Article ID: CBB495196383

Hierarchies in the Circuitry: Women, Information Technology and Scholarship (WITS) at Illinois (2013)

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Scholars such as the feminist philosopher of science, Sandra Harding, have long promoted thinking about diverse ways of knowing among various groups of people—from everyday concerns to “expert” knowledge, from indigenous wisdom to modern scientific approaches. WITS, the Women, Information Technology and Scholarship group at the University of Illinois, formed in the 1990s was one example of an attempt to live within, observe, and intervene in technological and social webs, putting feminist ideals to work in a practical and material way. By attending to the exclusions and inclusions of infrastructures, WITS helped shape ICTs both within and beyond Illinois by asking questions like: How are teaching and learning across geographic, disciplinary, and cultural boundaries altered by information and communication technologies? How are these machines and infrastructures altered by the various people using them?

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Authors & Contributors
Mohun, Arwen P.
Laura Ann Twagira
Faulkner, Wendy
Fren, Allison de
Rommes, Els
Suominen, Jaakko
Journals
Technology and Culture
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
American Heritage of Invention and Technology
Environmental History
Gender and History
Science-Fiction Studies
Publishers
Akademika Publishing
Southern Illinois University Press
Wiley
William Morrow
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Concepts
Technology and gender
Women and technology
Computers and computing
Technology
Computer industry
Women in technology
People
Davis, Ruth M.
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Africa
Great Britain
Mali
Finland
Germany
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