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Be Gay Do Crime? : Queerness Visibility and Invisibility in Videogames
Full text linkVideogames, and media in general, have adopted a more progressive stance on the representation of sexuality: it is common to see LGBTQIA+ stories and characters in movies, games, and books. Different authors in games studies have argued that Queerness visibility in videogames often follows heteronormative rules. Goffman’s notion of front stage and backstage can be useful to understand the relationship between Queer visibility, invisibility and heteronormativity. The front stage represents the game itself, the including its portrayal of queer characters and issues, while the backstage refers to the software structures and affordances that often are coded in a “straight way”. Results show that Queerness can either be both made invisible and visible by an inclusive representation of it and, at the same time, heteronormative affordances or that an inclusive representation can ignore the revolutionary elements of Queerness, thus depoliticizing it in a subtle way
“Non siamo misogini, siamo nostalgici”: gatekeeping e culture reazionarie nei videogiochi dieci anni dopo il Gamergate
Full text linkTen years after the emergence of Gamergate, this article analyses how its misogynistic narratives have evolved and spread over time, adapting to contemporary discursive contexts. Through a qualitative analysis of posts and comments published in 2024 within one of the most active Gamergate-affiliated communities, we explore how gender-based violence is now expressed in more ambiguous and normalised forms, often legitimised by appeals to freedom of expression and nostalgia for an “authentic” gaming past. Using thematic analysis, we show how the identity of the gamer in this sphere continues to be constructed through practices of exclusion and the delegitimisation of non-conforming subjectivities. The article thus seeks to contribute to a critical understanding of the persistence of misogyny in online gaming communities
Unpacking gendered discourse in mentorship programs: a critical analysis of the WeAreHERe campaign
Full text linkThis research paper conducts a Critical Discourse Analysis of the Instagram campaign run by WeAreHERe, a peer-to-peer mentorship program designed for women high school students and first-year university students at Politecnico di Torino. The study scrutinizes 92 posts shared on the WeAreHERe Instagram page during the academic year 2021-2022. The primary goal of the research is, first, to bridge an existing gap in the literature by connecting studies on stereotypes, biases, and mentorship as a constructive means to promote women’s role models with research on gender-based structural oppression. Secondly, this study aims to enhance the WeAreHERe campaign through a comprehensive analysis, ultimately providing insights for shaping future policies about mentorship programs for female students in STEM fields. The analysis showed that most of the posts focus on the individual level rather than on structural oppression and the role models they depict are presented as relatable rather than unique humans. Even when the motivational posts acknowledge the existence of a gender-oppressive structure they seldom mention it clearly, failing to uncover the generative link between this structure of oppression and gender biases and stereotypes. The results show that the literature on stereotypes and biases could be enriched by an approach focused on structural oppression. From these results we developed some guidelines that could help the WeAreHERe campaign – and other similar campaigns that aims at fighting stereotypes about women in the STEM field – to tackle issues of systematic oppression. The use of role models is more effective when it highlights systematic oppression and favours the creation of communities that would help bringing systematic change.
Este artículo de investigación realiza un análisis crítico del discurso de la campaña de Instagram llevada a cabo por WeAreHERe, un programa de mentoría entre pares diseñado para estudiantes de secundaria y primer año de universidad en la Universidad Politecnico di Torino. El estudio examina 92 publicaciones compartidas en la página de Instagram de WeAreHERe durante el año académico 2021-2022. El objetivo principal de la investigación es, en primer lugar, cerrar una brecha existente en la literatura al conectar estudios sobre estereotipos, prejuicios y la mentoría como un medio constructivo para promover modelos femeninos con la investigación sobre opresión estructural basada en el género. En segundo lugar, este estudio tiene como objetivo mejorar la campaña WeAreHERe a través de un análisis exhaustivo, brindando conocimientos para dar forma a futuras políticas sobre programas de mentoría para estudiantes en STEM. El análisis mostró que la mayoría de las publicaciones se centran en el nivel individual en lugar de en la opresión estructural y los modelos a seguir que representan se exponen como personas alcanzables en lugar de seres excepcionales. Incluso cuando las publicaciones que intentan motivar reconocen la existencia de una estructura opresora basada en el género, rara vez la mencionan claramente, sin lograr desvelar el vínculo generativo entre esta estructura de opresión, los prejuicios y estereotipos de género. Los resultados muestran que la literatura sobre estereotipos y prejuicios podría enriquecerse mediante un enfoque centrado en la opresión estructural. A partir de estos resultados, hemos desarrollado algunas pautas que podrían ayudar a la campaña WeAreHERe y a otras campañas similares que buscan combatir estereotipos sobre las mujeres en el campo STEM, a abordar cuestiones de opresión sistemática. El uso de modelos a seguir es más efectivo cuando resalta la opresión sistemática y favorece la creación de comunidades que contribuyan a un cambio sistemático
La socializzazione al genere nelle famiglie italiane: figurazioni e pratiche
Full text linkElias extensively studied the socialization process through figurations. However, he never explored specifically gender socialization and gender relations. Integrating the eliasian perspective with the one of Connell about configurations of gender practices, the paper investigates what are the characteristics of the gender socialization process in Italian families and the relationship between family figurations and the configurations of gender practices. We used both quantitative data, collected through the European Values Study survey, and 197 qualitative interviews with the members (parents and children of different genders) of 48 Italian families. The quantitative data depict a country still traditional in terms of gender attitudes, even if with significant differences between generations, while the qualitative ones show a more nuanced picture. Indeed, parents and children share an egalitarian vision of gender roles, but gender practices both inside and outside home continue to be differentiated for men and women, especially between mothers and fathers. Every eliasian figuration inside families, then, is based on asymmetrical configurations of practices of gender. In this way, the socialization process to gender, thanks to the civilization process between parents and children, tends to reproduce familiar figurations that are intimately gendered and asymmetrical and that are not problematized nor by sons nor by daughters
Desentrañar el discurso de género en los programas de mentoría: un análisis crítico de la campaña WeAreHERe
Full text linkThis research paper conducts a Critical Discourse Analysis of the Instagram campaign run by WeAreHERe, a peer-to-peer mentorship program designed for women high school students and first-year university students at Politecnico di Torino. The study scrutinizes 92 posts shared on the WeAreHERe Instagram page during the academic year 2021-2022. The primary goal of the research is, first, to bridge an existing gap in the literature by connecting studies on stereotypes, biases, and mentorship as a constructive means to promote women’s role models with research on gender-based structural oppression. Secondly, this study aims to enhance the WeAreHERe campaign through a comprehensive analysis, ultimately providing insights for shaping future policies about mentorship programs for female students in STEM fields. The analysis showed that most of the posts focus on the individual level rather than on structural oppression and the role models they depict are presented as relatable rather than unique humans. Even when the motivational posts acknowledge the existence of a gender-oppressive structure they seldom mention it clearly, failing to uncover the generative link between this structure of oppression and gender biases and stereotypes. The results show that the literature on stereotypes and biases could be enriched by an approach focused on structural oppression. From these results we developed some guidelines that could help the WeAreHERe campaign – and other similar campaigns that aims at fighting stereotypes about women in the STEM field – to tackle issues of systematic oppression. The use of role models is more effective when it highlights systematic oppression and favours the creation of communities that would help bringing systematic change.Este artículo de investigación realiza un análisis crítico del discurso de la campaña de Instagram llevada a cabo por WeAreHERe, un programa de mentoría entre pares diseñado para estudiantes de secundaria y primer año de universidad en la Universidad Politecnico di Torino. El estudio examina 92 publicaciones compartidas en la página de Instagram de WeAreHERe durante el año académico 2021-2022. El objetivo principal de la investigación es, en primer lugar, cerrar una brecha existente en la literatura al conectar estudios sobre estereotipos, prejuicios y la mentoría como un medio constructivo para promover modelos femeninos con la investigación sobre opresión estructural basada en el género. En segundo lugar, este estudio tiene como objetivo mejorar la campaña WeAreHERe a través de un análisis exhaustivo, brindando conocimientos para dar forma a futuras políticas sobre programas de mentoría para estudiantes en STEM. El análisis mostró que la mayoría de las publicaciones se centran en el nivel individual en lugar de en la opresión estructural y los modelos a seguir que representan se exponen como personas alcanzables en lugar de seres excepcionales. Incluso cuando las publicaciones que intentan motivar reconocen la existencia de una estructura opresora basada en el género, rara vez la mencionan claramente, sin lograr desvelar el vínculo generativo entre esta estructura de opresión, los prejuicios y estereotipos de género. Los resultados muestran que la literatura sobre estereotipos y prejuicios podría enriquecerse mediante un enfoque centrado en la opresión estructural. A partir de estos resultados, hemos desarrollado algunas pautas que podrían ayudar a la campaña WeAreHERe y a otras campañas similares que buscan combatir estereotipos sobre las mujeres en el campo STEM, a abordar cuestiones de opresión sistemática. El uso de modelos a seguir es más efectivo cuando resalta la opresión sistemática y favorece la creación de comunidades que contribuyan a un cambio sistemático
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