Renata Frade, a DigiMedia researcher and ICPD PhD student, was invited by Dr. Carlos Scolari to present Technofeminism: multi and transdisciplinary contemporary views on women in technology (DigiMedia Collection/UA Editora) in the Medium Book Day at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona/Spain).
The MEDIUM BOOK DAY features brief presentations of the latest books published by this research group, aimed at fostering dialogue among the authors, other research teams and general attendees. Covering topics such as video games, dystopian narratives, the evolution of audiovisual media, technofeminism and contemporary television, it hopes to connect these volumes with the audience’s interests. The event is hosted by Medium Group (Communication Department) at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
About the book:
Technofeminism: multi and transdisciplinary contemporary views on women in technologyaims to fill an editorial gap by proposing – based on technological feminist theories and case studies – current reflections and actions aimed at the professional market and Science in segments such as artificial intelligence, education, gender, arts, games, transgender people, social justice and cultural diversity, Design/Human-Computational Interaction by renowned scientists working in Portugal, Brazil, United States and United Kingdom. Edited by Renata Frade and Mário Vairinhos, researcher and professor at DigiMedia (University of Aveiro), the work was released in a free online issue, written in English, following the Open Science politic by DigiMedia Collection/UA Editora.
The authors are: “Feminism and Technology: an interview with Dr. Judy Wajcman by Renata Frade”; “Allegro ma non tropo: how educational traps might be predicted” (Ana Silveira Moura); “Spaces in deconstruction: an experience report on transgender employability in the area of computing/technology” (Biamichelle Miranda, in Memoriam); DigitalSELFPresenceLab: embodying new technologies for the restoration of presence” (Carolina Berger); “Gender discrimination in AI models: origins and mitigation paths” (Dora Kaufman); “Convergent feminism, games, digital transition and equity” (Patrícia Gouveia, Luciana Lima); “Cultural Diversity as a design precedent: A (Feminist) Angle for HCI/d Expansion” (Sai Shruthi Chivukula); “How to be a Woman in Science: an interview with Ana Viseu by Renata Frade about Feminism, Gender and Technoscience perspectives”. The preface was written by Dr. Ana Veloso, University of Aveiro Department of Communication and Art Director.
You can download the book here: https://ria.ua.pt/handle/10773/37656
