El conflicto entre el constructivismo y los estudios feministas sobre tecnología en el estudio de las fases de uso y consumo

Abstract

«On Technology in the Phases of Use and Implementation: Constructivism vs. Feminist Studies» The so called «Feminist Studies of Technology», developed as an extension of the previous Gender and Science Studies, arranged their own agenda and tendencies during the decade of the 80s, working at the same time as social constructivists, although almost no prior communication had existed between them. The aim of this article is to assemble the main critiques of Feminist Studies of Technology to social constructivism in general, and, in particular, to their recent contributions in the study of the phases of use and implementation of technologies. Feminist criticise that Science and Technology Studies (STS) do not pay enough attention to gender interests as an important social factor in determining the proper design and selection of devices.