| Lehrinhalt |
This course is about the topic of Gender and Computing. Many computer scientists are convinced that since there is no gender to a bit, there is no gender "problem" in computing, or rather, it is a fantasy construed by "woke" radical feminists. In reality, computer science is a very highly gendered field, as can be seen by the numerous heated, Internet-wide discussions of the topic. In addition, the production of our artifacts—computer programs, web sites, and documentation—is strangely gendered.
In this course we will look at why this is so and investigate options for de-gendering not only the technology, but also interactions with computer scientists.
In this course we will be investigating what gender is, how the genderization of computer science manifests itself, and what we can do to produce gender-sensitive artifacts. |
