Feminism and Actor-Network Theory (ANT) have often been considered opposing theoretical and intellectual traditions. This paper imagines a meeting between these seemingly divergent fields and considers the theoretical and methodological challenges that ANT and feminism raise for one another. This paper examines an empirical project that calls for an engagement with both ANT and feminism. Throug...

This paper will discuss the concept of invisible computing in a product design context. Within product development and advertising, design is commonly used to disregard chronology and semantics. New, unsettling objects can be made to seem old and familiar, or vice versa, something old can acquire a new, “modern” look. The paper argues that it is not unproblematic to make computer technology inv...

Postcolonial feminism is an exploration into the interactions of colonialism with gender, nation, class, race, and sexualities in different contexts of women’s lives. Postcolonial feminism or the ‘Third World feminism’ originated as a critique of mainstreams in the Western feminist theorists, investigating the portrayal of women in the literature and society of the colonized countries as margin...

Introduction............................................................................................75 I. Defeating Gender Inequality.....................................................79 A. Post-Feminism......................................................................81 B. Neoliberal Feminism............................................................86 II. Perpetuating Gender Inequa...

There is a strong relationship between learning theories and instructional practices. Effective learning occurs as a result of effective teaching strategies. Effective teaching requires teachers to understand learning concepts and to develop a theoretical orientation combined with practice for efficient instructional design. There are three leading learning theories presented in this article, i...

BACKGROUND Use of theory is essential for advancing the science of knowledge translation (KT) and for increasing the likelihood that KT interventions will be successful in reducing existing research-practice gaps in health care. As a sociological theory of knowledge, social constructivist theory may be useful for informing the design and evaluation of KT interventions. As such, this scoping rev...

Perhaps a better (rhetorical) question would be: “What wasn’t feminist about our project?” These days, there are certainly many different cultural feminist events in general (eg: women’s poetry readings, women’s folk music festivals, women’s art exhibits, the Vagina Monologues, etc). Many music schools and other music organizations (eg: Eastman School of Music, Indiana University of Pennsylvani...

This paper claims that theories from the French-speaking world have an influence on current thinking in IS research, including at the American and at the international levels. French theories are first defined and classified in 10 trends that correspond to 10 main authors. The frequency of their quotation is then measured in American and international conference in IS and in MISQ. The result is...