Ecofeminism and rhetoric: Critical perspectives on sex, technology and discourse

My review of Ecofeminism and rhetoric: Critical perspectives on sex, technology and discourse is now available on Anthropological Forum. Unfortunately I forgot to check whether the journal was open access before agreeing to do the review, but I've made a pre-publication copy available for download here. Ecofeminism and Rhetoric is helpful as an introductory text … Continue reading Ecofeminism and rhetoric: Critical perspectives on sex, technology and discourse →

The protections of statehood and hacker armies

This has also been posted to the Geek Feminism blog. Lately, I've seen quite a few claims that hackers are persecuted minority floating through my streams. It's not hard to believe, when we've seen the affects that the aggressive prosecution of Aaron Swartz had, that one of the hackers who helped to bring attention to … Continue reading The protections of statehood and hacker armies →

Upcoming talk at Bfest

B-Fest, run by the Babylonia media collective, is a three-day event bringing together music and discussions. There are some amazing acts and speakers lined up, and I'm happy to say that I've been invited by the Digital Liberation Network to run a discussion about my work. I'll talk in English, but Greek translation will be … Continue reading Upcoming talk at Bfest →

MOOCs: thinking about context

Recently, professors at a San Jose State refused to use a lecture series by Michael Sandel at their university: it's well worth reading their explanation of this decision. After a long and somewhat frustrating discussion about this, I think it's worth teasing out some of the issues surrounding MOOCs. Much of this draws on the … Continue reading MOOCs: thinking about context →

‘Big data’ and gender

There's been a significant push in Internet Studies over the last few years towards 'big data' studies, which aggregate huge volumes of information (such as tweets or website linking patterns) and subject them to analysis, often quantitative analysis. Much of this research provides valuable insights into how people are using the Internet and its impacts … Continue reading ‘Big data’ and gender →