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Trouble in Computing: Taking “Positions” in the Discipline of Computing
Abstract
This chapter explores the ‘identities’ and ‘positioning’ of female academics working in the disciplines of Computing and Information Technology (IT) in a number of British universities. Narrative enquiry and discourse analysis are used to offer a deeper understanding of the complex relationship surrounding technology and gender identity. I critically analyse how the women in the study ‘position’ themselves or come to be ‘positioned’ within complex and contradictory discourses. Here I discuss the implications and repercussions of taking the position of ‘feminist’ and ‘non feminist’. Those positioned as ‘feminists’ were perceived as a threat experiencing ‘trouble’ working in an organisational setting where masculine norms determine that technical skills and positivist research methods are held in high esteem. Conversely those who held the position of ‘non-feminist’ worked successfully within the dominant discourses in the discipline.
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