Feminist in a Software Lab - Difference + Design

Tara McPherson asks what might it mean to design-from conception-digital tools and applications that emerge from contextual concerns of cultural theory and from a feminist concern for difference. This question leads to the Vectors Lab, which for a dozen years has experimented with digital scholarship at the intersection of theory and praxis.

About the author

Tara McPherson is Professor in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.

Summary

Tara McPherson asks what might it mean to design—from conception—digital tools and applications that emerge from contextual concerns of cultural theory and from a feminist concern for difference. This question leads to the Vectors Lab, which for a dozen years has experimented with digital scholarship at the intersection of theory and praxis.

Product details

• Authors: Tara McPherson, McPherson Tara
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.02.2018
• EAN: 9780674728943
• ISBN: 978-0-674-72894-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: metaLABprojects
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, DESIGN / History & Criticism, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Computer programming / software engineering, Graphical & digital media applications, Media, Information & Communication Industries, Computer Programming / Software Development