Empowerment - what does that even mean?

As presented at FSCONS 2016.

Transcript

1. Empowerment. What does that even mean?
7. Girl Power?
9. „We are excited to empower our users to maximize their Smartsheet usage and productivity with help from other users.“
10. „MailChimp is designed to empower our users to send great email that helps grow their audiences and businesses.“
11. Current State (in Tech) Future Origins
12. Origins
16. „When I speak of integration, I don’t mean a romantic mixing of colors, I mean a real sharing of power and responsibility.“ - Martin Luther King
20. „[Empowerment] is understood as improving the political, social, ecomonic and spiritual power of a community or a person that is/are structurally disadvantaged because of constructs such as race, religion, gender, sexuality, class, ability and/or age“ - Brilling, Hamaz, Erguen-Hamaz 2013
21. Current Current State State (in Tech) (in Tech)
22. Time for some sketching!
23. By Anne Kuhnert
24. By Anne Kuhnert
25. By Anne Kuhnert
26. By Anne Kuhnert
27. By Anne Kuhnert
28. By Anne Kuhnert
29. By Anne Kuhnert
30. Modified according to Grada Kilomba: Plantation Memories. Episodes of Everyday Racism. 2008.
31. Modified according to Grada Kilomba: Plantation Memories. Episodes of Everyday Racism. 2008.
32. Center Margin Modified according to Grada Kilomba: Plantation Memories. Episodes of Everyday Racism. 2008.
34. “There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.” - Audre Lorde
35. Culture As learned from Palicha / Rotter / Vollrath 2016
38. Susan Wojcicki Marissa Mayer
39. Institutions As learned from Palicha / Rotter / Vollrath 2016
42. Individuals As learned from Palicha / Rotter / Vollrath 2016
45. „Oh… but you don’t LOOK like a programmer!“ „You're using WINDOWS?“ „It's so easy, even my MOM could do it.“ „Hi GUYS!“
46. Tokenism Erasure Stereotype Threat Testing Bias Perceived diversity oversaturation Listener & Speaking Bias Microagressions
47. „The different distribution of and the limited access to goods, resources, services, recognition as well as limited access to full and equal social participation [...]“ - via Czollek/Perko/Weinbach
48. Future
49. Self Maurianne Adams: Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice. 2016.
50. Family Friends Maurianne Adams: Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice. 2016.
51. Class Team Neighbours Peers Maurianne Adams: Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice. 2016.
52. Public Sphere Company Community School Maurianne Adams: Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice. 2016.
53. Public Sphere Company Community School Class Team Neighbours Peers Family Friends Self Maurianne Adams: Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice. 2016.
55. @lauralindal Laura Laugwitz