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

ETEC 511 (64 B) Module 5 – Politics and Political Economy of Educational Technology. Al Davidson, Chantal Drolet , Byron Kask. Thoughts inspired by: A Manitesto for Cyborgs. Science, Technology, and social Feminism in the 1980s By: Donna Haraway (ETEC 511 CCM).

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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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