Great! Except then it will come with DRM :( I guess it's still not that much money if any motivated people here would like to buy it and read it themselves.
While I'm on the topic, two other books come highly recommended by professional librarian friends working on improving diversity initiatives in their organisations: Vernā Myers' _What if I Say the Wrong Thing?: 25 Habits for Culturally Effective People_ and _Moving Diversity Forward: How to Go From Well-Meaning to Well-Doing_. Prices are ~USD7-10 for the first and ~USD33 for the second. -Joan "please support your local bookseller" Touzet On 2019-07-05 12:06, Patricia Shanahan wrote: > The book is available on Kindle for $11.44 > > https://www.amazon.com/Transitions-Australian-feminisms-Barbara-Caine-ebook/dp/B00GRK3L2Q/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Transitions%3A+new+australian+feminisms&qid=1562342711&s=books&sr=1-1 > > > > > On 7/5/2019 9:00 AM, Joan Touzet wrote: >> FYI, I got this response from Dr. Sofoulis yesterday: >> >> "Thanks for your interest in my work. I'd love to be able to give you a >> copy of the chapter but i am afraid i can't at the moment - the one copy >> of the book it is in was lent to a student ages ago who never returned >> it and i can't find a digital copy anywhere." >> >> I've followed up and confirmed we can circulate a copy amongst ourselves >> if we can obtain one elsewhere. So, if anyone is able to find a digital >> copy of the chapter...Just don't post it on the wiki without some sort >> of access restriction. (A simple password would be sufficient.) >> >> -Joan >> >> On 2019-07-02 15:27, Joan Touzet wrote: >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> A good friend of mine turned me on to an academic paper from 1995. >>> This paper was key to her understanding of how diversity plays into >>> technology communities. >>> >>> The title is: "Of spanners and cyborgs: de-homogenizing feminist >>> thinking on technology". Full citation is at the bottom of this >>> email[1]. I'm trying to get a copy I can share with the list, or for the >>> wiki. >>> >>> In short, the paper argues that you can't just "give a girl a spanner" >>> (wrench, for you Americans) and expect them to succeed in being a >>> competent technologist. This point naturally extends beyond just women >>> to other marginalized groups who have an interest in technology. >>> >>> Quoting my friend (not the paper): >>> >>> "We should not expect that women/marginalized groups to just join >>> dominant space, especially when those spaces actively discriminate or >>> uphold discriminatory standards. We must always consider the context >>> from which we ask [people] to engage with technology. And often it is >>> our contexts which need to change in order to truly benefit from the >>> experiences of women/marginalized people. >>> >>> "Bluntly: if we want more women/marginalized people [here], the way we >>> construct and implement those experiences need to change. >>> Women/marginalized people are not add-ons. We can't just add them to our >>> [communities] and expect them to stay. >>> >>> "This change can only occur through listening to women/marginalized >>> people and seeing how technology is best used by these people. We need >>> to take a very critical look at who is making decisions about diversity, >>> and how those decisions are made. >>> >>> "I love technology. I love computer science.... But I'm feeling burnt >>> out at ignoring something I have always known: *the [women]/marginalized >>> people might want different experiences.... [T]here is nothing wrong >>> with [women]/marginalized people not wanting to participate." >>> >>> I think this diatribe touches on two things that have been raised on >>> this list: >>> >>> 1. Some projects and ASF participants don't want to change. That's fine. >>> But like the old adage about the Internet routing around censorship, >>> women and marginalized people may simply route around those projects >>> and do their own thing. The ASF will be poorer without those >>> participants and their energy, even if it might have taken >>> projects in >>> new and unexpected directions. >>> >>> 2. Some projects and ASF participants *do* want to change. They >>> should be >>> listening to the experiences of those women and marginalized >>> people who >>> choose to participate, and understand why or why not they >>> continue to >>> do so. I'd encourage any of us (I am female, and in a number of >>> marginalized groups) to explain why and how, if we feel safe >>> doing so. >>> If not on this list, then hopefully the survey-to-come will >>> provide an >>> anonymous way those experiences can be shared. >>> >>> -Joan "food for thought" Touzet >>> >>> [1]: Sofoulis, Z 1995, 'Of spanners and cyborgs: de-homogenising >>> feminist thinking on technology', in B Caine & R Pringle (eds), >>> Transitions: new Australian feminisms, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, pp. >>> 147-63. >>
