DIKU Bits: Dating Apps: Why Looking at Care and Gender Matters

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Speaker

Sara Sigurðardóttir, PhD Fellow in the HCC (Human-Centred Computing) section.

Title

Dating Apps: Why Looking at Care and Gender Matters

Abstract

Dating applications continue to shape how we connect with others and navigate new romantic and intimate relationships. In this talk, I explore how users navigate connection and rejection, for example when balancing self-care.
Drawing on critical feminist theories, I will focus a bit more on how conceptions of masculinities, gender, and desire interplay in dating app experiences. The talk will conclude with open questions for discussion.