Technology assessment: a feminist perspective

by Traulsen, Janine Morgall

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Title Statements

Full title :Technology assessment : :a feminist perspective / Janine Marie Morgall.

Summary

How well does technology assessment (TA) relate to women's lives? If women are underrepresented in the long-term research and development process that leads to scientific advancements, how can TA understand technology aimed at women? It can't, claims the author of Technology Assessment: A Feminist Perspective. A relative new field, TA examines the social aspect of technology and provides information critical to decision making, policy development, safety standards, and avoiding litigation. Until gender analysis is introduced into all assessments of new technologies, Janine Marie Morgall argues, TA can't evaluate technology's impact upon women. Morgall investigates two areas of technology that affect women's lives: productive (clerical work) and reproductive (health care). Case studies of clerical workers and health care recipients illustrate gender-specify effects of technology ranging from word processors to treatments for infertility. These studies convincingly demonstrate that TA encourages innovations without questioning their effects on women. Issues of dominance, control, and conflicting values emerge from Morgall's feminist perspective and support her call for gender analysis of new technologies.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1993.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Temple University Press
Place of Publication:Philadelphia
Language:eng
Publication Date:1993.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (x, 249 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781439904732, 1439904731, 1566390907, 1566390915, 9781566390910, 9781566390903, 128258183X, 9781282581838
oclc:ocn639014930
LC Classification:T174.5
Dewey Decimal:303.48/3/082

Introduction: On the Importance of Gender Analysis -- 1. Evolution -- 2. Organization -- 3. Methods and Their Limitations -- 4. Problems Perceived by Proponents -- 5. A Feminist Perspective on Technology -- 6. A Feminist Approach to Assessment -- 7. The Clerical Sector -- 8. Reproductive Technology -- Conclusion: Drawing Out Criteria for a Critical Feminist Approach.

Subjects

Feminism Feminisme Feministische filosofie SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General Technologie -- Évaluation Technologisch aspectenonderzoek Technology -- Social aspects TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspec… Technology assessment Vrouwenstudies