Creating More Inclusive Tech Spaces - Paths Forward

Explore the challenges and potential solutions for creating more inclusive tech spaces in this 41-minute conference talk from Strange Loop. Analyze various approaches taken by technology companies, open source communities, and hacker/makerspaces to improve representation of underrepresented groups. Examine the systemic barriers that have limited the success of diversity efforts in the tech industry. Discover how the concept of generative justice can provide a framework for rethinking the problem, focusing on bottom-up, grassroots projects as catalysts for broader systemic change. Gain insights from Amy Wallhermfechtel, a labor and business historian turned software engineer, as she shares her unique perspective on the intersection of technology, diversity, and social systems.