Cyber feminism
With cyberfeminism a postmodern is philosophy and an ensemble of theories and practices named, relying on the Internet takes place interactions between feminism and cyberspace relate.
Use of the term
Cyberfeminism emerged from the spread of the new information and communication technology (ICT) and the simultaneous third wave of feminism and is particularly linked to the name Donna Haraway , who published A Cyborg Manifesto in 1985 . Inspired by this manifesto, the first to coined the term cyberfeminism were the Australian artist group VNS Matrix in their Cyberfeminist Manifesto for the 21st Century (1991). In this manifesto, the VNS matrix proclaim: The clitoris is a direct connection to the matrix .
For cyber feminists, information and communication technology (ICT) not only involves a subversive approach to masculine identity, but also the creation of a multitude of new subjectivities in which technology can change not only society and technology itself, but also traditional gender roles . In this sense, the cyberfeminist theories and practices challenge the hierarchical power relations between men and women in ICT, explore the mutual relationship between women and digital media and point to the creation of networks and the conquest of spaces in cyberspace that result from the development of new Forms of participation emerge.
Cyberfeminist art
Cyberfeminism necessarily requires a decentralized, multi-layered and participation-oriented practice in which many different currents can coexist. The French media theorist and media artist Nathalie Magnan was a pioneer in Europe . The practice of cyber-feminist art is closely related to gender theory .
Individual evidence
- ^ Sue V. Rosser: Through the Lenses of Feminist Theory: Focus on Women and Information Technology. In: Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. 26.1, 2005, ISSN 0160-9009 , pp. 1-23.
- ^ VNS Matrix: Cyberfeminist Manifesto for the 21st Century , accessed December 10, 2014.
- ↑ Nuria Vergés Bosch, Alex Hache, Eva Cruells López: Colectivo Donestech: Ciberfeminismo de investigación , accessed on December 10, 2014.
- ^ Susan Hawthorne, Renate Klein (eds.): CyberFeminism: Connectivity, Critique, and Creativity . Spinifex Press, Melbourne 1999, ISBN 1-875559-68-X .
- ↑ Mary Flanagan, Austin Booth (Ed.): Reload. Rethinking Women + Cyberculture . MIT Press, Cambridge 2002, ISBN 0-262-56150-6 .
- ↑ Alex Galloway: A Report on Cyberfeminism: Sadie Plant relative to VNS Matrix. ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Switch 4 (1), accessed December 10, 2014.
