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dc.contributor.authorSøraa, Roger Andre
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-03T05:44:39Z
dc.date.available2018-05-03T05:44:39Z
dc.date.created2017-11-01T20:57:22Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0971-8524
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2496861
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses the concept of ‘mechanical genders’ by using robots as a case. Different aspects of robotic gender, or the lack of it are described, showing how some robots have an ‘anything is fine’ gender, where the user decides what gender their robot should have. This is often seen with zoomorphic robots, i.e. animal-looking robots, which in a gender notion seem to be more gender-neutral than their android counterparts. The paper emphasizes how difficult it can be to not gender robots in a Western language context, where robots often need gendered pronouns if they are to be discussed, and shows comparatively how gender can be less important in the Japanese language. Additionally, heavily gendered robots are discussed, defining ‘mechanical genders’ as a concept used to speak about the genders of robots, and see this in relation to established human gender definitions. The paper discusses gender in robots such as Pepper, the robot twin ‘Matsukoroid’ (a trans-robot with his/her/its own TV-show), and sex-robots, as well as gender for cyborgs. The aim of the paper is to show how our mechanical species of robots are affected by the gendering habits of humans. It finds that the more humanlike a robot becomes, the more gendered it becomes.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisnb_NO
dc.titleMechanical genders: how do humans gender robots?nb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.description.versionsubmittedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber99-115nb_NO
dc.source.volume21nb_NO
dc.source.journalGender, Technology and Developmentnb_NO
dc.source.issue1-2nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09718524.2017.1385320
dc.identifier.cristin1510033
dc.description.localcodeThis is a pre-print of an article published in [Gender, Technology and Development]. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09718524.2017.1385320nb_NO
cristin.unitcode194,62,40,0
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier
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