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“A Girl Move”: Negotiating Gender and Technology in Chess Online and Offline

“A Girl Move”: Negotiating Gender and Technology in Chess Online and Offline

Undrah Buyan Baasanjav
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781522500476|ISBN10: 1522500472|EISBN13: 9781522500483
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0047-6.ch009
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Baasanjav, Undrah Buyan. "“A Girl Move”: Negotiating Gender and Technology in Chess Online and Offline." Handbook of Research on Race, Gender, and the Fight for Equality, edited by Julie Prescott, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 198-211. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0047-6.ch009

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Baasanjav, U. B. (2016). “A Girl Move”: Negotiating Gender and Technology in Chess Online and Offline. In J. Prescott (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Race, Gender, and the Fight for Equality (pp. 198-211). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0047-6.ch009

Chicago

Baasanjav, Undrah Buyan. "“A Girl Move”: Negotiating Gender and Technology in Chess Online and Offline." In Handbook of Research on Race, Gender, and the Fight for Equality, edited by Julie Prescott, 198-211. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0047-6.ch009

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Abstract

The confluence of gender and information technology in chess is explored in this chapter based on a small empirical interview study. By interviewing nine women chess players who compete in men's tournaments, the chapter examines the underrepresentation of women in the traditionally male domain of chess and discusses the role of computers and the Internet in women players' work/play routines. Five in-depth interviews were conducted Face-to-Face (FTF) and four interviews were conducted over the Internet using the textual chat feature of the International Chess Club during the summer of 2010. How women negotiate gendered identity and how they position themselves in regard to information technology are discussed. The interviewees' reflexive accounts discussing gendered practices and the changing notion of gender in chess challenge technologically infused male culture in ways that help us to understand the role of embodiment in mastery and expertise.

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