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Proposals are now being accepted for the Gender & Technology Area of the
Southwest/Texas Popular & American Cultural Association 2008 Conference.

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In addition to individual paper proposals, panel proposals are also
encouraged.

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Listed below are some suggestions for possible presentations, but topics
exploring other interesting and varied relationships between gender and
technology are also welcome:

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*gender and technology in learning environments

*gender in IT careers

*medical regulation, invention, and augmentation of gender

*gender and science theory (dealing with philosophical
questions/aspects, i.e. Keller, Longino, etc.)

*gender role-playing on the web

*gender-bias in web design

*historical analyses of gender & technology

*gender differences in human-computer interaction

*media portrayal of women and men interacting with technology

*feminine, masculine, and gender-neutral technology

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Inquiries regarding this area and/or abstracts of 250 words or less may
be sent to the area chair, Brian Still (brian.still_at_ttu.edu
<mailto:brian.still_at_ttu.edu>), by November 1, 2007.

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The 29th Annual Meeting of the SW/TX PCA/ACA
(<http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/index.html>)

February 13-16, 2008

Hyatt Regency Albuquerque

Albuquerque, New Mexico

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