Gender Online - An Interdisciplinary Graduate Symposium

6 February 2012

Saturday 11th February 2012

Chadwick Lecture Theatre

UCL, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

This event is free, but please register your attendance at http://genderonline2012.eventbrite.co.uk/

10.00 Welcome
Dr. Federica Mazzara
UCL Italian
Convener, UCL MA Gender, Society and Representation
10.15 Keynote
Dr. Stefana Broadbent
UCL Digital Anthropology, TED Fellow
11.30 Break
12.00 First Session 
Chair: Elizabeth Noble, UCL Gender

Sarah Fink, UCL Gender
Gender Online – Is there space for androgyny?

Hyerin Kim, LSE Social Anthropology
Cross-National Comparison of Self Esteem and Online Participation of Different Genders in Social Network Services

13.15 Lunch
14.00 Second Session
Chair: Alice Podkolinski, UCL Gender

Emily Henderson, Institute of Education, Social and Educational Research
“[S]o much more personal!”: Exploring the potential for a metaphorical relationship between Gender Studies and “computer technology” in an e-learning context

Monica Fajardo-Krishnan, NYU Tisch
Gender & Online Myth-making: Women in Tolkien Fandom
15.15 Conclusion

Dr. Federica Mazzara
UCL Italian
Convener, UCL MA Gender, Society and Representation
16.00 Close


This event is generously funded by UCL FIGS

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