Abstracts
Résumé
Les principaux enjeux discutés dans cette étude concernent la place de la technomasculinité (Johnson, 2018) dans la construction de l’identité des développeur·euse·s de jeux vidéo et l’invisibilisation de certains aspects du travail de développement, notamment la pratique relationnelle (Fletcher, 2001). Cet article offre une démarche ethnographique de type « shadowing » (McDonald, 2005; Vásquez, 2013) ainsi qu’un cadre théorique féministe afin d’observer la pratique relationnelle d’une développeuse de jeux vidéo. Les contributions aborderont les différentes manifestations de la pratique relationnelle telles qu’observées chez la développeuse ainsi que sa propre invisibilisation dans son travail. L’article offre une réflexion sur les limitations du cadre théorique quant au dépassement du binarisme des genres et des stéréotypes genrés dans le travail de développement de jeux vidéo.
Mots-clés :
- Technomasculinité,
- identité professionnelle,
- développeur·euse·s de jeux vidéo,
- pratique relationnelle,
- ethnographie
Abstract
This study focuses on the role of technomasculinity (Johnson, 2018) in the construction of video game developers' identities and the disappearing dynamics of relational practice (Fletcher, 2001). For its analysis, the article proposes an ethnographic shadowing methodology (McDonald, 2005; Vásquez, 2013) combined with a feminist theoretical framework to observe the relational practice of a female video game developer. The contributions address the different manifestations of relational practice observed in the female developer, as well as the latter’s own dynamics of invisibilization. In doing so, the article also reflects on the limits of the theoretical framework in terms of overcoming gender binarism and gendered stereotypes in video game development work.
Keywords:
- Technomasculinity,
- professional identity,
- video game developers,
- relational practice,
- shadowing
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