Gendered Conceptions in Processes of Software Development

Our presentation aims at theoretically and practically linking deconstructivist feminist positions and applied informatics. Therefore, we pose the question of which gendered conceptions become operative during the software development process and of how thereby gender is inscribed in technological artefacts. By presenting the results of two case studies researching concrete development processes one in the field of game development and the second in the field of search engines based on semantic networks we concentrate on aspects of software quality and stereotypical user representations as well as on heterogeneous viewpoints in modelling decisions.