information Technology: Moving Beyond Access to Co-Create Global Partnership
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (642 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1599047861 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 350 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Great Textbook" according to Natasha Chapman-Lane. Dr. Kirk is my professor and this book is fantastic! A really great author and informative textbook for a course I was very nervous to take. With 1 week left of the semester I can honestly say this book has changed my perspective on women in the STEM fields.. Zainab S. said I really love this book. I really love this book. Thank you Professor Kirk, I have learned so much from this book about non-STEM and STEM works in the IT field and how we can make it different in the world of domination and changing towards partnership with small steps.
Women and people of color remain underrepresented as developers, users and beneficiaries of technology.Using gender as a starting point, Gender and Information Technology: Moving Beyond Access to Co-Create Global Partnership offers an interdisciplinary, social systems perspective on how shifting from a dominator social system towards a partnership system--as reflected in four primary social institutions (communication, media, education, and business)--might help us move beyond the simplistic notion of access to information technology towards partnership in co-creating a rea
She points out the fundamental, and not always obvious, ways in which women are influenced and often undermined in society and particularly in the computing field. Her book is meticulously researched, persuasively argued, and absolutely riveting. "Kirk organizes and assembles research and ideas that germinated as she completed her Ph.D in women's studies and women in computing." --Book News Inc. Kirk offers us a treasure trove of fascinating information that alternately enlightens, enrages, and empowers us to take an active role in creating a more just and caring future. Carol Zander, University of Washington, USA . Your citations will become the bibliography for investigators who seek answers regarding females and science, techno
She also taught at the University of Washington, Bothell for four years in the computing and software systems program. . Kirk has convened panels on women in science and technology at conferences such as the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, National Women's Studies Association and Conference on Computing in Small Colleges. Mary Kirk is an associate professor in the individualized, interdisciplinary & lifelong learning department at Metropolit