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ETEC 511 (64 B) Module 5 – Politics and Political Economy of Educational Technology

Explore feminist perspectives on technology, cybernetics, and the Internet. Discuss women's role in shaping technology and the concept of the feminization of the Internet.

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ETEC 511 (64 B) Module 5 – Politics and Political Economy of Educational Technology

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  1. ETEC 511 (64 B)Module 5 – Politics and Political Economy of Educational Technology Al Davidson, Chantal Drolet, Byron Kask

  2. Thoughts inspired by: A Manitesto for Cyborgs Science, Technology, and social Feminism in the 1980s By: Donna Haraway (ETEC 511 CCM)

  3. Social feminism is defined by: Socialist feminism: (p.79) • Structure of class • Wage labor • Alienation • Labor • by analogy reproduction • by extension sex • by addition race

  4. Radical feminism is defined by: Radical feminism • Structure of gender • Sexual appropriation • Objectification • Sex • By analogy labor • By extension reproduction • By addition race

  5. What is a cyborg? “A cyborg is a cybernetic organism a hybrid of machine and organism, a creature of social reality as well as a creature of fiction.” Donna Haraway, p. 65

  6. Women and cyborgs If a cyborg is a “… a creature of social reality as well as a creature of fiction.” And women’s position to technology is linked with “organic” views (p.92) From this: Could we say that feminists are embracing the concepts of “cybernetics”?

  7. Women and TechnologyVideo Women in Technology: Please watch the 4:10 min. video: Women and Technology

  8. The feminization of the Internet • What are women’s contribution to technology? • How would you define the feminization of the internet?

  9. Thought Questions Summary: • Could we say that feminists are embracing the concepts of “cybernetics”? • (see: ecofeminism, p. 92) • What are women’s contribution to technology? • How would you define the feminization of the internet?

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