[Air-L] Contribution about Kim DotCom

Thu Mar 14 14:34:27 PDT 2013

Having gender as a selection criteria is sexist, by definition.
Presuming that only women can defend women is offensive, to both genders.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Burcu Bakioglu [mailto:bbakiogl at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 1:40 PM
> To: Godard, Ellis
> Cc: Dave Dittrich; AoIR-L Aoir; Gabriella Coleman
> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Contribution about Kim DotCom
> 
> 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.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
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> >> --
> >> Dave Dittrich
> >> dittrich at apl.washington.edu
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