Gender, Science and digital technology: approaches and similarities

Abstract

The article discusses ethnographic research based on a review of gender and sexuality works in dialogue with the Anthropology of Science and Technology. Its premise is that online/offline dichotomy is not able to contemplate the articulations and experiences of gender and sexuality in a network, since the boundaries between material/ virtual can blend and resonate with each other, this article. The central objective of this article is to reflect on the ethnographic possibilities that have been used since the debate on the production networks of sciences, technologies and knowledge that provide the production of genders and sexualities and, therefore, of new bodies and subjects. In order to map the more recently discussions on the national scene, this research focused on the annals of two major Brazilian events (Meeting of the Anthropology of Science and Technology and the annual meeting of the Brazilian Anthropological Association). It identified and analyzed more than 50 papers. Themes such as hormonization and transsexuality, experiences of motherhood, cyberfeminisms and activism in networks, experiences related to HIV, among others, were quite frequent, and we identified some ethnographic approaches as well. Thus, we seek to reflect on the challenges and possible paths for ethnographies increasingly technologically situated.