Panel: Quantity and Quality: Patterns of Female Engagement with ICT’s AOIR R11 Conference 21 OCT 2010 Goteborg. Sweden Authors: Núria Vergés Bosch Alex Hache Eva Cruells Lopez Presenter Afiliations: Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (Open University of Catalonia) Copolis Group. Universitat de Barcelona Donestech Collective

 Feminist Research of Technology  Donestech Collective  Why and How women participate in ICT? How do they acces, learn, practice and what do they wish about it?  Whats the role of Internet in women access, use and whishes about ICT?

Methodologies Cyberfeminist (Activist) Research Research, Feminism and ICT 302 on-line survey 60 interviews 3 focus groups >>> web + transdisciplinarity + information collection + meetings participation + workshops + mapping + visualisations + audiovisual documentaries + networks + sharing

 Inequalities among women: class, origin, age.  Diversitiy among women: identity, uses and experiences  Women as contributers to ICT development  Persistance of gender discrimination: invisible, misplaced and harrassed  Curve trajectories of women through ICT.  Internet as an enabler for the access, uses and desires of women <<<infocontainer + communication Love as well as Dutie where Internet brings enthusiasm Internet as one of the first experiences Internet as one of the facilitators Internet and informal training for self-learning and for long life learning Internet and ICT at work, internet at home, internet when free time Internet and ICT advanced use and work is social Women are interested in Free Software in uses and whishes Wishing for an Internet and ICT for all, sustainable, non sexist, creative and for sharing, sharing, sharing…to keep learning and doing.

 Diversity of Women and ICT  Women curve trajectories  ICT, (mass) self-learning and women  Reflexive Research THANKS!!!

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