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 March 6, 2012
| Time: | 3:15-4:30 p.m. |
| Description: | The first computer programmers were women. This talk, by Dr. Nathan Ensmenger, examines the transformation of the "computer girls" of the early electronic computer era into the "IT guys" of the present period as more than a mere historical curiosity, highlighting the ways in which the professionalization of computing work also involved the masculinization of its practitioners.
The work of "coding" a computer, as it was originally envisioned, was an inherently feminized occupation: low-status, low-paid and largely invisible. Today, of course, the situation has almost entirely reversed, and computer programmers have adopted an almost stereotypically masculine identity. From this transformation, Engmenger suggests a lens through which to observe the social and labor history of one of the most fundamental scientific and technological developments of the modern era. |
| Location: | UT Administration Building (UTA) 5.522 (Large Conference Room) |
| Contact: | Yan Zhang | 512-471-9448 |
| Sponsor: | School of Information |
| Admission: | Free; no registration necessary |
| Categories: | Arts & Humanities, Colloquium, Everyone, Lecture/talk, Research |
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