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

Conley, Tara tlc2132 at tc.columbia.edu
Tue Jun 5 10:28:37 PDT 2012


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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