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In this paper, we explore how student software designers might attempt to construct a medium to increase communication and understanding between cultures and/or communities. More specifically, we ask the following questions: what would future IT professionals choose to construct as a facet of ‘life on earth’ for unknown others? How is the content of their interface related to spheres in which they have knowledge and/or authority and might therefore represent dominant power relations, especially those of gender? We conclude the paper with a discussion of the implications of our findings for software design and computer science education.
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Turner, E., Stepulevage, L. (2000). Will ETs Understand Us If They Make Contact?. In: Balka, E., Smith, R. (eds) Women, Work and Computerization. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 44. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35509-2_19
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