The authors present our experience of gender as female ICT4D researchers. We highlight our field experiences and comment on our perceptions of how being a woman and performing our female identity has influenced our own ICT4D research. We discuss how gender tensions are further compounded by the researcher’s own physical and social characteristics, such as race, age, social class, and skin color. We apply the lens of reflexivity and performativity to examine critically and explore analytically our field experiences. We end with practical observations about our collective experience.
Reference:
Light, A., Ladeira, I., Roberson, J., Bidwell, N., Rangaswamy, N., Sambasivan, N. & Gitau, S. 2010. Gender matters: Female perspectives in ICT4D research. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5469 .
Light, A., Ladeira, I., Roberson, J., Bidwell, N., Rangaswamy, N., Sambasivan, N., & Gitau, S. (2010). Gender matters: Female perspectives in ICT4D research. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5469
Light, A, I Ladeira, J Roberson, N Bidwell, N Rangaswamy, N Sambasivan, and S Gitau. "Gender matters: Female perspectives in ICT4D research." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5469
Light A, Ladeira I, Roberson J, Bidwell N, Rangaswamy N, Sambasivan N, et al, Gender matters: Female perspectives in ICT4D research; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5469 .
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