Week 7: Assignment / Assumption Map

This week, we were tasked with performing a braindump of the assumptions we have about our…

Week 6: Assignment / Preliminary Research Report

Week 6: Assignment / Pitch Iteration

Despite my confusion over the last two weeks, I committed to a…

Week 5: Assignment / Role Play Mock-up Part 2

For last week’s class, I created a mock-up and role play scenario of my “Gender…

Week 6: Journal / Clarity

In the summer of 2010, after two years at my first full-time, salaried job, I learned that the nonprofit I was…

Week 6: Journal / In The Weeds

My explorations over the last week into gender inclusivity in design and tech yielded more confusion and…

Week 4: Assignment / 1 x 3

Brainstorming ideas for Gender Inclusivity in Design and Technology

Week 5: Assignment / Research Plan (in progress)

Summary
Over the last two weeks, I have been thinking about how technology excludes and perpetuates stereotypes about women. I recently became interested in how the most popular AI voice assistants, Alexa, Siri, Cortana, have been assigned…