197.117 (19S) Hacking gender, hacking technology.

Sommersemester 2019

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First course session
06.04.2019 11:00 - 16:00 HS 11 On Campus
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Overview

Lecturer
Course title german Hacking Gender, hacking technology.
Type Proseminar (continuous assessment course )
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 4.0
Registrations 14 (30 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
Course begins on 06.04.2019
eLearning Go to Moodle course

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

Students develop a critical understanding of how technologyand societal power relations, particularly in regards to gender, are entwined.They reflect on and develop ways of addressing and subverting these throughengaging with each other in an inter- and trans(*)disciplinary context.Learning hands-on skills to actively intervene in technology production andconsumption, they are encouraged to use those skills in follow-up projects.

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

The course is strongly grounded in participatory approachessuch as Paulo Freire’s ‘Paedagogy of the Oppressed’, Black (queer) feministparticipatory approaches to teaching and learning (e.g. those of bell hooks),and Participatory Action Research as well as Participatory Design. A centralquestion that we want students to ask in relation to all coursework is why? – in relation to unpackingarguments, to the valuation of some (sources of) knowledge over others, and tothe reason for their own involvement with the materials/topics. In line withour overall approach to teaching and learning, we supplement more conventionalteaching methods (such as reading and discussing academic texts) withinteractive and workshop-like activities. The course furthermore includespractical sessions, in which students will be encouraged to find their own approachto hacking and to apply it to some technoscientific artefact. These experimentsshould foster the students’ understanding of technological concepts and howdifferent social categories become embedded on a technological level – andtherefore also how these technologies can be changed towards more inclusive andresponsible ways of acting within our society.

Course content

As science and technoscience play ever more important rolesin our lives, it has also become clear that they are a predominantly white andandrocentric endeavour. In the 1990s, at the dawn of the web, cyberfeministutopias arose – visions of a world where gender and other categorisationsevaporated into a seamless web of anti-identitarian dust. Today, about 20 yearsafter the emergence of these utopias, technoscience is still dominated by whiteandrocentrism.

What happened to opportunities of changing gender andtechnology with and through each other? Where are the cyberfeminist hackers?Why does technology resist social change? Or is it the other way around? Whereare leverage points for technofeminist interventions into technology andgender? Can we really hack gender the way technology is hacked? And can we hacktechnology to hack gender? The course seeks to address these and otherquestions, explicitly trying to bridge the gap between IT and social science,enabling productive inter- and trans(*)disciplinary conversations, and empoweringstudents by linking academic insights and perspectives to applications andexperiences.

The topics of the seminar are:

  • Introduction: Technology, Gender, Hacking
  • Reproductive technologies and expertise
  • Gendered inscriptions into technologicalinfrastructures
  • Surveillance technologies
  • Participatory/emancipatory design

Extended course description and further reading on: https://hacking-gendertech.diebin.at

Prior knowledge expected

none

Literature

Boston Women's Health Collective. 1970. Women and TheirBodies.

Cheney-Lippold, John. (2011). A New Algorithmic Identity:Soft Biopolitics and the Modulation of Control. Theory, Culture & Society,28(6), 164–181.

Currah, Paisley, & Mulqueen, Tara. (2011). Securitizinggender: Identity, biometrics, and transgender bodies at the airport. socialresearch, 78(2), 557-582.

Hasson, Katie Ann. (2012). Making appropriation “stick”:Stabilizing politics in an “inherently feminist” tool. Social Studies ofScience, 42(5), 638–661.

Lupton, Deborah. (2014). Quantified sex: a critical analysisof sexual and reproductive self-tracking using apps. Culture, Health &Sexuality, (June), 1–14.

Simonsen, Jesper, and Toni Robertson (Eds). (2013). RoutledgeInternational Handbook of Participatory Design. Routledge.

van der Velden, Maja, & Mörtberg, Christina. (2011).Between Need and Desire: Exploring Strategies for Gendering Design. Science,Technology & Human Values, 37(6), 663–683.

Wagner, Ina, Maria Basile, Lisa Ehrenstrasser, ValérieMaquil, Jean-Jacques Terrin, and Mira Wagner. (2009). Supporting CommunityEngagement in the City: Urban Planning in the MR-Tent. Proceedings of theFourth International Conference on Communities and Technologies, 185–194. NewYork, NY, USA: ACM.

Link to further information

https://hacking-gendertech.diebin.at

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Examination methodology

Grading will be based on the following components in weightsof 5 to 25%:

  • Attendance & participation in course
  • Participation in preparatory activities
  • Session reviews
  • Peer teaching
  • Creation of a seminar artefact (seminar paper,artwork, hacks, etc.)

A detailed grading scheme will be online on the course wiki: https://hacking-gendertech.diebin.at

Examination topic(s)

topics discussed during class

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

  • 100–87 points 1
  • 86–75 points 2
  • 74–63 points 3
  • 62–50 points 4
  • 49–0 points 5 (fail)

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Bachelor's degree programme Applied Cultural Studies (SKZ: 642, Version: 16W.2)
    • Subject: Frauen und Geschlechterforschung (Compulsory elective)
      • Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Applied Cultural Studies (SKZ: 642, Version: 09W.3)
    • Subject: Gebundene Wahlfächer (Compulsory elective)
      • Module: Wahlfachmodul Gender Studies
        • Wahlfachmodul Gender Studies ( 6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
          • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Applied Cultural Studies (SKZ: 642, Version: 09W.3)
    • Subject: Gebundene Wahlfächer (Compulsory elective)
      • Module: Wahlfachmodul BWL
        • Wahlfachmodul BWL ( 6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
          • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Informatik (SKZ: 414, Version: 15W.2)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 5.0 ECTS)
        • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Informatik (SKZ: 414, Version: 17W.2)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 5.0 ECTS)
        • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 20.0 ECTS)
        • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Information Management (SKZ: 522, Version: 17W.1)
    • Subject: Gender und Technik (Compulsory elective)
      • 8.4 Gender und Technik ( 0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Information Management (SKZ: 522, Version: 12W.1)
    • Subject: Gender und Technik (Compulsory elective)
      • 4.4.2 Gender und Technik 2 ( 0.0h XX / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme International Management (SKZ: 908, Version: 16W.1)
    • Subject: Options (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 9.0 ECTS)
        • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Information Management (SKZ: 922, Version: 13W.2)
    • Subject: Kompetenzerweiterung (Compulsory elective)
      • 6.2.1 Nach Wahl aus folgendem Katalog siehe Seite 13-14 im Curriculum ( 0.0h VO,VC,KS / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelorstudium Informationstechnik (SKZ: 289, Version: 17W.1)
    • Subject: Kompetenzerweiterung (Compulsory elective)
      • 11a.1 Lehrveranstaltung aus dem Wahlfach Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies, vorzugsweise aus dem Modul Technik ( 0.0h VC/VO/KS/PS / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Masterstudium Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies: Gender und Technik (NC, ASR) (Compulsory elective)
      • Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies: Gender und Technik ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies: Gender und Technik (NC, ASR) (Compulsory elective)
      • Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies: Gender und Technik ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Non degree programme Gender Studies (SKZ: 600b, Version: 04W)
    • Subject: Technik (Compulsory subject)
      • Technik und Geschlecht ( 2.0h VP / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Educational Science (SKZ: 645, Version: 17W.3)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • 5.2 Lehrveranstaltungen aus dem Lehrangebot Feministische Wissenschaft/ Gender Studies ( 0.0h VO/PS/KS/SE/VP/VC/VS / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Educational Science (SKZ: 645, Version: 13W.2)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • LVs aus dem Lehrangebot Feministische Wissenschaft/ Gender Studies ( 0.0h VO/PS/KU/SE/VP/VK/VS / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme School Pedagogy (SKZ: 545, Version: 09W.3)
    • Subject: Gebundene Wahlfächer (Compulsory elective)
      • Module: Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
        • Feministische Wissenschaft/Genderstudies ( 6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
          • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Adult and Professional Education (SKZ: 847, Version: 09W.3)
    • Subject: Gebundene Wahlfächer (Compulsory elective)
      • Module: Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
        • Feministische Wissenschaft/Genderstudies ( 6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
          • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
            Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Master's degree programme Social Pedagogy and Integrative Pedagog (SKZ: 846, Version: 09W.3)
    • Subject: Gebundene Wahlfächer (Compulsory elective)
      • Module: Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
        • Feministische Wissenschaft/Genderstudies ( 6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
          • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Business and Law (SKZ: 519, Version: 12W.3)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies ( 4.0h VK/KU / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Psychology (SKZ: 640, Version: 11W.5)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaften/Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • Feministische Wissenschaften/Gender Studies ( 0.0h LV / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Master's degree programme Psychology (SKZ: 840, Version: 12W.4)
    • Subject: Vertiefung Feministische Wissenschaften/Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • Vertiefung Feministische Wissenschaften/Gender Studies ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Erweiterungscurriculum Gender Studies (Version: 16W.1)
    • Subject: Weiterführende LVs der Gender Studies (Compulsory subject)
      • LV Gender Studies ( 0.0h VO,VP,PS, / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.117 Hacking gender, hacking technology. (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)

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