July 18-19, 2013
White Stag, Portland, Oregon
The Fembot Collective, and its
peer-reviewed journal Ada, value and
feature intersectionality in terms of content, membership, editorial
practices, and organizational structure. This unconference addresses issues
related to our networks and their geographical and institutional limitations at
a critical juncture in Fembot’s history. In order to ensure that our politics
are mirrored in our practices, we have invited five consultants (see below)
with demonstrated expertise in participatory media theory and production to
provide guidance in thinking about these issues.
Day one will initiate a series of
discussions organized around questions of accessibility, participation,
strategies of inclusion, editorial bias, and the crafting of Ada Issue Four
which will address these issues in journal form. Day two will be dedicated to a
hack-a-thon -- a full-day session that will convene a group of technologically
proficient programmers and designers to collaborate on building a digital tool
that emerges from the previous day’s conversations. The hack-a-thon in
particular will allow us to build beyond the humanities and social sciences to
feminists working in computer science and high-tech industries.
This event is free and open to the
general public.
Consultants
Brittney Cooper (Rutgers)
Michelle Habell-Pallán (U of
Washington)
Margaret Rhee (UC Berkeley)
Kristen Warner (U of Alabama)
To find out more or register to
attend, please email Bryce at bpeake@uoregon.edu.
Sponsored by: The Center for the
Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon in Portland, the College of
Arts and Sciences, the School of Journalism and Communication, and UO Libraries
