From digital inclusion to IT appropriation

Gendered aspects of appropriation imaginary and practices

Bibliographic Data

ID21820458
AuthorsSol Martinez Demarco (0000-0003-3774-3599, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume15
Issue1
Pages72-86
Publication date2023-05-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGENDER – Zeitschrift für Geschlecht Kultur und Gesellschaft (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1868-7245 • E-ISSN: 2196-4467
PublisherVerlag Barbara Budrich GmbH (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3224/gender.v15i1.06
OpenAlexW4367680400
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited16

The gender digital divide is a well-known research and policy topic. Policy discourses emphasise the inclusion aspect focusing on equal opportunities and economic empowerment. Critical analyses of the inclusion narrative stress its universalist and normative perspective which implicitly excludes and determines what gender technology inclusion means. This contribution focuses on an alternative perspective developed in Latin America: appropriation of technologies. This approach foregrounds the socio-cultural and economic inequalities present in the Global South. Based on a case study of a transfeminist IT community from Argentina, this paper analyses the transformative aspects of this collective’s imaginary and practices. It argues that this approach is relevant to other Global South contexts where similar communities exist and provides us with a better understanding of possibilities and limits of inclusion in the digital technologies sector

Appropriation · Cultural appropriation · Digital Inclusion · Empowerment · Epistemology · Latin Americans · Narrative · Normative · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · The Imaginary · The Internet · Transformative learning · Anthropology · Computer Science · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Gender Studies · ICT Impact and Policies · Law · Psychology · Social Media and Politics

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