[Air-L] Contribution about Kim DotCom

[Burcu Bakioglu]

One thing we're forgetting here: that this piece will be a part of an
exhibit whose artist is seeking a female scholar. I'm willing to bet
that the choice of a female scholar writing on Dotcom is an artistic
choice that may be complementing the ideas presented in the exhibit.
As much as we, scholars, have our understanding of issues, so do
artists, which may or may not align with ours. This should be
respected, I think... Or, I'm highly theorizing and giving the artist
the benefit of doubt... Either way, I don't see this request as
sexist, offensive, or uninformed.

Sent from Merlin

On Mar 14, 2013, at 3:00 PM, Ellis Godard <ellis.godard at csun.edu> wrote:

> I "get" giving a voice to a gender he's trampled.
> I don't buy that the author's gender matters in doing that.
> -eg
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dave Dittrich [mailto:dittrich at u.washington.edu]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 12:36 PM
>> To: Godard, Ellis
>> Cc: 'live'; 'AoIR-L Aoir'; 'Gabriella Coleman'
>> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Contribution about Kim DotCom
>>
>> You have to know his persona prior to his name change to "Dotcom"
>> (legally changed his last name from "Schmitz" around 2002 after being
>> sentenced in Germany for financial crimes and left the country.) He
>> also went by the handle "Kimble". He was widely seen at the time as a
>> womanizer, a party fiend, and a scam artist.
>>
>> http://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/kimble/
>>
>> I'm not judging, btw. Just giving my insight from the past. But it
>> might help make more sense. :)
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On 3/14/13 12:09 PM, Ellis Godard wrote:
>>> Or offensive, sexist, and absurd?
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-
>>>> bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of live
>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 11:25 AM
>>>> To: AoIR-L Aoir
>>>> Cc: Gabriella Coleman
>>>> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Contribution about Kim DotCom
>>>>
>>>>> Museum of Modern Art Vienna (MUMOK:
>>>>> http://www.mumok.at/about-mumok/?L=1) seeks a female academic
>> writer
>>>>
>>>> Specifically female? Am I the only one who found this interesting
>> and
>>>> amusing?
>>>>
>>>> -Sharon
>>>> @SharonG
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Gabriella Coleman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Just passing this along for someone not on this list. Please
>> contact
>>>> Simon Denny if you are interested:
>>>>>
>>>>> Simon Denny <sden023 at gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Museum of Modern Art Vienna (MUMOK: http://www.mumok.at/about-
>>>> mumok/?L=1) seeks a female academic writer with a background in
>>>> digital media, copyright, privacy and law to contribute to a
>> critical
>>>> publication examining the role of German born, New Zealand resident
>>>> entrepreneur Kim Dotcom in international debates. Publication will
>>>> accompany an exhibition entitled "The Personal Effects of Kim
>> Dotcom"
>>>> by prominent contemporary artist Simon Denny
>> (http://www.kunstverein-
>>>> muenchen.de/en/simondenny), which will present in the Museum a
>>>> collection of objects representing those confiscated off Dotcom by
>>>> New Zealand Police in a raid on his house in January 2012.
>>>>> 25,000 characters, EUR1000.00, Due date: 01 July 2013.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Gabriella Coleman
>>>>> Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy Department of
>>>> Art
>>>>> History & Communication Studies McGill University
>>>>> 853 Sherbrooke Street West
>>>>> Montreal, PQ
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>>>>> http://gabriellacoleman.org/
>>>>> 514-398-8572
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