Feminist geographies of digital work

Richardson, Lizzie

doi:10.1177/0309132516677177

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“…sharing 'paths' with friends through Smart Journal); and discover social media tags descriptive of feelings about or experiences of locational content. This user-generated content reveals a little about the cultural economy within which tech cities operate (Fuchs, 2017), but we remain outside the intimacies of labour, inattentive to the professional structures and enduring discrimination (Banks and Milestone, 2011;Richardson, 2018), and unaware of the configurations of gender division (Reimer, 2016).…”

Section: Writing About the Impact Of New Technologies And Spatial Infmentioning

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Women’s leadership and gendered experiences in tech cities

Hardey

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the findings from longitudinal study conducted with women leaders in tech cities to understand the cultural and discursive burden affecting their professional experiences and the dominant cultural boundaries they regularly have to cross to legitimise their knowledge and expertise. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on research from the Gender in Tech City project that included serial interviews with 50 senior women leaders over three years at three different tech city sites. Findings The paper illustrates the differing spatialities that women continue to face within tech culture and how terms such as “women in tech” are problematic. Research limitations/implications This study adds to the conceptualisation of tech culture and gendered constructions within a spatial context; there is a need to strengthen this path of investigation beyond gender as a lone issue. Originality/value The study contributes to the literature on spatial context, examining a new micro-context within tech culture that amplifies hidden biases and restricts the movement of women professionals.

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Section: Writing About the Impact Of New Technologies And Spatial Infmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women’s leadership and gendered experiences in tech cities

Hardey

2019

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“…The geographies of digital skill outlined in this paper raise several further areas of interest regarding the intersections of labour, life and digital technologies (Richardson 2016(Richardson , 2017.…”

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Geographies of digital skill

Richardson

Bissell

2019

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“…The role of information technology in workplace wellbeing is often portrayed negatively, as constant communication pressuring us to be always on duty, or as institutional online spaces exhorting selfcare. 46 But when digital technology disrupts 'at work' spaces, 47 the results are not wholly negative. The positive counter-balance is their potential as safe, supportive online gathering spaces.…”

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“…75 In digital space we maintain regular interactions facilitated by physical spaces despite moving apart physically. This offers particular forms of intimacy, 76 as OSNs encourage frequent discussion in which thoughts, emotions and jokes are easily shared. A trusted group of peers, available 'anywhere' provide invaluable support.…”

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Awesome women and bad feminists: the role of online social networks and peer support for feminist practice in academia

Bayfield

Colebrooke

Pitt

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In her book, ‘Bad Feminist’, Roxane Gay claims this label shamelessly, embracing the contradictory aspects of enacting feminist practice while fundamentally being ‘flawed human[s]’. This article tells a story inspired by and enacting Roxane Gay’s approach in academia, written by five cis-gendered women geographers. It is the story of a proactive, everyday feminist initiative to survive as women in an academic precariat fuelled by globalised, neoliberalised higher education. We reflect on what it means to be (bad) feminists in that context, and how we respond as academics. We share experiences of an online space used to support one another through post-doctoral life, a simple message thread, which has established an important role in our development as academics and feminists. This article, written through online collaboration, mirrors and enacts processes fundamental to our online network, demonstrating the significance and potential of safe digital spaces for peer support. Excerpts from the chat reflect critically on struggles and solutions we have co-developed. Through this, we celebrate and validate a strategy we know that we and others like us find invaluable for our wellbeing and survival. Finally, we reflect on the inherent limitations of exclusive online networks as tools for feminist resistance.

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Feminist geographies of digital work

Cited by 102 publications

References 130 publications

Women’s leadership and gendered experiences in tech cities

Women’s leadership and gendered experiences in tech cities

Geographies of digital skill

Awesome women and bad feminists: the role of online social networks and peer support for feminist practice in academia

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