November 20 – Agenda & Notes

November 20 - Agenda Discuss definitions of feminist technology/care Do we want definitions at all? Care as a rejection of the neoliberal phallologocentric technological regime Technology defined broadly - analog, digital, etc. Feminist ethics of care (Carol Gilligan) Care as a feminist technology Four definitions for feminist technologies (Deborah Johnson) Tech that’s good for women …

(Post)human Rhythms

One question that continues to interest me is subjectivity in a post-Derridean world. Indeed, it seems that we have done away with essences and existence with a capital E. We increasingly seek to make critical interventions that do not substantively engage the issue precisely because we are beyond “substance.” This has two crucial implications for …

Feminist Technologies Playground – Abstract

From the blatant political disregard for facts, climate change, and immigration policy within the White House to the right-wing series of governments in Europe, East and Southeast Asia, the world seems to be entering a new and worrisome phase. In light of these recent global shifts, how do we keep the personal political with the increasing …

Interactive Assemblage

For my project, see: vimeo.com/240424893 The password should be: FAMST252 I have been trying to develop the notion of intersectionality within the scope of my own work. This lead me to the historical narratives that form identity technologies in our societies today; that is, the stories that form propositions about “American-ism,” “Japanese-ness,” and so on. …

As-if-ism

I would like to begin with the simple phrase “as if.” Alicia Garza uses it in her critique of the discourses around BlackLivesMatter: “[w]hen you adopt the work of a queer woman of color, don’t name or recognize it, and promote it as if it has no history of its own [–] such actions are …