ARTICLE | Interaction Design to Female Technological Collective Activism: Geek Girls Portugal Case Study by Renata Frade and Mário Vairinhos

The article “Interaction Design to Female Technological Collective Activism: Geek Girls Portugal Case Study” by Renata Frade (DigiMedia PhD student) and Mário Vairinhos (DigiMedia member) was published in Advances in Design and Digital Communication IIProceedings of the 5th International Conference on Design and Digital Communication, DIGICOM 2021, November 4–6, 2021, Barcelos, Portugal.

Abstract:

This work aims to reflect on the collective female activism in technology under the prism of human-computational interaction, the culture of participation and cyberfeminism from Geek Girls Portugal community (the first launched in the country) ethnographic case study. From the monitoring of the group’s digital platforms, information was collected to configure an organizational and communicational system, as well as allowing reflection on the autonomy of members’ decisions, using tools of non-discretionary use for the inclusion of women in technology in one of the domains in which patriarchy dominates. Conceptual paradoxes about the culture of participation and the emergence of digital platforms, from the launch of the Web in parallel to the beginning of cyberfeminism, will be presented. This article will also present preliminary results of doctoral research on how female technological communities play a catalytic role in the inclusion, education and activism of Brazilian and Portuguese women in technology.

Citation:

Frade R., Vairinhos M. (2022) Interaction Design to Female Technological Collective Activism: Geek Girls Portugal Case Study. In: Martins N., Brandão D. (eds) Advances in Design and Digital Communication II. DIGICOM 2021. Springer Series in Design and Innovation, vol 19, pp 492-504. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89735-2_40

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