Opening ‘open’: why I donated to The Ada Initiative

Open technology and open culture is important to me. Free and open source software is vital to my research work, and as a researcher and an educator, I do what I can to support open access to important materials. Open culture and technology help support a more equal society, making key tools and information available … Continue reading Opening ‘open’: why I donated to The Ada Initiative →

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 →

Linux Conference Australia: Haecksen

After Radia Perlman's keynote talk, I spent today at the Haecksen miniconference, which focuses on women in open source. It was great to see a mixed audience, rather than an all-woman audience. While much of Radia Perlman's talk on networks was focused on technical systems that are beyond me, it was still interesting because she … Continue reading Linux Conference Australia: Haecksen →

Upcoming talks: ‘Free and open source software and activism’ and ‘feminism, anarchism, and FOSS’

Next week I'll be heading over to Canberra for Linux Conference Australia, where I'll be giving a couple of talks. These will have a slightly less academic focus than many of my conference presentations: while they still draw significantly on my research, I'll be giving a freer rein to my activist interests. During the main … Continue reading Upcoming talks: ‘Free and open source software and activism’ and ‘feminism, anarchism, and FOSS’ →

IR13 Plenaries: identity, humanity, affective news, and the department of shameless studies

This afternoon's session was a knockout. Liesbet Van Zoonen's keynote, 'From identity to fragmentation: fixating the fragmented self,' was brought together a heap of information which I was at least vaguely familiar with into new configurations, making important connections between the commodification of identity on social networking sites, the policing of identity by the state, … Continue reading IR13 Plenaries: identity, humanity, affective news, and the department of shameless studies →