Essays about: "Feminist technoscience"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Feminist technoscience.

  1. 1. AI as Gatekeepers to the Job Market : A Critical Reading of; Performance, Bias, and Coded Gaze in Recruitment Chatbots

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Karin Victorin; [2021]
    Keywords : data feminism; digital discrimination; AI recruitment; chatbots; facial recognition; AFEA; hiring tools; feminist technoscience studies; intersectionality; coded gaze; hiring bots; social robots; performance; AI technology ethics; theatre and AI; Augusto Boal; posthumanism; Donna Haraway; Karen Barad;

    Abstract : The topic of this thesis is AI recruitment chatbots, digital discrimination, and data feminism (D´Ignazio and F.Klein 2020), where I aim to critically analyze issues of bias in these types of human-machine interaction technologies. READ MORE

  3. 2. Maternal health in the global south : A study to investigate the empowerment of mHealth initiatives

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Sara Falk; [2020]
    Keywords : Maternal health; Mobile Phones; Gender; Empowerment;

    Abstract : The fifth SDG aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. In this research, mHealth, as in mobile phones to improve maternal health outcomes, will be analyzed. In remote areas where healthcare may not provide care to the extent needed, these technological innovations may be of great importance. READ MORE

  4. 3. VIDEO GAME CREATION : Inhibitors and Enablers in Female Inclusion

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Nadia V. Ruiz B.; [2019]
    Keywords : Video game industry; video game creation; female inclusion; feminist technoscience; toxic masculinity; game engines; inhibitors; enablers;

    Abstract : In 2012 and 2014, two hashtags, #1ReasonWhy and #GamerGate, exposed a highly sexist video game industry that was not welcoming female participation. This was affecting women working or wanting to work in it. READ MORE

  5. 4. Practically Human. : Performing Social Robots and Feminist Aspects on Agency, Body and Gender.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Karin Victorin; [2019]
    Keywords : Feminist technoscience; critical posthumanism; posthuman; social robot; AI; technology and art; robots in theatre; human-machine; agency; body; gender; intra-action; cyborg; liminal personae; human-like machines; Judy Wajcman; Karen Barad; Donna Haraway.;

    Abstract : Through an experimental theatre play, this thesis explores the development of human-like agency in contemporary “social robot” technology. The entrance point of this study is the gender gap and lack of diversity in contemporary AI/robot development, with an emerging need for interdisciplinary research across robot technology and social sciences. READ MORE

  6. 5. Into the Abyss™ : Toward an understanding of sexual technologies as co-actors in techno-social networks

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Anne Moyerbrailean; [2018]
    Keywords : Abyss Creations; Feminist Technoscience Studies; RealDoll; Sex Robots; Sexual Technologies;

    Abstract : Much has been written recently in mainstream media about sex robots. However, due to the recent developments in this area of robotic and AI technologies, few academics have critically addressed these humanoid sexual technologies through the frameworks provided by Feminist Technoscience Studies. READ MORE