ISBN:
9780691194172
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (280 pages).
Series Statement:
Princeton scholarship online
DDC:
303.4834
Keywords:
Virtuelle Realität
;
Partizipation
;
Open Source
;
Hacker
;
Informationstechnik
;
Gemeinschaft
;
Vielfalt
;
Inklusion
;
Frau
;
Hacktivism
;
Computers and women
;
Open source software Social aspects
;
Multiculturalism
Abstract:
Hacking, as a mode of technical and cultural production, is commonly celebrated for its extraordinary freedoms of creation and circulation. Yet surprisingly few women participate in it: rates of involvement by technologically skilled women are drastically lower in hacking communities than in industry and academia. Hacking Diversity investigates the activists engaged in free and open-source software to understand why, despite their efforts, they fail to achieve the diversity that their ideals support. Christina Dunbar-Hester shows that within this well-meaning volunteer world, beyond the sway of human resource departments and equal opportunity legislation, members of underrepresented groups face unique challenges. She brings together more than five years of firsthand research: attending software conferences and training events, working on message boards and listservs, and frequenting hackerspaces.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2019
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.23943/princeton/9780691192888.001.0001
URL:
https://doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691192888.001.0001
URL:
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