Description
Increasingly, some of the most important work in Computing and Information Sciences exists at the intersection of computing and a broad range of other disciplines, ranging from the social sciences that computing has always drawn on, to newer connections to critical humanities disciplines. In fact, the overall umbrella of computing and information sciences is broad, something that not only supports, but directly relies upon, an eclecticism that has post-disciplinary characteristics. More and more, we approach technical questions with critical and social motivations and methods, and benefit greatly from these connections. Nowhere is that more true than in the rapidly expanding body of work on transgender people and communities published within the computing and information sciences, much of which is deeply motivated by social and critical theory and humanistic methods.
In this panel, we aim to offer our experiences approaching a trans-centric post-disciplinarity within the computing and information sciences as a starting point for building sustainable partnerships between technical disciplines and social/critical disciplines. The panelists represent a broad range of different technical fields and subfields, ranging from the more social side of mainline Computer Science (e.g., HCI, social computing, privacy/security) to Information Science, Design, Education, and STS. We will explore how finding connections between our own fields as well as between technology-focused disciplines and the social sciences and humanities has helped us approach key questions for trans people, and how doing so in a broader, sustained way can help Trans Studies approach problems with significant technical components.
| Period | 7 Sept 2024 |
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| Event title | The 2nd International Trans Studies Conference |
| Event type | Conference |
| Conference number | 2 |
| Location | Evanston, United States of America, IllinoisShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |