Black Women in Computing and Technology: Identity affirmation and Resistance

Mory Marcia De Oliveira Lobo,Cristiano Maciel,Karen Figueiredo

doi:10.19153/cleiej.22.2.9

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Abstract

Considering black women in Brazil as a research subject involves new challenges about topics that are increasingly complex. In this sense, pertinent questions arise in seeking to comprehend contemporary phenomena and, consequently, leave room for disputable formulations, especially in areas of which science and technology have little understanding. This article offers a bibliographical essay that aims to begin the path to include black women in computing and technology, in a social background of sexism and racial segregation. Furthermore, it presents a summary of the resistance strategies used in black women’s course in this area by analyzing the elements of black identity strengthened by these initiatives in Brazil and abroad.

Highlights

The current social configuration of the 21st Century stems from consequential historical transformations and expressive changes in contemporary women’s social behavior
This article aims to: (i) offer a bibliographic essay on incorporating black women in fields of computing and technology, and (ii) create a summary of resistance strategies developed by black women in this area while analyzing elements of black identity reinforced by these initiatives, in Brazil and abroad, using the contribution of Netnography and Discourse Analysis
The rest of this article is organized as follows: the second section discusses theoretical perspectives on the black and female identity and the historical relationship with the field of technology; the third section presents actual cases of resistance strategies employed by black women in the field of computer science and technology in Brazil and abroad; lastly, the fourth section concludes with final considerations

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Introduction

The current social configuration of the 21st Century stems from consequential historical transformations and expressive changes in contemporary women’s social behavior. Questions arise on issues that are crucial for understanding contemporary phenomena and, produce formulations that are open to the challenges, mainly in areas that are still unfamiliar to fields of science and technology In this sense, this article aims to: (i) offer a bibliographic essay on incorporating black women in fields of computing and technology, and (ii) create a summary of resistance strategies developed by black women in this area while analyzing elements of black identity reinforced by these initiatives, in Brazil and abroad, using the contribution of Netnography and Discourse Analysis. The rest of this article is organized as follows: the second section discusses theoretical perspectives on the black and female identity and the historical relationship with the field of technology; the third section presents actual cases of resistance strategies employed by black women in the field of computer science and technology in Brazil and abroad; lastly, the fourth section concludes with final considerations

Identity of Black Women

Black Women in the Age of Technology

Women in Computing and Technology

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Final Considerations