Breaking gender code: visibility, power, and gender in creative coding cultures

Thesis

This project is a radically multidisciplinary examination of how gender intervenes in programming culture. Through three studies, I level a feminist challenge to the meritocracy of technology. I show how gender norms prescribe individual capacity for action, perpetuating “natural” masculine ability. By reviewing existing scholarship, I show how academia has perpetuated the narrative of a gendered difference. I explore how computational studies have quantified success and attributed women's...

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Authors: Brooke, S

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: hacakthons; programming; sexism; computing; stack overflow; gender; technology; women; teachnology
• Subjects: Human-computer interaction; Equality; Gender; Technology; Sexism; Programming