In this episode I unpack Mellström’s (2009) publication titled “The intersection of gender, race and cultural boundaries, or why is computer science in Malaysia dominated by women?,” which “points to a western bias of gender and technology studies, and argues for cross-cultural work and intersectional understandings including race, class, age and sexuality” (p. 885).

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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education

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00:00 Intro

00:37 Abstract

01:42 Quick summary of the paper and a disclaimer

02:26 Paper introduction

03:46 Expanding our scope of discussion on gender

06:45 Methods

07:03 Quotas, ethnicity and gender

14:19 Lingering questions and thoughts

14:25 In what ways do the demographics in the communities you work with not match the national demographics?

15:51 How can we get to know the kids we worth with by seeking to understand and learn more about their intersectional identities without essentializing students into a particular demographic or group of demographics?

17:27 Outro