A Differentiated Diversity: Institutional Delineations and Contextual Constraints in Scientific Computing
Presenter
DescriptionThe past several decades have seen enormous growth in the computing and computational sciences, reflecting increases in related educational and professional opportunities across sectors in society. However, as is particularly pronounced in the United States (U.S.), everyone does not have access to these burgeoning opportunities and the unequal participation in related fields has broad implications not only for individual life chances, but for social and economic developments more generally. Adopting a Science of Broadening Participation approach and understanding related issues as systemic conditions, demographic patterns are delineated in terms of varying representation in scientific computing in the U.S. An analytical focus on ontology, structure, and legitimacy is engaged as a basis for exploring institutional and contextual dynamics that affect and determine participation and engagement in related fields. The discussion points to contending factors and relationships that are deeply institutionalized and contextually embedded. In this regard, diversity is addressed not merely, or even principally, as a question of numbers, but rather as a matter of disrupting socially and culturally enduring processes and outcomes to enhance participation and inclusion in computing and related fields.
TimeTuesday, June 2816:30 - 17:00 CEST
LocationNairobi Room
Event Type
Minisymposium
Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Humanities and Social Sciences