Introduction to Digital Feminism

GSF 265S

The aim of this course is to critically analyze digital culture from a feminist and gender studies perspective.  We will address topics regarding digital innovation and its history, unpacking and critically questioning them using analytical tools drawn from feminist, queer, and gender studies.  Topics will include the rise of silicon Valley, gaming culture, social media, data mining, algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, extraction of data applied to biotechnology, the macro-economics of IT platforms, and the impact of technology on ecology.

Crosslistings:

COMPSCI 112

ISS 265S

SOCIOL 217

VMS 26S

I&E certificate and Ethics & Society certificate

The aim of this course is to critically analyze digital culture from a feminist and gender studies perspective. We will address topics related to digital innovation and its history, unpacking and questioning them through the insights offered by genders studies analytical tools. Subjects such as the rise of the Silicon Valley, gaming culture, social media, algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, extraction of data applied to biotechnology, macroeconomic development of IT platforms and the impact of technology on ecology will be discussed starting from a current event or debate, to which we will give a historical, ethical, sociological, theoretical, literary or cinematographic perspective.
Curriculum Codes
  • R
  • STS
  • SS
Cross-Listed As
  • CMAC 265S
  • COMPSCI 112S
  • I&E 265S
  • ISS 265S
  • SOCIOL 217S
  • VMS 286S
Typically Offered
Occasionally