This chapter will present two case studies documenting the domestication experiences of
participants taking introductory courses in computers and the Internet in the Netherlands and
Ireland. Both courses specifically aimed to reach disadvantaged users, eg elderly people,
people from ethnic minorities, unemployed, and single parents. All of them live in a
disadvantaged area of Amsterdam, named 'Westerpark', or Dublin, named 'Ballymun'. While
neither course was specifically aimed at reaching women, both attracted more women than …