Tactical
Cyberfeminism:
An Art and Technology of Social RelationsBy
subRosa
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subRosa's name honors feminist pioneers in art, activism, labor, politics, and science: Rosa Bonheur, Rosa Luxemburg, Rosie the Riveter, Rosa Parks, Rosie Franklin.
subRosa is a reproducible cyberfeminist* cell of cultural researchers committed to combining art, activism, and politics to explore and critique the intersections of the new information and biotechnologies in women's bodies, lives, and work.
subRosa produces artworks, activist campaigns and projects, sneak attacks, publications, media interventions, and public forums that make visible the effects of the interconnections of technology, gender, and difference; feminism and global capital; new bio and medical technologies and women's health; and the changed conditions of labor and reproduction for women in the integrated circuit.
subRosa practices a situational embodied feminist politics nourished by conviviality, self-determination, and the desire for affirmative alliances and coalitions.
*in subRosa's definition, cyberfeminism is a promising new manifestation of
feminism, which addresses the changing political, economic, and personal conditions of women's lives due to new digital technologies. |
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Tactical Cyberfeminism:
An Art and Technology of Social Relations,
Introduction
Currently in many parts of the world different feminist voices are calling for a new vision and engagement in local and global feminist activism. Much of this renewed interest in feminism is a result of the social, cultural, economic, and political effects on women's lives (globally) of the new digital communications and bio technologies. Women all over the world daily encounter the incursions of technology in their lives and communities, and many of them are struggling with ways to both resist and use the power of these technologies. Cyberfeminists need to develop contestational strategies for critical uses of new technologies, and create new forms of activist networks and feminist coalitions.
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