Cynthia Cockburn : Domestic technologies : Cinderella and the engineers. Domestic technologies are seldom accorded their true significance either by engineers or sociologists, partly due to an undervaluing of the feminine and the private sphere. Drawing on recent feminist research the article examines the failure of designers and manufacturers to understand and respond to user needs. It shows how in neither Eastern nor Western Europe has domestic equipment been designed thoughtfully within appropriate technological systems, as a sensitive interface between household, community and environment. The sociology of technology too is shown to have neglected the technologies of everyday life, rather than seeing them as the logical starting point ...
Technology is usually considered as a natural and autonomous phenomenon. In fact, technology integra...
This article compares the work, careers, and social values of French engineers employed in tradition...
During the last two decades, women have entered the labour market in ever-increasing numbers. As thi...
Cynthia Cockburn : Domestic technologies : Cinderella and the engineers. Domestic technologies are ...
Danielle Chabaud-Rychter ; Industrial and domestic aspects in the conception of domestic appliances....
What is the engineer's place in society ? Neither a scientist nor a politician, the engineer imposes...
Boel Berner : Looking for Mister Engineer. Understanding Masculinity and Technology at two Fin de Si...
Anne Jorunn Berg : Fear, love and technology : Female ambiguities and ambivalences. Can women’s inv...
On the basis of a sociological follow-up study of an experiment in home-automation involving fifteen...
This paper looks at the connection between domestic practices and electrical designers' work. First ...
In this article, I call for more complicated understandings of the relationship between women and te...
From the traditional stereotyped viewpoint, femininity and technology clash. This negative associati...
Les auteures décrivent la façon dont les hommes, en s'appuyant sur la définition sociale de la techn...
In this article, I discuss an issue which lies at the core of today\u2019s \u201cpolitical economy\u...
Cet article rappelle comment la sociologie des usages des technologies de communication a d’abord, e...
Technology is usually considered as a natural and autonomous phenomenon. In fact, technology integra...
This article compares the work, careers, and social values of French engineers employed in tradition...
During the last two decades, women have entered the labour market in ever-increasing numbers. As thi...
Cynthia Cockburn : Domestic technologies : Cinderella and the engineers. Domestic technologies are ...
Danielle Chabaud-Rychter ; Industrial and domestic aspects in the conception of domestic appliances....
What is the engineer's place in society ? Neither a scientist nor a politician, the engineer imposes...
Boel Berner : Looking for Mister Engineer. Understanding Masculinity and Technology at two Fin de Si...
Anne Jorunn Berg : Fear, love and technology : Female ambiguities and ambivalences. Can women’s inv...
On the basis of a sociological follow-up study of an experiment in home-automation involving fifteen...
This paper looks at the connection between domestic practices and electrical designers' work. First ...
In this article, I call for more complicated understandings of the relationship between women and te...
From the traditional stereotyped viewpoint, femininity and technology clash. This negative associati...
Les auteures décrivent la façon dont les hommes, en s'appuyant sur la définition sociale de la techn...
In this article, I discuss an issue which lies at the core of today\u2019s \u201cpolitical economy\u...
Cet article rappelle comment la sociologie des usages des technologies de communication a d’abord, e...
Technology is usually considered as a natural and autonomous phenomenon. In fact, technology integra...
This article compares the work, careers, and social values of French engineers employed in tradition...
During the last two decades, women have entered the labour market in ever-increasing numbers. As thi...