Alicia Gibb (NYCResistor and Bug Labs) is doing research on the use of the LilyPad Arduino in response to this call for Feminism in HCI out out by Shaowen Bardzell (Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing) and Elizabeth F. Churchill (Yahoo! Research), which will culminate in a special issue of Interacting with Computers . You can help out by filling out her survey if you’ve ever worked with the LilyPad Arduino. DIY toolkits like Arduino are gaining attention in academia, and the LilyPad is particularly interesting in gender/technology research.
More:
- Alicia Gibb’s art history thesis on Arduino (including the LilyPad Arduino embroidery pictured above)
- Pictures from Arduino art show in NYC (curated by Alicia)
- CRAFT Video: LilyPad Arduino 101
- CRAFT Video: LilyPad Arduino Blinking Bike Patch
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I don’t get the relationship? I am missing intel or lacking the imagination to connect the two?
The implication seems to be that females are more drawn to this device because either it has a name like “LilyPad” in a funky font, or because it involves fabric and sewing, or perhaps both. Either way, somewhat stereotyping kind of idea.
That said, I have found that males are more drawn to “hard” stuff, and females to “soft” stuff, so maybe it is innate — you know, kinda like women and math and that sort of thing (ducking, but maybe I can become a Cabinet secretary).