[Air-L] 'MEN Invented the Internet'?

[Barbara Clark]

Hi there,

You may find the work of Susan Herring to be of some use to you. She's a linguist who has done pioneering research on gender and CMC (as well as other computer- and textually-related linguistic research). A lot of her work is available free to access from her website which is always appreciated.

Best,
Barb

--
Barbara Clark, PhD student
School of Languages, Linguistics and Film
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
London E1 4NS
United Kingdom

b.l.clark at qmul.ac.uk
http://webspace.qmul.ac.uk/blclark/QMUL/Welcome.html



On 5 Jun 2012, at 18:28, Conley, Tara wrote:

> Hi list members,
> 
> In case you haven't already seen David Streitfeld's controversial NYTimes
> piece this weekend, here it
> is<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/technology/lawsuit-against-kleiner-perkins-is-shaking-silicon-valley.html?_r=4&pagewanted=1&seid=auto&smid=tw-nytimes>.
> The controversy stems from his lede, "MEN invented the Internet'. You may
> also be interested in the response from tech journalist Xeni
> Jardin<http://boingboing.net/2012/06/03/nyt-men-invented-the-inter.html>
> .
> 
> I also wrote a response piece about the controversy from an historical
> perspective for Ms.
> Magazine<http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2012/06/04/the-women-and-people-of-color-who-invented-the-internet/>
> today.
> 
> Interesting to think about the history of the Internet in terms of gender
> and 'race' consciousness, no?
> 
> Also, if any list members could recommend further reading on Internet
> history (including computing) that includes discussions about gender,
> 'race', and so forth, I'd appreciate it!
> 
> Tara
> 
> -- 
> Tara L. Conley
> Teachers College Columbia University
> Ed.D. Student in Computing Communication & Technology in Education
> tlc2132 at tc.columbia.edu
> 
> *"If you can't locate the other, how are you to locate your-self?" - Trinh
> T. Minh-ha*
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