Defining and Designing Trans Technologies

Oliver Haimson
Jan 28 · 4 min read

Lately, my collaborators and I have been thinking about what it means for a technology to be a trans technology, and how such technologies could be designed. This blog post will summarize two of my recent/forthcoming publications related to these topics:

  1. Oliver L. Haimson, Avery Dame-Griff, Elias Capello, and Zahari Richter. 2019. Tumblr was a trans technology: the meaning, importance, history, and future of trans technologies. Feminist Media Studies: 1–17. [LINK]
  2. Oliver L. Haimson, Dykee Gorrell, Denny L. Starks, and Zu Weinger…

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Oliver Haimson

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Assistant Professor @UMSI researching social computing/HCI, social media, online identity, gender/trans, life transitions. oliverhaimson.com

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