Ellen Balka
Biographic Data
| ID | 3487865 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ellen Balka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ellen |
| FAMILY NAME | Balka |
| SIGNATURE | BALKA E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Simon Fraser University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2094-7907 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Gender and Technology at Work
This book brings together the vast research literature about gender and technology to help designers understand what a gender perspective and a focus on intersectionality can contribute to designing information technology systems and artifacts, and to assist organizations as they work to develop work cultures that are supportive of women and marginalized genders and people. Drawing on empirical and analytical studies of women's work and technolog…
Navigating boundaries in coproduced research
The four discursive positions identified will help those doing coproduced research to critically reflect on their own position(s) regarding boundaries in collaborative research, and strategically discuss, select, or switch discourses as needed to support their goals
A Historical View of Studies of Women's Work
This paper places observational studies of women's work in historical perspective. We present some of the very early studies (carried out in the period from 1900 to 1930), as well as several examples of fieldwork-based studies of women's work, undertaken from different perspectives and in varied locations between the 1960s and the mid 1990s. We outline and discuss several areas of thought which have influenced studies of women's work - the automa…
Women, Work and Computerization
Obituary. Susan Leigh Star (1954-2010)
Situating Internet Use
In recent years considerable attention has been focused on the potential of the Internet as a means of health information delivery that can meet varied health information needs and empower patients. In this article, we explore utilization of the Internet as a means of health information consumption amongst young women with breast cancer who were known Internet users. Focusing on a population known to be competent at using the Internet allowed us …
Alt.metadata.health
Special Issue
Rose-Coloured Glasses
Here discourse about information technology in Canada’s health sector is examined. After an overview of the emergence of the Canadian Health Information Infrastructure, discourse within the Romanow Report is discussed in relation to three key themes: standardization, empowerment, and time/space compression. While an instrumental view of technology in the health care sector is the predominant discourse articulated in the report, we argue that, by …
Communicating Health Information
The Community Engagement Model was developed as a tool for the production of health communication videos for broadcast on local television stations. The model, a hybrid of participatory video design and social marketing techniques, uses iterative design principles for both production and evaluation. This article reports on the use of this model for the design and production of a series of videos aimed at promoting awareness of the BC NurseLine (a…
Women, Work and Computerization
Rethinking 'The Medium is the Message
McLuhan's oft-cited maxim 'the medium is the message' is examined and it is argued that, although McLuhan can be read as a technological determinist, it is also possible to interpret 'the medium is the message' from within the context of a social constructivist understanding of technology, which sees society and technology as mutually shaping phenomena. Inherent to such a reading of McLuhan is an understanding of technology as the output of socia…
Participatory Design in Women’s Organizations
Participatory design is an approach to designing technological systems that differs from traditional approaches to design in many respects. The goal of participatory design is to encourage users of technological systems to actively participate in the process of designing technological systems. The end goal of participatory design is to enable users of technological systems to articulate their needs, and to develop technological systems that accou…
Participatory Design in Women’s Organizations
Participatory design is an approach to designing technological systems that differs from traditional approaches to design in many respects. The goal of participatory design is to encourage users of technological systems to actively participate in the process of designing technological systems. The end goal of participatory design is to enable users of technological systems to articulate their needs, and to develop technological systems that accou…
A Historical View of Studies of Women's Work
This paper places observational studies of women's work in historical perspective. We present some of the very early studies (carried out in the period from 1900 to 1930), as well as several examples of fieldwork-based studies of women's work, undertaken from different perspectives and in varied locations between the 1960s and the mid 1990s. We outline and discuss several areas of thought which have influenced studies of women's work - the automa…
Situating Internet Use
In recent years considerable attention has been focused on the potential of the Internet as a means of health information delivery that can meet varied health information needs and empower patients. In this article, we explore utilization of the Internet as a means of health information consumption amongst young women with breast cancer who were known Internet users. Focusing on a population known to be competent at using the Internet allowed us …
Participatory Design in Women’s Organizations
Participatory design is an approach to designing technological systems that differs from traditional approaches to design in many respects. The goal of participatory design is to encourage users of technological systems to actively participate in the process of designing technological systems. The end goal of participatory design is to enable users of technological systems to articulate their needs, and to develop technological systems that accou…
Women, Work and Computerization
Rethinking 'The Medium is the Message
McLuhan's oft-cited maxim 'the medium is the message' is examined and it is argued that, although McLuhan can be read as a technological determinist, it is also possible to interpret 'the medium is the message' from within the context of a social constructivist understanding of technology, which sees society and technology as mutually shaping phenomena. Inherent to such a reading of McLuhan is an understanding of technology as the output of socia…
Special Issue
Rose-Coloured Glasses
Here discourse about information technology in Canada’s health sector is examined. After an overview of the emergence of the Canadian Health Information Infrastructure, discourse within the Romanow Report is discussed in relation to three key themes: standardization, empowerment, and time/space compression. While an instrumental view of technology in the health care sector is the predominant discourse articulated in the report, we argue that, by …
Communicating Health Information
The Community Engagement Model was developed as a tool for the production of health communication videos for broadcast on local television stations. The model, a hybrid of participatory video design and social marketing techniques, uses iterative design principles for both production and evaluation. This article reports on the use of this model for the design and production of a series of videos aimed at promoting awareness of the BC NurseLine (a…
Alt.metadata.health
Obituary. Susan Leigh Star (1954-2010)
Situating Internet Use
In recent years considerable attention has been focused on the potential of the Internet as a means of health information delivery that can meet varied health information needs and empower patients. In this article, we explore utilization of the Internet as a means of health information consumption amongst young women with breast cancer who were known Internet users. Focusing on a population known to be competent at using the Internet allowed us …
Women, Work and Computerization
A Historical View of Studies of Women's Work
This paper places observational studies of women's work in historical perspective. We present some of the very early studies (carried out in the period from 1900 to 1930), as well as several examples of fieldwork-based studies of women's work, undertaken from different perspectives and in varied locations between the 1960s and the mid 1990s. We outline and discuss several areas of thought which have influenced studies of women's work - the automa…
Navigating boundaries in coproduced research
The four discursive positions identified will help those doing coproduced research to critically reflect on their own position(s) regarding boundaries in collaborative research, and strategically discuss, select, or switch discourses as needed to support their goals
Gender and Technology at Work
This book brings together the vast research literature about gender and technology to help designers understand what a gender perspective and a focus on intersectionality can contribute to designing information technology systems and artifacts, and to assist organizations as they work to develop work cultures that are supportive of women and marginalized genders and people. Drawing on empirical and analytical studies of women's work and technolog…
Computer Science (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Knowledge management (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · World Wide Web (3 works) · Business (2 works)