TY - BOOK AU - Archibald,Jacqueline ED - International Conference of Women into Computing ED - WiC (Organization) TI - The gender politics of ICT SN - 190475046X AV - HD6073.D37 I57 2005 U1 - 004.082 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Queensway, Enfield, Middlesex PB - Middlesex University Press KW - Women electronic data processing personnel KW - Congresses KW - Women in computer science N1 - "Women into Computing"--Cover; "Selection of papers presented at the 6th International Conference of Women into Computing at the University of Greenwich, London, in July 2005"--P. [4] of cover; Includes bibliographical references; Introduction --; Acknowledgements --; Conference programme and organising committees --; [pt. 1]; Invited papers --; 1; Why are women still so few in IT? : understanding the persistent under-representation of women in the IT professions; Juliet Webster --; 2; Becoming and belonging : gendered processes in engineering; Wendy Faulkner --; 3; Bridging the boardroom 'divide' : a personal view; Lesley Ottery --; 4; Intelligent ambience between Heaven and Hell : a salvation?; Cecile K.M. Crutzen --; [pt. 2]; Gender politics --; 5. An; initial investigation of students' self-construction of pedagogical agents; Katherine R.B. Greysen --; 6; Some ideas on constitutive ethics for information and communication technologies; Frances Grundy --; 7; Gender mainstreaming in FP6 : experiences from an IST project; Rosa Michaelson --; 8; Understandings of gender and competence in ICT; Johanna Sefyrin --; 9; Implementation of large scale software applications : possibilities for end-user participation; Linda Stepulevage; Miriam Mukasa --; 10; 'Social' robots & 'emotional' software agents : gendering processes and de-gendering strategies for 'technologies in the making'; Jutta Weber; Corinna Bath --; 11; New Europe - new attitudes? : some initial findings on women in computing in the Czech Republic; Eva Turner --; [pt. 3]; Communications : exploiting technology --; 12. A; tool but not a medium : practical use of the Internet in the women's movement; Tanja Carstensen; Gabriele Winker --; 13; Blogging for life : the role of the cyberconduit in everyday narratives, cyberfeminism, and global social change; Tess Pierce --; 17; 'I know that's not the topic we're on, but it is all linked isn't it'? : gender and interaction in Email list cooperation; Margit Pohl; Greg Michaelson --; 15; Internet research from a gender perspective : searching for differentiated use patterns; Gabriele Winker --; [pt. 4]; Education : context and content --; 16; Gender differentials in the adoption and use of information and communications technologies by lecturers in Nigerian universities; Rosemary O. Agbonlahor --; 17; Invitation to dialogue : feminist research meets compute science; Christina Björkman --; 18; Women's pleasure in computing; Hilde Corneliussen --; 19; Women's training revisited : developing new learning pathways for women IT technicians using a holistic approach; Debbie Ellen; Clem Herman --; 20; Learning in groups : gender impacts in E-learning; Sigrid Schmitz; Ruth Messmer --; [pt. 5]; Employment --; 21; 'You don't have to be male to work here, but it helps!' - gender and the IT labour market; Alison Adam; Marie Griffiths; Claire Keogh; Karenza Moore; Helen Richardson; Angela Tattersall --; 22; Networking and career advancement strategies for women : a study of the effects of networking and mentoring on ICT careers for women; Frances S. Grodzinsky; Andra Gumbus --; 23. The; potential of adaptive collaborative work : a proposal for a new working style for Japanese women; Mayumi Hori; Masakazu Ohashi ER -