Invisible and Replaced: The Female Ghost Workers in the History of Information Technology From the Perspective of Media Archaeology
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Drawing on Marxist feminism, this article provides general literature analyses and conducts interviews of Chinese participants to explore woman's historical roles as telephone operators, punched card operators, and artificial intelligence (AI) trainers. This article highlights women's significant but marginalized technical labor across different stages of technological revolutions. It examines how patriarchal and capitalist systems confine women to low-end technical roles, perpetuating their invisibility and vulnerability to technological unemployment. In the end, the study advocates that the state should intervene into platform capitalism and promote gender equity through technical education and long-term opportunities.
Source: Emerging Media
Author: Zhang Keyu
Institution: Peking University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405201885