"You have no idea": Women in Architecture in the Eighties

Matthewson, Gill

doi:10.26686/aha.v6i.6754

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“…29 Anecdotes like Deamer's abound, but it is challenging to quantify the extent of the gender gap. 30 Our most recent research estimates that the proportion of women pursuing digital technology in architecture is less than 20% and is not increasing. 31 This is a fraction of women entering the field of architecture and far from gender equality.…”

Section: Reflection: Gender Equity In Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

SOM’s Computer Group: Narratives of women in early architectural computing

Doyle

Senske

2020

International Journal of Architectural Computing

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Cultural narratives of digital technology in architecture rely heavily upon stories of unique, almost always male, genius and often deny the collective intellectual labor of technology’s construction. These narratives are perpetuated by a historical record which does not fully address the contributions of women to the history of digital technology. Because this history is not well-documented, there is an opportunity to represent these events in a manner which is more inclusive and equitable. Toward that end, this article focuses on narratives from the SOM Computing Group (1964–1990), as a means of correcting the historical record and addressing gender equity in the profession. The interviews collected here highlight several women who helped to integrate technologies into architecture through professional experimentation and cross-disciplinary collaboration. While it is not a comprehensive history, this work represents the beginning of an agenda to produce a history of technology in architecture which better reflects the contributions of women to the digital designs of today.

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Section: Reflection: Gender Equity In Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

SOM’s Computer Group: Narratives of women in early architectural computing

Doyle

Senske

2020

International Journal of Architectural Computing

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“…Despite this, registration is not a necessity for practicing architecture. This results in a profession that is much larger than is formally documented, composed of several discipline-aligned roles working in a similar capacity (Matthewson, 2014). The distinction between these titles is often a complicating factor for accurate statistics and representation (Matthewson, 2013; Shannon et al , 2014; Burns et al , 2015), while, as argued by Fowler and Wilson (2004), this raises concerns that a population of valuable and experienced practitioners are leaving the profession despite a significant investment of time and effort.…”

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Seeking elsewhere: a systematic review of literature surrounding attrition and retention of female architects in the profession post-registration

Möller

Dupré

Fernando

2022

ARCH

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to provide a global snapshot of the current state of knowledge regarding attrition rates of women architects. The intended audience includes all the stakeholders of the profession, as well as those interested in professional attrition studies, with the aim to contribute to a social debate, which places increasing value on diversity, equal representation and retention in this field.Design/methodology/approachThis paper has utilized the structured analytical technique of a systematic review of the scholarship involving scholarship published over two decades between the years 2000 and 2020. Having selected research on this topic following a series of exclusionary and inclusionary criteria for relevancy and accuracy, this select research has been categorically and thoroughly analyzed using this technique.FindingsThis literature review identifies four main recurring themes among the literature, which address this research question, including: (1). cross-national differences and similarities; (2) demotivating factors leading to attrition; (3) graduate/architect terminology, which blurs the distinction between participants in architecture; and (4) implications of female architects as represented in professional publications and the “reward system.” Consequently, this literature review finds that to date no singular cause can be pinpointed as the sole cause of women's attrition, but rather a series of complex and intertwining factors, some of them specific to the profession.Originality/valueThis paper suggests areas for further study into the reduction of attrition rates of registered women in this discipline, with an emphasis that further research may expand to focus rather on positive aspects of the profession resulting in areas of retention, which has been of little focus in current research. Additionally, these findings make suggestions toward a series of recommendations that may assist in framing the industry toward more positive and equitable career and industry trajectories.

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"You have no idea": Women in Architecture in the Eighties

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SOM’s Computer Group: Narratives of women in early architectural computing

SOM’s Computer Group: Narratives of women in early architectural computing

Seeking elsewhere: a systematic review of literature surrounding attrition and retention of female architects in the profession post-registration

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