Gendered Aspects of Globalization

Gendered Aspects of Globalization

Globalization and Socio-Technical Aspects of Information Systems Development

Globalization has reached the spheres including, economy and software development, making the approach known as Global Software Development (GSD) increasingly adopted. In that the physical, cultural and temporal distances are inherent. They can introduce advantages such as better use of resources in different places and thus stimulate cooperation for the software development. On the other hand,...

Perceptions of the Design Process: An Examination of Gendered Aspects of New Product Development

A study to examine students’ perceptions of the design process was conducted in the freshman/sophomore class ME39D: Designing Technology for Girls and Women at the University of California at Berkeley. The course covered gender issues associated with new product development from a human-centered design perspective. Students worked in multidisciplinary design teams and participated in interactiv...

Gendered Worlds

be a useful addition to anyone’s bookshelf. In the first chapter, sexuality is introduced as more than just the biological act of sex. Instead, the authors describe how sexuality is a fluid concept that has changed over time as humans have evolved both physically and societally. Later chapters describe sex specifics in both male and female bodies, leading to a discussion of sex, gender, and tra...

Gendered Readings of Uncle

The virtually unprecedented popularity of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) in the United States and England was no less marked in France, as evidenced among other things by the commercial success of the eleven French translations that were produced within the period of ten months after its original publication. This and other indications of the significance of Stowe's novel for ...