Future War for Fun and Profit: Authority, Bureaucracy, and Masculinity in Defence Industry Software Development

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dc.contributor.advisorPeric, Sabrina
dc.contributor.authorCollins, Riley
dc.contributor.committeememberTerriff, Terry
dc.contributor.committeememberHiebert, Maureen
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-13T18:59:57Z
dc.date.available2016-07-13T18:59:57Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractTechnological innovation is at the heart of many discussions of understanding military practice, and it is increasingly important to understanding the relationship between states, militaries, and civilian actors such as a corporations and citizens increasingly shaped by militarization. One group of technologies affected and whose development has been conditioned by these discussions is simulation software. Based upon four months of participant observation research at a defence contractor and software development company in Calgary, Alberta, this study explores how contingencies of professional practice in the software industry, authority, corporate hierarchy and reporting practices, gender, and the nature of simulation contribute to developing products for military use. This study suggests that these contingencies not only reproduce and reinforce certain gendered, authoritative, and professional stereotypes during production, but that understanding these stereotypes and their linguistic, aesthetic, and structured facets contributes to understanding the relationship between militarization and the production of technology.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCollins, R. (2016). Future War for Fun and Profit: Authority, Bureaucracy, and Masculinity in Defence Industry Software Development (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26252en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26252
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3124
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyArts
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectAnthropology--Cultural
dc.subjectMilitary Studies
dc.subject.classificationCultural Anthropologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationSoftware Developmenten_US
dc.subject.classificationDefence Industryen_US
dc.titleFuture War for Fun and Profit: Authority, Bureaucracy, and Masculinity in Defence Industry Software Development
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineMilitary and Strategic Studies
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Strategic Studies (MSS)
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