Aileen, many thanks for your great thoughts and alternative perspective
-- definitely not what one's used to read on tech conference write-ups.
The eternal tool-struggle and feminism angles were very refreshing (and
sorely needed!). We need more spies!
I for one would have loved to have seen a presentation on Genderchangers
and EclecticTechCarnival. I'm hoping for that in LGM2011.
On 06/02/2010 04:03 PM, Aileen Derieg wrote:
Dear people,
Although I have no wish to interrupt current discussions, I just wanted
to let you all know that I have now posted my "spy report":
http://blog.furtherfield.org/?q=node/334
Comments are most welcome, but if you want to comment directly on the
blog, rather than starting yet another thread on this list, you will
need to register on the blog first. If confirmation seems to be taking
too long, please let me know, and I will approve your account immediately.
Brief explanation: I wasn't really there last week as a "spy", but I was
specifically invited as an interested outsider to observe and reflect on
the Libre Graphics Meeting this year. What I hadn't really planned for
was how much I enjoyed it, how far I kept finding myself drawn into
presentations, discussions and conversations. This made it a bit more
difficult to step back and reflect, which is the reason for the delay,
for which I would like to couple my apologies with thanks.
The position I am writing from: I live in Linz, Austria, where I earn my
living as a translator. I started with computer books in the mid-90s,
which led to my interest in Linux and free software. Most of my work now
involves contemporary art and New Media. Alongside that I am involved in
various other contexts, such as the independent art scene in Linz,
Genderchangers, and MAIZ, an organization of and for migrant women in
Upper Austria.
Thank you for all of your efforts,
Aileen
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