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Scrappy Circuits (Hardcover)
Michael Carroll; Illustrated by Lindsay Balfour
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This edited collection draws from cultural studies and Feminist
Science and Technology Studies to offer a timely and exciting
intervention into the growing field of women’s digital health. It
explores the intersection of gender and embodied computing, with
particular attention to access barriers and the forms of biometric
surveillance that operate in wearables, ingestibles, and
embeddables marketed to women (the industry generally known as
“FemTech”). While the most utilized and profitable FemTech
products include ovulation and fitness trackers, reproductive
technologies, contraceptive microchips, and “smart” pills, this
only represents a fraction of health concerns affecting
women. This volume aims to explore FemTech within
the context of Feminist Science and Technology Studies, whereby the
entanglements of race, class, gender, ability, sexuality and other
social and cultural identities are brought to the fore. By
addressing the gaps in FemTech research and socio-cultural barriers
to access, this volume critiques the forms of knowledge and
experience produced through medical and cultural discourses
regarding women’s bodies to both highlight the inequalities in
women’s digital health, and imagine alternative models which
optimise technology for women in a way that is safe, accessible,
and inclusive.
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