European University Institute Library

Hacking diversity, the politics of inclusion in open technology cultures, by Christina Dunbar-Hester

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Hacking diversity

bibliography

1100447435

by Christina Dunbar-Hester

Princeton studies in culture and technology

the politics of inclusion in open technology cultures

"We regularly read and hear exhortations for women to take up positions in STEM. The call comes from both government and private corporate circles, and it also emanates from enthusiasts for free and open source software (FOSS), i.e. software that anyone is free to use, copy, study, and change in any way. Ironically, rate of participation in FOSS-related work is far lower than in other areas of computing. A 2002 European Union study showed that fewer than 2 percent of software developers in the FOSS world were women. How is it that an intellectual community of activists so open in principle to one and all -a community that prides itself for its enlightened politics and its commitment to social change - should have such a low rate of participation by women? This book is an ethnographic investigation of efforts to improve the diversity in software and hackerspace communities, with particular attention paid to gender diversity advocacy"--, Provided by publisher

History, heresy, hacking -- To fork or not to fork: hacking and infrastructures of care -- Crafting and critique: artifactual and symbolic outputs of diversity advocacy -- Working imaginaries: "freedom from jobs" or learning to love to labor? -- The conscience of a (feminist) hacker: political stances within diversity advocacy -- "Putting lipstick on a GNU"? representation and its discontents -- Conclusion: overcoming diveristy