BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news427@english.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230329T173921 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230418T130000 SUMMARY:“Communication is everything.” Identities and gender at work: a linguistic perspective on agile IT DESCRIPTION:In this talk Joelle Loew reports on her PhD study on profession al communication in agile IT teams with a focus on the discursive construc tion of identities through a gender lens. IT workplaces in Euro- and Anglo -Western contexts have undergone two significant changes in the last decad e: Firstly\, agile ways of working have become the norm for software devel opment and project management. “Agile” includes ideologies\, processes and practices linked to open and frequent communication\, empowered teams \, reduced hierarchies\, and an emphasis on interpersonal and relational a spects of professional communication. Secondly\, increasing diversity in t he field of IT through the inclusion of women has become an ongoing priori ty\, yet studies continue to identify themes of gender discrimination. Cou nter to the importance of communication to agile ways of working\, linguis tic research on these issues remains scarce. Deploying frameworks at the i ntersection of discourse analysis\, interactional sociolinguistics and ide ntity construction\, the study addresses this gap. Drawing on multiple dat a sources including recordings of business interactions and interviews wit h IT professionals from Switzerland\, the UK\, and the US\, Joelle Loew ex plores how participants discursively construct professional\, personal and gender identities in talk about work\, and talk at work. Joelle Loew disc usses how this contributes to a gendering and de-gendering of work\, there by adding to ongoing debates about the gendering of the IT industry specif ically\, and the gendering of work more globally. Finally\, Joelle Loew of fers some insights on how persistent gender inequalities in the field migh t be addressed. \\r\\nJoelle Loew is a lecturer in Business Communication at Lucerne School of Business with a PhD in Linguistics from the Universit y of Basel. Her research and teaching areas include professional and medic al communication\, specifically discourse analysis\, gender\, and identity construction. X-ALT-DESC:

In this talk Joelle Loew reports on her PhD study on professi onal communication in agile IT teams with a focus on the discursive constr uction of identities through a gender lens. IT workplaces in Euro- and Ang lo-Western contexts have undergone two significant changes in the last dec ade: Firstly\, agile ways of working have become the norm for software dev elopment and project management. “Agile” includes ideologies\, process es and practices linked to open and frequent communication\, empowered tea ms\, reduced hierarchies\, and an emphasis on interpersonal and relational aspects of professional communication. Secondly\, increasing diversity in the field of IT through the inclusion of women has become an ongoing prio rity\, yet studies continue to identify themes of gender discrimination. C ounter to the importance of communication to agile ways of working\, lingu istic research on these issues remains scarce. Deploying frameworks at the intersection of discourse analysis\, interactional sociolinguistics and i dentity construction\, the study addresses this gap. Drawing on multiple d ata sources including recordings of business interactions and interviews w ith IT professionals from Switzerland\, the UK\, and the US\, Joelle Loew explores how participants discursively construct professional\, personal a nd gender identities in talk about work\, and talk at work. Joelle Loew di scusses how this contributes to a gendering and de-gendering of work\, the reby adding to ongoing debates about the gendering of the IT industry spec ifically\, and the gendering of work more globally. Finally\, Joelle Loew offers some insights on how persistent gender inequalities in the field mi ght be addressed.

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Joelle Loew is a lecturer in B usiness Communication at Lucerne School of Business with a PhD in Linguist ics from the University of Basel. Her research and teaching areas include professional and medical communication\, specifically discourse analysis\, gender\, and identity construction.

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