The geek as gatekeeper? Changing relations between gender, race and technology
14 September 2022, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Join this event to hear from the panel of speakers discuss this new project and its aims.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Jenny Woodman
Location
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Thomas Coram Research Unit Library27 - 28 Woburn SquareLondonWC1H 0AA
The panel will explain how the project aims to trace how the figuration of ‘the geek’ includes and excludes and how its shifting articulations are transforming available identities in technology education. The geek, often derided but also identified as stereotype and gatekeeper of technology in educational research, is on the rise today, increasingly linked to entrepreneurialism and success.
This project breaks with previous STEM studies in not contending with rejecting the geek, instead exploring the logics at play in gendering and racialising the geek and ‘his’ passion for technology through looking outside formal education.
The project consists of three sub-studies, each analysing a context with both traditional geek representations and spaces where the geek is re-articulated and resisted. These are:
- Popular culture (film, TV and their viewing)
- Open source coding/gaming communities (weekend gatherings and on-line)
- Higher Education (student clubs/events)
This event will be particularly useful for those interested in gender, race, technology, higher education, gaming and popular culture.
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About the Speakers
Maria Berge
at Umeå University
Andreas Ottemo
at Gothenburg University
Heather Mendick
Eva Silfver
at Umeå University