the politics of inclusion in open technology cultures Dunbar-Hester, Christina 1976- creator text bibliography nju 2020 monographic eng xi, 271 pages ; 24 cm. "We regularly read and hear exhortations for women to take up positions in STEM. The call comes from both government and private corporate circles, and it also emanates from enthusiasts for free and open source software (FOSS), i.e. software that anyone is free to use, copy, study, and change in any way. Ironically, rate of participation in FOSS-related work is far lower than in other areas of computing. A 2002 European Union study showed that fewer than 2 percent of software developers in the FOSS world were women. How is it that an intellectual community of activists so open in principle to one and all -a community that prides itself for its enlightened politics and its commitment to social change - should have such a low rate of participation by women? This book is an ethnographic investigation of efforts to improve the diversity in software and hackerspace communities, with particular attention paid to gender diversity advocacy"-- History, heresy, hacking -- To fork or not to fork: hacking and infrastructures of care -- Crafting and critique: artefactual and symbolic outputs of diversity advocacy -- Working imaginaries: "freedom from jobs" or learning to love to labor? -- The conscience of a (feminist) hacker: political stances within diversity advocacy -- "Putting lipstick on a GNU?" representation and its discontents -- Overcoming diversity : Conclusion. by Christina Dunbar-Hester. Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-261) and index. Hacktivism Computers and women Open source software Social aspects Multiculturalism HV6773 .D899h 2020 303.48/34 9780691182070 9780691192888 2019019271 DLC 190425 20251126185523.0 20948431 eng