This seminar explores the intersection of gender and technology in contemporary digital societies through an anthropological lens. Students will examine how gender shapes and is shaped by digital technologies, social media platforms, and online communities, while considering how these dynamics vary across different cultural contexts. We will also question broader sociocultural implications of the gender-technology nexus for identity, power relations, and social organization. We will analyse how gender influences both the production and the use of digital technologies, as well as how a gender perspective might help look for "a different voice" while investigating digital words.

Students completing this seminar will develop a theoretical and empirical understanding of the gender-technology nexus. They will master key theoretical frameworks from digital anthropology and gender studies, enabling them to analyze how social media platforms and digital technologies reproduce or challenge existing gender hierarchies. The course will also equip students with analytical tools to examine how gender, along with intersecting factors such as class, race, and geographic location, influence technological access, digital literacy, and online participation across various cultural contexts. Students will also strengthen their reflexivity regarding their own experiences of gender and technology, and how these shape their analytical perspective and fieldwork opportunities.