Masculinity, Information Technology, and Libraries
A Critical, Ethnographic Study
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Beschreibung
Kristen Schuster (they/them) is a lecturer in Digital Humanities at the University of Southampton, UK. Their research blends gender theories and critical studies of men and masculinities to conceptualise new methods for engaging with histories of information systems and computing.
This Palgrave Pivot draws on ethnographic research in UK academic libraries. Central to participants’ narratives are reflexive discussions about their experience of masculinities and gender, their recognition of gender norms and privilege within the cis-hetero patriarchal culture of information professions, as well as the importance of critiquing traditional notions of technological expertise. Weaving together these narratives, the book demonstrates the need to reconsider assumptions about gender and technical skill and highlights possibilities for men to encourage and promote gender diversity and parity in their profession and organisations. It will be of interest to researchers in gender studies, information and library science, computer science, sociology, and cultural studies.
This Palgrave Pivot draws on ethnographic research in UK academic libraries. Central to participants’ narratives are reflexive discussions about their experience of masculinities and gender, their recognition of gender norms and privilege within the cis-hetero patriarchal culture of information professions, as well as the importance of critiquing traditional notions of technological expertise. Weaving together these narratives, the book demonstrates the need to reconsider assumptions about gender and technical skill and highlights possibilities for men to encourage and promote gender diversity and parity in their profession and organisations. It will be of interest to researchers in gender studies, information and library science, computer science, sociology, and cultural studies.
Draws from 32 interviews with men working in the academic libraries in the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2021 Offers holistic analyses of social and professional conceptualisations of gender and technical skill Uses reflexive storytelling to develop new approaches to analysing gender and masculinities in information professions
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Kristen Schuster
Themen in »Masculinity, Information Technology, and Libraries«
men in information professions ethnographic research gender and technology cis-hetero patriarchy gender diversity in information professions academic librarianship men and masculinities critical masculinity studies feminist science and technology studies technical expertise and gender feminised labour crisis narratives gender parity and inclusion professional identity formation sociology of professions