Masculinity, Power and Technology

Mellström, Ulf

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“…Social and cultural bonds between skills in science, machines, and men were made at an everyday level, as well as at a symbolic level [57]. As Mellström highlights, there are taken for granted "masculine homosocial bonds," mediated through the interaction with men and machines [58] (p. 17). We see these reinforced through the implicit gendered division of labor in the laboratory.…”

Section: Making Gender Preexperimental Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Masculinities and experimental practices in physics: The view from three case studies

Gonsalves

Danielsson

Pettersson

2016

Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res.

115

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[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Gender in Physics.] This article analyzes masculinity and experimental practices within three different physics communities. This work is premised on the understanding that the discipline of physics is not only dominated by men, but also is laden with masculine connotations on a symbolical level, and that this limited and limiting construction of physics has made it difficult for many women to find a place in the discipline. Consequently, we argue that in order to further the understanding of gender dynamics within physics communities and enrich the current understandings about the lack of women in physics, perspectives from masculinity studies are crucial. The article draws on three different ethnographic case studies dealing with undergraduate students, graduate students, and research scientists.

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Section: Making Gender Preexperimental Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Masculinities and experimental practices in physics: The view from three case studies

Gonsalves

Danielsson

Pettersson

2016

Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res.

115

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“…Other scholars have studied the role of technology as a part of the production of 'masculinities' (Hacker, 1990;Mellström, 2003; see also Faulkner, 2001 for an elaboration of the technologies role for men's gender identities). A key issue in this literature has been how technology plays an important role in men's lives and is used to improve and build their identities, for example within such fields as engineering, mechanics and computer science.…”

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Gender and Technology: From Exclusion to Inclusion?

Lagesen

2015

International Encyclopedia of the Social &Amp; Behavioral Sciences

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“…12 Mellström also argues that, in Sweden, practical skills have traditionally been highly valued and are tightly interconnected with 'being a man', particularly in rural areas and among working-class men. 13 In both the engineering contexts where he did ethnographic studies the engineers related the ability to take care of a wide range of practical problems to being recognized as a competent man. Similarly, McIlwee and Robinson have shown the importance of hands-on competence in order to be recognized as an engineer, and found that male engineers were keen to demonstrate this competence, even in professional contexts where it was not demanded.…”

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“…16 It has also been argued that the professional technological world in a sense is a world of 'eternal youth', that rewards boyish curiosity and inventiveness. 17 As such, technology, as a man's way of life, is something that is often established in early childhood and, thus, the boy interested in technology is expected to become an engineer when he grows up. This is not to say that a hands-on relationship to technology as an entry-way to engineering is not available to women, but Faulkner points out that considerably more men than women have been socialized into such a relationship to technology.…”

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The Pride and Joy of Engineering? The Identity Work of Male Working-Class Engineering Students

Danielsson

Gonsalves

Silfver

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Engineering Studies

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In this article, we explore the identity work done by four male, working-class students who participate in a Swedish mechanical engineering program, with a focus on their participation in project work. A focus on how individuals negotiate their participation in science and technology disciplines has proven to be a valuable way to study inclusion and exclusion in such disciplines. This is of particular relevance in engineering education where it is widely argued that change is needed in order to attract new groups of students and provide students with knowledge appropriate for the future society. In this study we conceptualized identity as socially and discursively produced, and focus on tracing students' identity trajectories. The empirical data consists of ethnographic field notes from lectures, video-recordings of project work, semi-structured interviews, and video-diaries recorded by the students. The findings show that even though all four students unproblematically associate with the 'technicist' masculinity of their chosen program it takes considerable work to incorporate the project work into their engineering trajectories. Further, 'laddish' masculinities re/produced in higher education in engineering also contribute to a 'troubled' identity trajectory for one of the interviewed students.

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Masculinity, Power and Technology

Cited by 14 publications

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Masculinities and experimental practices in physics: The view from three case studies

Masculinities and experimental practices in physics: The view from three case studies

Gender and Technology: From Exclusion to Inclusion?

The Pride and Joy of Engineering? The Identity Work of Male Working-Class Engineering Students

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