Hi Karen, Yes, I will definitely sign the pledge :-)
Here's a snippet in respect of where I am coming from, which I wrote in the Crisis interview with the Open Source Art crew: "Issues such as war, religion, the climate change and the financial crisis are all linked. To define any of them as coming from a singular root cause would be too easy, yet I do feel there is a deep rooted problem that needs serious observation. It is part of the crisis and a puzzle, hard-wired into humanity’s psyche, it exists everywhere. All of our cultures through history have failed to actively incorporate as equal, a feminine perspective, usually leaving women out of the decision making process as much as possible, unless they abide within the rules of a masculine orientated framework. Even though many women have managed to become part of life’s institutional infrastructures, they still have to behave according to patriarchal demands. This is because a fundamental male code of conduct has already been set in place as default long before any women have had a decent chance to challenge these unbalanced conditions." http://www.interviewingthecrisis.org/?p=27 I feel that we need more evolutionary approaches which are informed by and relate more to human related contexts, so to transcend the typical and lazy, male dominated, monotheist imposed structures (religious or institutional). Like yourself maybe? marc Hello Marc, Thank you for being one of the few males bothering about this - will you be place a pledge? Karen... Pledge "AdaLovelaceDay" "I will publish a blog post on Tuesday 24th March about a woman in technology whom I admire but only if 1,000 other people will do the same." — Suw Charman-Anderson (contact) Deadline to sign up by: 24th March 2009 1,341 people have signed up (341 over target) More details Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology. Women's contributions often go unacknowledged, their innovations seldom mentioned, their faces rarely recognised. We want you to tell the world about these unsung heroines. Whatever she does, whether she is a sysadmin or a tech entrepreneur, a programmer or a designer, developing software or hardware, a tech journalist or a tech consultant, we want to celebrate her achievements. It doesn't matter how new or old your blog is, what gender you are, what language you blog in, or what you normally blog about - everyone is invited to take part. All you need to do is sign up to this pledge and then publish your blog post any time on Tuesday 24th March 2009. If you're going to be away that day, feel free to write your post in advance and set your blogging system to publish it that day. We will gather as many of the posts together on the day as we can, and we'll let you know exactly how we're going to do that nearer the time. For ongoing updates about Ada Lovelace day, please follow us on Twitter, join our mailing list or see our blog. http://findingada.com/ http://twitter.com/FindingAda http://groups.yahoo.com/group/findingada Who was Ada? Ada Lovelace was one of the world's first computer programmers, and one of the first people to see computers as more than just a machine for doing sums. She wrote programmes for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, a general-purpose computing machine, despite the fact that it was never built. She also wrote the very first description of a computer and of software. On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:14 PM, marc garrett <marc.garr...@furtherfield.org> wrote: Ada Lovelace Day. Bringing women in technology to the fore. I've mainly stayed away from the discussion of gender issues in technology. I didn't think that I had any real expertise to share. But over the last six months, after many conversations, it has become clear that many of my female friends in tech really do feel disempowered. They feel invisible, lacking in confidence, and unsure how to compete for attention with the men around them. Then I see the stupid puerile misogynistic manner with which some of the more powerful voices in the tech community - some of them repeat offenders - treat women, and it makes me very cross indeed. The objectification of women is bad enough when it's done by the media, but when it's done by a conference organiser or tech commentator or famous tech publication, what message does it send? Nothing but "You will never be taken seriously, but we might take notice of you if you're hot." But what to do? Well, let's pull back from the anger a little, and start to look instead at why it might be that women feel less secure in their abilities than most men, and what might help change that. Undoubtedly it's a complex issue, but recent research may shed some light: Psychologist Penelope Lockwood discovered that women need to see female role models more than men need to see male ones. more... http://findingada.com/blog/2009/01/05/ada-lovelace-day/ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
