[Commlist] New book: Technofeminism: multi and transdisciplinary contemporary views on women in technology

New book:
/Technofeminism: multi and transdisciplinary contemporary views on women 
in technology/

Following an Open Science policy, the book is free of charge and it was 
written in English. It can be be downloaded at

*https://ria.ua.pt/bitstream/10773/37656/1/TechnoFeminism%20-%20Multi%20and%20Transdisciplinary%20Contemporary%20views%20on%20women%20in%20technology_vf.pdf* 



*WOMEN IN TECH AND FEMINISM ARE DIGIMEDIA COLLECTION NEW BOOK THEMES*


The “women in technology and STEAM” theme has been increasingly 
approached in academic and school environments, at events, by 
journalists, in digital communities and in society debates as well. It 
is urgent to develop effective solutions for greater diversity, 
inclusion, equity in IT, starting from childhood. */Technofeminism:  
multi and transdisciplinary contemporary views on women in 
technology/* aims to fill an editorial gap by proposing – based on 
technological feminist theories and case studies – current reflections 
and actions aimed at the professional market and Science in segments 
such as *artificial intelligence, education, gender, arts, games, 
transgender people, social justice and cultural diversity, 
Design/Human-Computational Interaction* by renowned scientists working 
in *Portugal, Brazil, United States* and *United Kingdom*. Edited by 
*Renata Frade *and *Mário Vairinhos*, researcher and professor at 
DigiMedia (University of Aveiro), the work was released in a 
*free online issue*, written in English, following 
the Open Science politic by *DigiMedia Collection/UA Editora*.

The book intends to be a theoretical reference in technofeminism debates 
and a guide for women, from adolescence onwards, interested in joining 
or making a professional transition to STEAM careers, entrepreneurship, 
improving knowledge about feminism in fields of patriarchy greater 
domain, from a plural and diverse perspective. *One of the main book 
highlights is the participation as author of Dr. Judy Wajcman, 
recognized worldwide for 30 years for her research on technological 
feminism and gender studies. The researcher is a British Academy fellow, 
professor at the Anthony Giddens of Sociology at the London School of 
Economics. The book is in line with the United Nations General Assembly 
(UN) Sustainable Development Goals.*

/Technofeminism: multi and transdisciplinary contemporary views on women 
in technology/ authors are: “Feminism and Technology: an interview with 
Dr. *Judy Wajcman* by *Renata Frade*”; “Allegro ma non tropo: how 
educational traps might be predicted” (*Ana Silveira Moura*); “Spaces in 
deconstruction: an experience report on transgender employability in the 
area of computing/technology” (*Biamichelle Miranda*, in Memorian); 
DigitalSELFPresenceLab: embodying new technologies for the restoration 
of presence” (*Carolina Berger*); “Gender discrimination in AI models: 
origins and mitigation paths” (*Dora Kaufman*); “Convergent feminism, 
games, digital transition and equity” (*Patrícia Gouveia, Luciana 
Lima*); “Cultural Diversity as a design precedent: A (Feminist) Angle 
for HCI/d Expansion” (*Sai Shruthi Chivukula*); “How to be a Woman in 
Science: an interview with *Ana Viseu* by Renata Frade about Feminism, 
Gender and Technoscience perspectives”. The preface was written by Dr. 
*Ana Veloso*, University of Aveiro Department of Communication and Art 
Director.



*ABOUT THE EDITORS:*

*RENATA FRADE*

Renata Frade develops a women in tech doctoral research at the 
University of Aveiro/DigiMedia (Portugal). This research is funded by 
the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). Her motivation for 
studies in the technological field was more emphasized 11 years ago, 
when she became a technology entrepreneur in Brazil. Fifteen years ago, 
she got to know transmedia theory and was a student of its main 
theorist, Dr. Henry Jenkins, at M.I.T. (Massachussets Institute of 
Technology, USA). During 2015 and 2017 she was an activist, speaker and 
volunteer for the international NGO of women in technology, founded in 
San Francisco (USA), Girls in Tech Brazil. She´s been invited to be a 
keynote speaker at technological symposiums, such as Gartner´s (the 
largest technology research company in the world), feminist events and 
events for society (such as the Porto Feminist Festival). She´s been 
writing technology articles for press media such as MobileTime and 
Digitalk, Mídia Ninja. She is the author of 13 fiction and non-fiction 
books by Brazilian and international publishers such as Unesp, Rocco, 
Springer, Patuá, Ria Editorial (Portugal), Livros LabCom.IFP (Univ. da 
Beira Interior, Portugal). She took UX courses at the California 
Institute of Arts and USP. She was a Science, Health and Entertainment 
reporter at InfoGlobo journals. She graduated in Social Communication 
from PUC-Rio (where she took courses in computing at the Rio DataCentro 
laboratories), Master in Literature from UERJ. She is an Institute of 
Advanced Studies Artificial Intelligence researcher at USP.

*MÁRIO VAIRINHOS*

Professor at the Department of Communication and Arts of the University 
of Aveiro since 2001, researcher in the area of Interaction Design and 
Human-Computer Interaction, with particular interest in tangible Media 
and Mixed Reality. At the same time develops Digital Art work and 
Museography projects in interaction design. He was co-founder and editor 
of Mimesis Contemporary Art journal. Graduated in 1996 in Economics from 
the Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, in 2001 obtained the 
Master degree in Digital Arts at the School of Arts of Porto, Portuguese 
Catholic University. He holds a PhD in Communication Sciences and 
Technologies from the University of Aveiro and University of Porto.**

**

*DIGIMEDIA COLLECTION AND UA EDITORA:*

The DigiMedia Collection is a UA Press book collection managed by 
DigiMedia and focused on the publication of works in the scientific area 
of Digital Media.

Its goal is to contribute to the deepening of the different theoretical 
and methodological challenges of this area of knowledge. The DigiMedia 
Collection publishes books in digital format in four languages: 
Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.





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