PhD School
Feminist Perspectives on Technology: Power, Labor, and Justice (4 HP)
The FemTech and Feminist Tech Focus period will host a PhD summer school on May 22nd and 23rd. The summer school will take place on KTH Campus at the Digital Futures Hub.
Time: Thu 2025-05-22 09.00 - Fri 2025-05-23 17.00
Location: Digital Futures hub, Osquars Backe 5, floor 2 at KTH main campus
Language: English
Participating: Pre-registration
Contact:
The femtech PhD school will be a two-day intensive course with four sessions. Participation in the main 3-Day workshop is also included as part of the summer school.
The course workload is equivalent to 4 Högskola poäng. This is approximately equivalent to 106 hours or 4 ECTS.
Intended Learning Outcomes
Develop understanding on feminist perspectives on technology.
Critically engage with how power, invisible labor, and bias shape the digital world.
Disposition
The course combines theoretical discussions, case studies, and hands-on activities to rethink the role of technology in society.
Key themes
Session 1: Who Holds Power in Technology?
Session 2: The Invisible Labor Behind Technology
Session 3: Rethinking Design-Tech Beyond Binaries
Session 4: Tech Activism and Building Feminist Futures
Space may be limited and we plan for approximately 30 participants.
All available materials and readings will be provided here: github.com/KTHfem-tech/phdschool