Mulheres na tecnociência: depoimentos e vivências de mulheres nos cursos de computação da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

Abstract

This work presents a study on gender relations in Computing. Based on the literature, we assume that Computing has been historically build around the normative notion of masculinity, so it propagates stereotypes that are highly effective in maintaining the barriers that hinder the full participation of women and other minorities. These barriers are illustrated by studies in its history, by the way that the professionalization of the area has been made, and hence the gradual exclusion and invisibility of the active women. To do so, this work was grounded in the literature on the history of technoscience, on the history of Computing, on the studies on Science, Technology and Society, and on gender studies. The methodological approach used in this research was the interview, through wich some women — students and professors of Computing courses at Federal Technological University of Paraná — could express their experiences, concerns, and mishaps through which they pass or passed as a minority in courses as marked by gender stereotypes, such as courses in Computing. The intent of these interviews is to verify in practice the studies concerning women in technoscience are confirmed in the specific context of the Federal Technological University of Paraná.