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FemTechNet

FemTechNet. A global network of scholars and artists who work at the intersections of f eminism, science and technology. Key Objectives. To develop innovative uses for digital technologies that serve important c ultural and social needs

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FemTechNet

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  1. FemTechNet A global network of scholars and artists who work at the intersections of feminism, science and technology Key Objectives • To develop innovative uses for digital technologies that serve important cultural and social needs • To involve women and girls in discussions about the history of feminist engagement with technology • To demonstrate feminist contribution to technological innovation • To contribute to the digital archive of the history of technology

  2. Initial Commitments Key Challenges • Cultural ignorance of the general history of technology and science • Wide-spread ignorance of the historical relationship between women and technological innovation • Lack of understanding about the contribution of feminist theory to technocultural innovation • Authoritative structure of institutionalized MOOCs • Persistent difficult in engaging women and girls in STEM fields & projects

  3. Initial Commitments Key Opportunities • Extensive global network of feminist experts in science and technology • Deep history of innovative feminist engagement with technology • Cross-disciplinary dispersion of feminist expertise • Feminist design thinking • History of innovative pedagogical practice among feminist teachers • New digital technology infrastructures

  4. DOCC: An Alternative MOOC Distributed Online Collaborative Course Key Objectives • Recognizes and engages expertise DISTRIBUTED throughout a network • Approaches learning as a MIXED-MODE and BLENDED experience • Designed through COLLABORATIVE peer-to-peer process • Collaborative creation of HISTORICAL cultural archive • Collaborative EXPERIMENT in use of online pedagogies

  5. Feminist Learning Design 2013 DOCC: Dialogues in Feminism and Technology Approaches the creation of a MOOC from the perspective of feminist STS and media arts Ten Week Course: September – November, 2013 Ten – Twelve VIDEO DIALOGUES Shared Learning Materials: BOTLs Collaborative Learning Activity: STORMING WIKIPEDIA Differential Participation: NODAL classes

  6. Feminist Design Thinking Boundary Objects That Learn: BOTLs Approaches the creation of LEARNING OBJECTS from the perspective of feminist STS Learning Objects as BOUNDARY objects: “abstract or concrete frameworks that are adaptable to different viewpoints yet robust enough to maintain a provisional identity over time and across different worlds” Learning Objects that LEARN:. learning materials that are transformed through use when participants annotate materials based on experience and context Harding: Standpoint Theory Haraway: Refraction Theory and Subjugated Histories Star & Greisemer: Boundary Objects and Translation

  7. Feminist Learning Design VIDEO DIALOGUES Archive Body Difference Discipline Ethics Labor Machine Place Race Sexualities Systems Tranformation

  8. DOCC: Opportunities How You can Participate Join the listserv: Teach a NODAL course Contribute BOTLs Fundraise Publicize the effort Extend the network

  9. Thank You Discussion • Anne Balsamo: BalsamoA@newschool.edu • Alex Juhasz: Alexandra_Juhasz@pitzer.edu • Background and MORE information: • http://fembotcollective.org/ • http://fembotcollective.org/femtechnet/femtechnet-useful-documents/ • http://dmlcentral.net/blog/liz-losh/learning-failure-feminist-dialogues-technology-part-i • http://dmlcentral.net/blog/liz-losh/learning-failure-feminist-dialogues-technology-part-ii

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