{"product_id":"cracking-the-bro-code-isbn-9780262547055","title":"Cracking the Bro Code","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhy dominant racial and gender groups have preferential access to jobs in computing, and how feminist labor activism in computing culture can transform the field into a force that serves democracy and social justice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCracking the Bro Code\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold ethnographic study of sexism and racism in contemporary computing cultures theorized through the analytical frame of the “Bro Code.” Drawing from feminist anthropology and STS, Coleen Carrigan shares in this book the direct experiences of women, nonbinary individuals, and people of color, including her own experiences in tech, to show that computing has a serious cultural problem. From senior leaders in the field to undergraduates in their first year of college, participants consistently report how sexism and harassment manifest themselves in computing via values, norms, behaviors, evaluations, and policies. While other STEM fields are making strides in recruiting, retaining, and respecting women workers, computing fails year after year to do so.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarrigan connects altruism, computing, race, and gender to advance the theory that social purpose is an important factor to consider in working toward gender equity in computing. Further, she argues that transforming computing culture from hostile to welcoming has the potential to change not only who produces computing technology but also the core values of its production, with possible impacts on social applications. \u003ci\u003eCracking the Bro Code\u003c\/i\u003e explains how digital bosses have come to operate imperiously in our society, dodging taxes and oversight, and how some programmers who look like them are enchanted with a sense of divine right. In the context of computing’s powerful influence on the world, Carrigan speculates on how the cultural mechanisms sustaining sexism, harassment, and technocracy in computing workspaces impact both those harmed by such violence as well as society at large.Prologue\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Gendered Labor in Computing\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Why Care About Sexism in STEM?\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Contradictions of Care: Altruistic Aspirations and Reproductive Politics in Computing\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Technically, ‘You’re Different, and Different Isn’t Free’\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: Women Making Culture: Profiles of Persistence in Computing\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Transforming the Computing Workforce and the Social Architecture of Its Labor Value\u003cbr\u003eReferences \u003cbr\u003eAppendix A“This book is a must-read for anyone who has wondered why women are still not equally represented in computer science and engineering. I highly recommend this on-the-ground look at what an exclusionary culture can feel like and, importantly, what organizations can do to improve their cultures.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Sapna Cheryan, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Washington\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A fascinating and disturbing thick description of gendered and racialized tech culture, \u003ci\u003eCracking the Bro Code\u003c\/i\u003e develops a call to action for disrupting intersectional gendered inequalities in tech firms, and provides what we might call an algorithm for equity.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Laurel Smith-Doerr, Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst; coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Science and Technology Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, fourth edition\u003c\/b\u003eColeen Carrigan is Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society in the Department of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia. A recipient of a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, Carrigan investigates the intersections of gender, race, and social values in computing. She was a senior manager in the high-tech industry before on-ramping into academia.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302683857125,"sku":"NP9780262547055","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262547055.jpg?v=1767724196","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/cracking-the-bro-code-isbn-9780262547055","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}