Collaborations in Feminism and Technology Sept-Dec 2014:
Each week from Sept 22 to Dec 1st FemTechNet will feature a Video Dialogue on their website and host an Online Open Office Hour (OOOH) for anyone involved or interested in FemTechNet to join. The OOOH times differ from week to week, so please take note of these dates and times.
The Video Dialogue schedule for FemTechNet for October is posted below. For any questions please contact T.L. Cowan.
- October 27, 2014: Bodies
Discussion featuring Alondra Nelson and Jessie Daniels with Lisa Nakamura and Sidonie Smith.
Office Hour Discussion led by: T.L. Cowan
Date/Time: Mon Oct. 27 78pm ET
Readings:- Aldonra Nelson. “The Social Life of DNA.” Chronicle of Higher Education. 29 Aug. 2010. http://chronicle.com/article/TheSocialLifeofDNA/124138/
- Jessie Daniels. “Web 2.0, Healthcare Policy and Community Health Activism.” Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals. Eds. Donna M. Nikitas, et. al. Sudbury MA: Jones and Bartlett (2011):
277285. https://www.academia.edu/6820282/Case_Study_Web_2.0_Healthcare_Policy_and_Co mmunity_Health_Activism
- October 28, 2014: Making Bodies
Discussion with Skawennati and Heather Cassils moderated by T.L. Cowan.
Office Hour Discussion led by: T.L. Cowan and K. Surkan
Date/Time: Tuesday Oct. 28 34pm ET
Readings:
- Christine L. Liao, “My Metamorphic Avatar Journey.” Visual Culture & Gender. 3 (2008). http://vcg.emitto.net/3vol/liao.pdf
- Henry Jenkins. “It’s 2012. Do You Know Where Your Avatar Is?”: An Interview with Beth Coleman.
- Part One, April 13, 2012: http://henryjenkins.org/2012/04/our_avatars_our_selves_an_inte.html
- Part Two, April 19, 2012: http://henryjenkins.org/2012/04/its_2012_do_you_know_where_you.html
- October 29, 2014: Bodies 2013 at Illinois
Discussion featuring Dorothy Roberts and Karen Flynn moderated by Sharon Irish.
Office Hour Discussion led by: Sharon Irish
Date/Time: Wed. Oct 29, 45pm EST
Readings: Excerpts from Frankenstein, esp. chs. 5, 11, 12, 16, 24
http://www.literature.org/authors/shelleymary/frankenstein/index.html
on Bluejeans or Google hangout
