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Journal of Peer Production #8, “Feminism and (Un)Hacking”
by Mathieu ONeil 02 May '16

02 May '16

Hi everyone JoPP #8 is out. Congratulations to the editors for a really great issue (and a thousand apologies for the delay in publishing). Thanks to Peter for his work on resuscitating and improving the site (signals and metadata now available on every peer reviewed article page). I see that Lilly has posted a short statement to AIR but have not seen anything anywhere else (including here). So unless otherwise advised I am planning to post the following to CITAMS; Fibreculture; ACS; and ICS. Others could post elsewhere. @SSL: please let me know asap if this is OK. cheers Mathieu =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= We are delighted to announce the publication of the Journal of Peer Production #8, “Feminism and (Un)Hacking” The issue is available here: http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-8-feminism-and-unhacking/ >From the Introduction, "Feminist Hacking/Making: Exploring New Gender Horizons of Possibility" by SSL Nagbot (a.k.a Lilly Nguyen, Sophie Toupin, and Shaowen Bardzell) This special issue of the Journal of Peer Production shows a growing body of work that brings together feminism with hacking and making. To date, feminist thinking has been taken up by hacking and making researchers to reveal the gendering of techno-labor, to facilitate emancipatory efforts, to cultivate alternative perspectives, and to make visible the infrastructural relations of technology. This combination of visualization with emancipatory alterity demonstrates the ways that feminism in hacking is largely based on a politics of visibility; that is, hacking and making serve the broader objectives of bringing to light the invisible infra/structures of power that render technological achievement possible. In this special issue, we see that the extant forms of feminist research and practice critique gendered forms of marginalization in hacking and making in several ways. First, many feminist hackers and makers seek to redress the lack of gender diversity within these techno-communities through the designs of women, queer, and trans-friendly spaces for hacking and making or addressing women-centered concerns such as improving breast-pumps for nursing. Second, we also see that hacking and making comprise both a method and a framework to introduce new kinds of expertise, such as craft and care, into conversations of information technology. These configurations of hacking and making as a method and framework depart from the strict focus on technology associated with the masculinity of hacking. Instead, we find that the feminist inquiry and interventions within the essays in this special issue alter the very notions of hacking and making and thus introduce alternate values of inclusion and intimacy. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= or - short version >From the Introduction, "Feminist Hacking/Making: Exploring New Gender Horizons of Possibility" by SSL Nagbot In this special issue, we see that the extant forms of feminist research and practice critique gendered forms of marginalization in hacking and making in several ways. First, many feminist hackers and makers seek to redress the lack of gender diversity within these techno-communities through the designs of women, queer, and trans-friendly spaces for hacking and making or addressing women-centered concerns such as improving breast-pumps for nursing. Second, we also see that hacking and making comprise both a method and a framework to introduce new kinds of expertise, such as craft and care, into conversations of information technology. These configurations of hacking and making as a method and framework depart from the strict focus on technology associated with the masculinity of hacking. Instead, we find that the feminist inquiry and interventions within the essays in this special issue alter the very notions of hacking and making and thus introduce alternate values of inclusion and intimacy. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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CfP: “Appropriating Technology for Societal Change – The Dynamics of the Digital”, Nordic Summer University
by Johan Söderberg 18 Apr '16

18 Apr '16

CfP: “Appropriating Technology for Societal Change – The Dynamics of the Digital” of the Nordic Summer University The summer session 2016 is organized in collaboration with the Centre for Digital Humanities at the University of Gothenburg and is dedicated to the question of how digital technology affects the fabric of modern society. Relevant subjects may include but are not limited to: Openness and Secrecy ● What are the consequences of open data for democracy, education, science and politics? ● How is society affected by algorithms guiding social interaction and public debate? ● How should the problems of integrity and privacy be handled? ● What are the benefits/drawbacks of o pen/proprietary software? The University in the Digital Public Sphere ● How does digital technology transform the process of research? ● What are the consequences of the increased level of supervision and control in the academic realm? ● How is the relationship between science and politics affected by digital media? ● Should education be changed as a consequence of the possibilities opened by digital technology? Theorizations of the Digital ● How can the impact of (digital) technology on the fabric of society be conceptualized? ● How do approaches to the digital originating in different intellectual traditions compare? (ex. media theory, literary theory, phenomenology, critical theory, psychoanalysis, anthropology, systems theory, science and technology studies...) The Nordic Summer University (NSU) is an independent academic organization that for 65 years has organized yearly summer sessions in the Nordic and Baltic countries. This year, the summer session will be in Orivesi, Finland, July 24 -31. If you want to present a paper in the circle, send an abstract of 600 words to the circle’s coordinators Sverker Lundin and Johan Söderberg. The deadline for submitting a proposal is 1st of May Presenters at the circle have the option to submit a paper to a peer-reviewed anthology to be published by NSU press. Sverker Lundin: Sverker [dot] lundin [at] gmail [dot] com Johan Söderberg: Johan [dot] soderberg [at] sts [dot] gu [dot] se For more information about NSU, visit: http://nordic.university

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[JoPP-Editorial] Feminism and (un)hacking links & release (was: Re: JoPP 8 link structure)
by Mathieu ONeil 05 Apr '16

05 Apr '16

PS. Correction It's probably impossible to change links from frontpage as they are automatically generated However links to peer reviewed articles from the jopp 8 issue page http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-8-feminism-and-unhacking-2/ ... should lead to issue 8 peer reviewed articles page http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-8-feminism-and-unhacking-2/peer-revi… ... which has the metadata NOT straight to the article page (same goes for links in release notice) Hope this makes sense cheers mathieu ________________________________ From: jopp-editorial-bounces(a)lists.ourproject.org <jopp-editorial-bounces(a)lists.ourproject.org> on behalf of Mathieu ONeil <mathieu.oneil(a)anu.edu.au> Sent: Friday, April 1, 2016 13:14 To: Journal of Peer Production's Editorial team list Cc: Sophie Toupin, Ms.; lillyng(a)email.unc.edu Subject: [JoPP-Editorial] Feminism and (un)hacking links & release (was: Re: JoPP 8 link structure) Hi Peter, all I agree that it would be ideal to be able to access metadata from each article page. However as you say this would involve completely re-doing all of the peer reviewed articles link structure: a big job. Maybe if we raise money (as discussed occasionally) we could pay a web designer some hours to re-code on a test site? What do others think? IN THE MEANTIME: @Sophie, Shaowen and Lilly: congratulations on a really great issue. As said before, I am so sorry the release was delayed. But, now that it is up, we ned to tell the world. So, with that in mind, can you please advise: 1.do you have a short text to announce the JoPP feminism and (un)hacking issue release? 2.what are your plans re JoPP feminism and (un)hacking issue promotion: Vasilis has set up a pad (thanks) where email lists etc can be listed to avoid multiple posts and I have started to populate it: http://etherpad2-p2plab.rhcloud.com/p/JoPP_Lists 3.finally, do you intend to modify the link structure as outlined below so that metadata (original subs, reviews, signals) are not bypassed from front page (or release announce)? cheers, Mathieu ________________________________ From: jopp-editorial-bounces(a)lists.ourproject.org <jopp-editorial-bounces(a)lists.ourproject.org> on behalf of Dr. Peter Troxler <trox(a)fabfolk.com> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 17:05 To: Journal of Peer Production's Editorial team list Cc: lillyng(a)email.unc.edu; Sophie Toupin, Ms. Subject: Re: [JoPP-Editorial] JoPP 8 link structure Disagree slightly: The structure of the issue is pretty similar to all the other issues (compare http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-8-feminism-and-unhacking-2/ and http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-0/) ... except that the titles ("Peer Reviewed Papers") are malformated and not linked (should be easy to fix). I think, now that we're on top of getting the site back live, that we should change the article pages so they include a link to the meta-data per article That would be much more straight forward and improve the journal as a whole, needs a bit of coding, though :( / Peter On 31 Mar 2016, at 03:48, Mathieu ONeil <mathieu.oneil(a)anu.edu.au<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Second try cheers m ________________________________ From: Mathieu ONeil Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 10:13 To: Journal of Peer Production's general and public list Subject: JoPP 8 link structure Hi SSL All the peer reviewed article titles from the frontpage link straight to the html version of the article This bypasses the peer reviewed articles page where all the meta data (reviews etc) which makes us distinct are available So all peer reviewed article titles should point to the correct page : http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-8-feminism-and-unhacking-2/peer-revi… Same thing for announcement cheers Mathieu _______________________________________________ JoPP-Editorial mailing list JoPP-Editorial(a)lists.ourproject.org<mailto:[email protected]> https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/jopp-editorial

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Nordic Summer University, Dynamics of the Digital
by Johan Söderberg 05 Apr '16

05 Apr '16

Welcome to study circle 6 “Appropriating Technology for Societal Change” subtheme: Dynamics of the Digital, of the Nordic Summer University. The summer session 2016 is organized in collaboration with The Centre For Digital Humanities at The University Of Gothenburg and is dedicated to the question of how digital technology affects the fabric of modern society. Relevant subjects may include but are not limited to: Openness and Secrecy Digital Public Sphere Theorizations of the Digital This year, the summer session will be in Orivesi, Finland, July 24-31. If you want to present a paper in the circle, send an abstract of 600 words to the circle’s coordinators, Sverker Lundin and Johan Söderberg. The deadline For submitting A proposal is 1st of May. sverker.lundin [at] gmail [dot] com johan.soderberg [at] sts [dot] gu [dot] se For more information about NSU, visit: http://nordic.university

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Fw: [JoPP-Editorial] Feminism and (un)hacking links & release (was: Re: JoPP 8 link structure)
by Mathieu ONeil 01 Apr '16

01 Apr '16

PS. Correction It's probably impossible to change links from frontpage as they are automatically generated However links to peer reviewed articles from the jopp 8 issue page http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-8-feminism-and-unhacking-2/ ... should lead to issue 8 peer reviewed articles page http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-8-feminism-and-unhacking-2/peer-revi… ... which has the metadata NOT straight to the article page (same goes for links in release notice) Hope this makes sense cheers mathieu ________________________________ From: jopp-editorial-bounces(a)lists.ourproject.org <jopp-editorial-bounces(a)lists.ourproject.org> on behalf of Mathieu ONeil <mathieu.oneil(a)anu.edu.au> Sent: Friday, April 1, 2016 13:14 To: Journal of Peer Production's Editorial team list Cc: Sophie Toupin, Ms.; lillyng(a)email.unc.edu Subject: [JoPP-Editorial] Feminism and (un)hacking links & release (was: Re: JoPP 8 link structure) Hi Peter, all I agree that it would be ideal to be able to access metadata from each article page. However as you say this would involve completely re-doing all of the peer reviewed articles link structure: a big job. Maybe if we raise money (as discussed occasionally) we could pay a web designer some hours to re-code on a test site? What do others think? IN THE MEANTIME: @Sophie, Shaowen and Lilly: congratulations on a really great issue. As said before, I am so sorry the release was delayed. But, now that it is up, we ned to tell the world. So, with that in mind, can you please advise: 1.do you have a short text to announce the JoPP feminism and (un)hacking issue release? 2.what are your plans re JoPP feminism and (un)hacking issue promotion: Vasilis has set up a pad (thanks) where email lists etc can be listed to avoid multiple posts and I have started to populate it: http://etherpad2-p2plab.rhcloud.com/p/JoPP_Lists 3.finally, do you intend to modify the link structure as outlined below so that metadata (original subs, reviews, signals) are not bypassed from front page (or release announce)? cheers, Mathieu ________________________________ From: jopp-editorial-bounces(a)lists.ourproject.org <jopp-editorial-bounces(a)lists.ourproject.org> on behalf of Dr. Peter Troxler <trox(a)fabfolk.com> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 17:05 To: Journal of Peer Production's Editorial team list Cc: lillyng(a)email.unc.edu; Sophie Toupin, Ms. Subject: Re: [JoPP-Editorial] JoPP 8 link structure Disagree slightly: The structure of the issue is pretty similar to all the other issues (compare http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-8-feminism-and-unhacking-2/ and http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-0/) ... except that the titles ("Peer Reviewed Papers") are malformated and not linked (should be easy to fix). I think, now that we're on top of getting the site back live, that we should change the article pages so they include a link to the meta-data per article That would be much more straight forward and improve the journal as a whole, needs a bit of coding, though :( / Peter On 31 Mar 2016, at 03:48, Mathieu ONeil <mathieu.oneil(a)anu.edu.au<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Second try cheers m ________________________________ From: Mathieu ONeil Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 10:13 To: Journal of Peer Production's general and public list Subject: JoPP 8 link structure Hi SSL All the peer reviewed article titles from the frontpage link straight to the html version of the article This bypasses the peer reviewed articles page where all the meta data (reviews etc) which makes us distinct are available So all peer reviewed article titles should point to the correct page : http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-8-feminism-and-unhacking-2/peer-revi… Same thing for announcement cheers Mathieu _______________________________________________ JoPP-Editorial mailing list JoPP-Editorial(a)lists.ourproject.org<mailto:[email protected]> https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/jopp-editorial

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PDF
by Mathieu ONeil 01 Apr '16

01 Apr '16

Hi Peter, all Is there an ETA for the PDG generator to be fixed? Do you require assistance? Thanks for letting us know. cheers Mathieu

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Journal of Peer Production
by Dr. Peter Troxler 01 Apr '16

01 Apr '16

Hi there this is a one-off mailshot to let you know that the Journal of Peer Production has resumed online operations at http://peerproduction.net Thanks for your patience while we were dealing with technical issues. Best / Peter

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