Hi Bernhard, Thanks for your explanation.
Cheers, Greg > -----Message d'origine----- > De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] la part de > Bernhard Krieger > Envoy� : jeudi 26 mai 2005 14:38 > � : [email protected] > Cc : Vanuxem Gr�gory > Objet : Re: Science fiction? > > > Hi Greg, > > Vanuxem Gr�gory schrieb: > > >>I am aware of other SF authors, often women, who create female heroes > >>that do not reproduce the current and conservative ideas about man/women > >>relationships. Ursula Le Guin is certainly one of them who leaves gender > >> > >> > > > > > > > >>mutual and open. There is also this story of Joanna Russ in which she > >>describes a planet of women who do not define themselves in relation to > >>men, meaning not in difference. I personally think that the genre is > >>quite a good one to experiment within and to be creative - by > >>definition. > >> > >> > > > >You speak about women who do not define themselves in relation to men. > > > > > Sure. > > >Can you quickly explain theory/hypothesis behind your studies ? > >Is your work relied to psychosocial gender/group studies ? > > > > > I am an anthropologist, which means that my main aim is to understand > how a certain society (in this case the floss community) works. I am > interested in forms of organisation, believe systems, basic assumptions, > etc. I am interested in what people do who take part in floss and also > how they do it. > > There is a gendering happening in the floss community in the sense that > there are very few women active in the community.This is the part in > which the EC is mostly interests. I am still in the middle of my > fieldwork, but what I also think is happening in the floss community is > that there is a gendering happening in the sense that the few women > involved in it - though in theory free to do what they want to do - are > taking on activities often distinct to those men in the community take > on. I want to understand the why of that as well. I think these two > strands are not unrelated with each other. I think it is not only > important to get more female buns in front of computers to take part in > free software projects in general, but to get more women involved in the > same kind of activities as are men. > > Of course our research is not isolated, but is put into relation with > research undertaken in neighbouring fields such as women and science or > women and ICT studies.I also try to look at similarities and differences > with societies engaging in non-capitalist types of exchange > relationships. > > Bernhard > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
