'Women in Computing' as Problematic: Gender, Ethics and Identity in University Computer Science Education
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Summary
It is argued that rather than continuing to focus on the rising and falling numbers of women studying Computer Science, it is critical to analyze the specific socio-economic and socio-cultural conditions which produce gendered and racialized exclusion in the field.
- Type
- dissertation
- Published
- 2010-01-25
- Cited by
- 9
- References
- 235
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Keywords
Ethnography, Sociology, Governmentality, Identity (music), Gender studies
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