Gender. Knowledge. Informatics. Network for Research Transfer of Interdisciplinary Knowledge regarding Gender and IT (GEWINN)".
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Abstract
Prior work examining technology usage and maintenance practices
in homes describes division of labor in terms of technical expertise.
In this paper, we offer a counter-narrative to this explanation for
engagement with Ubiquitous Computing. Using feminist theory as
an analytic lens, we examine how gender identity work is a
determining factor of whether and how people engage with digital
technologies in their homes. We present a model of gender &
technical identity co-construction