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hi ana & all,<br>
the event in umea that ana mentions was the Eclectic Tech Carnival,
or /etc (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.eclectictechcarnival.org/">http://www.eclectictechcarnival.org/</a>), that has been
happening in various places since 2002, & most recently last
year in collaboration with Calafou as the THF - TransHackFeminist
camp in august last year. (the report from the THF is here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://transhackfeminist.noblogs.org/">http://transhackfeminist.noblogs.org/</a> - spanish first, scroll down
for english).<br>
<br>
i haven't been able to read all the emails to follow this week's
discussion properly, but i think it is important to mention the /etc
& other non-institutional feminist tech activities that have
been providing feminist tech learning & sharing spaces for a
long time. the /etc is organised with minimal or no funding &
has no institutional affiliations, altho sometimes events like the
one in umea are organised by individuals with institutional
affiliations so they can access resources. <br>
<br>
the /etc has always been about skill-sharing, creating our own
learning spaces where we are all learning from each other; feminist
& more recently trans-feminist; & open source. typically
events include practical hardware workshops (taking computers apart
& putting them back together), programming, theoretical
discussions & some art as well.<br>
<br>
i don't know how relevant it is to this discussion, but at
transmediale this year the event "commoning the networks: feminist
methodology" brought together people from a number of interconnected
networks including the /etc, genderchangers, THF, furtherfield,
constant, faces, & various others. the discussions from this
event are continuing.<br>
<br>
it's good to make the connections between things happening in
different spheres :)<br>
<br>
h : )<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17/02/15 12:06 16AM, Ana Valdés
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Hi Renate I has been lurking for a while working with a lot of projects we want to start a kind of -empyre similar list in Spanish :) and I am going to curate a hub if discussions and seminar about urbane strategies and resilience. We are going to work with Spanish and Latinamerican artists and architects collectives.
I participated some years ago in a Feminist Tech Carnival in the city of Umea in the North of Sweden, with female techs from Austria England Netherlands and Sweden. Ruth Catlow from Furtherfield was there Annemie Maes from Belgium and Ockno tech lab was there too.
We sended text messages to machines embroidering them we did maps and bots it was very fun and empowering.
Some years ago I organised a workshop about computer games for girls in gGaza and in Syria in Damascus and it was a great experience of sharing and learning.
Ana
Skickat från min iPhone
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Ana it is always good to hear from you on -empyre. Where are you these
days? I am wondering what you thought about the cultural influences on
technology from your perspective. Are there trends you see in art making,
social media, theory that relate to our topic and networked and digital
culture?
Renate
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