ABSTRACT

Background

Scholarship demonstrates that Black girls’ capacities to imagine possible futures in computing are constrained by narratives of white masculinity and misogynoir embedded within computing. Building on race critical code studies and identity-as-narrative theories, we examine restorying through Black womanist storytelling methodologies for integrating Black girls’ intersectional identities when designing and reimagining their computing futures. We ask: How might womanist storytelling methods support one Black girl in restorying possible computing futures?

Methods

We present a case focused on one study participant, Heather’s, restorying practices situated within a larger workshop wherein marginalized youth reimagined dominant narratives about computer science (CS). This was by creating interactive quilt patches using paper circuits and microcontrollers that challenged dominant narratives of white masculinity and misogynoir normalized throughout the field.

Findings

We see that restorying through womanist storytelling methods allowed Heather to (1) deconstruct narratives of white masculinity and misogynoir throughout CS education by centering Black women’s ways of knowing and doing, and (2) restory the past to enact possible CS futures and identities through computing.

Contribution

In the discussion, we address challenges and successes with integrating Black girls’ experiences with speculative methodologies in learning sciences research.

中文翻译：

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恢复黑人女孩的未来：使用女性主义讲故事方法重新构想计算机教育中的主导叙事

摘要

背景

奖学金表明，黑人女孩想象计算机可能未来的能力受到计算中嵌入的白人男子气概和厌女症的叙述的限制。在种族批判代码研究和身份作为叙事理论的基础上，我们通过黑人女性主义讲故事的方法来检查恢复，以在设计和重新构想她们的计算未来时整合黑人女孩的交叉身份。我们问：女性主义讲故事的方法如何支持一个黑人女孩恢复可能的计算未来？

方法

我们提出了一个案例，重点关注一位研究参与者 Heather 的恢复实践，该实践位于一个更大的研讨会中，在该研讨会中，边缘化的青年重新构想了有关计算机科学 (CS) 的主流叙述。这是通过使用纸质电路和微控制器创建交互式被子补丁来挑战白人男子气概和厌女症在整个领域标准化的主流叙述。

发现

我们看到，通过女性主义讲故事的方法进行还原，使 Heather 能够 (1) 通过以黑人女性的认识和做事方式为中心，在整个 CS 教育中解构白人男性气质和厌女症的叙述，以及 (2) 还原过去，通过计算制定可能的 CS 未来和身份.

贡献

在讨论中，我们通过将黑人女孩的经验与学习科学研究中的思辨方法相结合来应对挑战和成功。