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Readings from Gender and Technology may be found in: Mohun, Arwen, ed. Gender and Technology: A Reader. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780801872594.
ses # | TOPICS | Readings |
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1 | Introduction | |
2 | Gender and History | ![]() |
3 | How Technologies are Gendered I | McGaw, Judith. "Why Feminine Technologies Matter." In Gender and Technology, pp. 13-36. Oldenziel, Ruth. "Why Masculine Technologies Matter." In Gender and Technology, pp. 37-71. |
4 | How Technologies are Gendered II | Herzig, Rebecca. "Situated Technology: Meanings." In Gender and Technology, pp. 72-97. Maines, Rachel. "Situated Technology: Camoflage." In Gender and Technology, pp. 98-119. |
5 | Advertising Gender | ![]() |
6 | Redefining Gender by Way of Technology: Workplaces | Lerman, Nina. "Industrial Genders: Constructing Boundaries." In Gender and Technology, pp. 123-152. Mohun, Arwen. "Industrial Genders: Home/Factory." In Gender and Technology, pp. 153-176. |
7 | Redefining Gender by Way of Technology: Workplaces (cont.) | Lipartito, Ken. "When Women Were Switches: Technology, Work and Gender in the Telephone Industry, 1890-1920." American Historical Review 99 (Oct. 1994): 1074-1111. Edwards, Paul. "Industrial Genders: Soft/Hard." In Gender and Technology, pp. 177-203. |
8-9 | Technology in the Home | ![]() |
10 | Technology in the Home (cont.) | Finish More Work for Mother. |
11 | Women in Technology: Medicine | ![]() |
12 | Midterm Exam | |
13 | Women and Engineering at MIT | Gibson, Lorna, et. al. "Report of the School of Engineering." Cambridge, MA: MIT, March 2002. (PDF) |
14 | Engineering and Masculinity I | ![]() |
15 | Engineering and Masculinity II | Finish Making Technology Masculine. |
16 | Women in Technology: Computers | Light, Jennifer. "Programming." In Gender and Technology. pp. 295-326.![]() |
17 | Gender and Aviation | |
18 | Identity and Consumer Culture I | ![]() |
19 | Identity and Consumer Culture II | Finish Hope in a Jar. |
20 | Automobility, Freedom, and Constraint I | ![]() |
21 | Automobility, Freedom, and Constraint II | Finish Taking the Wheel. |
22 | Production and Consumption in Modern America | ![]() |
23 | Production and Consumption in Modern America | Finish His and Hers. |
24-25 | Presentations |