The Theoretical Implications of Connecting Virtuality and Queerness Through Passing

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Abstract: In modern academic contexts, rich scholarship exists for two seemingly disparate theoretical traditions: human-computer interaction (HCI) theory, and queer theory. The former field examines the manners in which human users and computers may engage to increase user productivity and immersion; the latter field concerns itself with understanding the experiences of non-heterosexual and non-cisgender individuals in society and, more broadly, what range of situations and actions might be rightly labeled as queer. The fields of human-computer interaction and queer theory may not seem to be thematically linked, but I believe that they are, and that understanding that linkage provides a valuable new thread of discourse in both fields. Namely, I believe that the concept of virtuality, a theoretical bedrock of HCI, should be integrated into the lexicon of queer theorists’ work, and queerness, unsurprisingly a theoretical bedrock of queer theory, should likewise be integrated into the lexicon of HCI theorists. The concepts of virtuality and queerness are related by a mutual connection to the concept of passing.

Type of resource	text
Date created	August 2018

Author	Cohen, Skylar
Primary advisor	Lowood, Henry
Primary advisor	Turner, Fred
Degree granting institution	Stanford University, Department of Communication

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/qr557wh3307

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Preferred Citation: Cohen, Skylar (2018). The Theoretical Implications of Connecting Virtuality and Queerness Through Passing
. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/qr557wh3307

Masters Theses in Media Studies, Department of Communication, Stanford University

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