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Why are we (still) geeks? correcting media images to help computer science

Why are we (still) geeks? correcting media images to help computer science. Brenda Laurel, PhD Adjunct Professor Computer Science University of California, Santa Cruz blaurel@soe.ucsc.edu 408-656-6598. whose media images are we upset about?. Let’s start with ours!.

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Why are we (still) geeks? correcting media images to help computer science

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  1. Why are we (still) geeks?correcting media images to help computer science Brenda Laurel, PhD Adjunct Professor Computer Science University of California, Santa Cruz blaurel@soe.ucsc.edu 408-656-6598

  2. whose media images are we upset about?

  3. Let’s start with ours! These women are not geeks. They are all wearing nail polish and respectable clothing. Now let’s look a little more closely. The white woman in the center seems to be giving advice to the black woman. The Asian woman seems to be staring off into space. Both power and racial issues show up in this image.

  4. Now let’s try this…

  5. Find the geeks! women are wearing clothing that seems natural. Asian woman has Google glass instead of strange gaze. Black woman seems comfortable in mentoring role. White woman wearing stylish Nike bracelet. All geek stereotypes are represented — but who would you rather be?

  6. Who are we anyway?

  7. We are all of these women.

  8. Aspiring young person with pigtails MARY FLANAGAN. Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor in Digital Humanities at Dartmouth; Director of Tiltfactor Game Research Laboratory, with pigtails

  9. Our Own Representations Put out our own self-representations. Deny power to the spectacle. Do great work and get noticed for it - self-promotion is good. taking action: Wikipedia storming and DOCCsFemTechNet http://femtechnet.tumblr.com/.

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