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

[Lori Emerson]

I've also really enjoyed the work of Alison Adam in the past -
especially her _Artificial Knowing: Gender and the Thinking Machine_.

best, Lori

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Peter Gloviczki <glovi002 at umn.edu> wrote:
> Hi, Tara,
>
> The work of Eve Shapiro might be interesting to you, she discusses
> gender and technology a lot. I would also recommend Thomas J. Misa,
> ed., Gender Codes (IEEE Computer Society Press, July 2010).
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Peter
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Conley, Tara <tlc2132 at tc.columbia.edu> 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
>>
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>> 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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