Rachel Beth, this is a fantastic list! Imagining that these women inspire you, I am even more pleased to think of you teaching at the University of San Francisco - where I started learning programming in basic in 1977, at which point it was made quite clear to me that as a female liberal arts student (dressed in the uniform of the day for intellectual women, namely tattered jeans and my brothers' old shirts), I was anything but welcome in the computer science department.
I can easily imagine you inspiring your students today - and passing on that kind of inspiration is what really matters. Now that I have finally subscribed to this mailing list, I have a list of inspiring women in my head as well - just need to get it into a non-telepathic form. Thank you Ruth and Marc for the invitation, Aileen On Friday 27 March 2009 18:46:31 Rachel Beth Egenhoefer wrote: > Hi All! I've had this on my to do list all week and am finally > getting to it... Some of mine have already been mentioned, but I hope > it doesn't hurt to mention them again... > > > > MY NAME: Rachel Beth Egenhoefer > > URL: www.rachelbeth.net > > > 5 WOMEN I THINK ARE AMAZING: > > Katherine Hayles > I know she's been mentioned already... "How we became Post Human" is > one of my favorite books. In addition to being incredibly smart, > ahead of the curve, able to make an argument and stand by it, I can > say from personal experience that she is one of the most lovely > academics to meet in person. I had the honor of working with her > when she was at UCLA and I was always amazed at how down to earth and > easy going she was. Able to sip a soda, make jokes, and talk about > the news, and then go right into intense theory about the printing > press and reading novels on mobile phones. > FYI, she is now at Duke University - <http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/ > Literature/n.hayles> > > > Martha Rosler > In one of my very first video classes back in undergrad we watched > "Semiotics of the Kitchen" and I was hooked. Today some of my > students find this video boring (not enough whiz bang for them I > guess) and it frustrated me that they can't put themselves in the > time period that it was made and see it as an exploration of trying > to figure out what the medium was and what it could do. In addition > to her early videos she has written and edited numerous essays and > books. She is still making work in New York and teaching at Rutgers > University. > > > Sandy Stone (aka Allucquere Rosanne Stone) > Along with Sadie Plant who has already been mentioned, her texts are > some of my favorites. "Split Subjects, Not Atoms; or, How I Fell in > Love with My Prosthesis" is an oldie but a goodie and I think way > ahead of it's time. I think she brings an interesting addition to > the list as a transgendered individual. > Her semi-new website it pretty amusing... <http://sandystone.com> > > > Margaret Morse > "Video Installation Art: The Body, the Image, and the Space-in- > between" is a wonderful little easy she wrote that is in a book > "illuminating Video". I ready this years ago and still come back to > it. I think that "video" should be dropped from the title as it > really speaks to a lot of different kinds of art forms and how we > view them, create them, display them, etc. She of course has many > other texts as well, all written very intelligently but accessible. > > > Sue Gollifer > This email wouldn't fit in your inbox if I listed everything Sue has > a hand in. To name a few she is either on the board/ a member of/ > holds a position in ISEA, SIGGRAPH, CAA (College Arts Association), > Computer Arts Society (CAS), DACS (Design and Artist Copyright > Society), Lighthouse Brighton, and many many more, all while also > heading the MA in Digital Arts at the University of Brighton, working > with Digital Printmaking, writing, making, and yes she has pink > hair. Sue is no-nonsense, tells it like it is, gets things done, is > amazingly successful, and yet still has a ton of fun, and is > incredibly kind and generous. > <http://artsresearch.brighton.ac.uk/research/academic/gollifer> > > > And lastly as one extra... I'd like to add Ada's mother - Anna > Isabella Noel Byron. She is the one who raised Ada and encouraged > her to study math and science instead of literature. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Isabella_Milbanke> > > > Happy Ada Day/ Week! And thanks Ruth and Marc for organizing! > Rachel Beth > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > > Rachel Beth Egenhoefer > Assistant Professor, Design > University of San Francisco > rac...@rachelbeth.net > www.rachelbeth.net > #415-342-9644 > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > On Mar 24, 2009, at 4:52 AM, marc garrett wrote: > > Hi to Netbehaviourists & a warm welcome to new arrivals :-) > > > > OK - so today is Ada Lovelace Day, and suggestions from people for > > 'women who have inspired you in your own practice' have already been > > rolling in. "Sharing inspirations with our friendly community of > > artists, academics, writers, code geeks, curators, independent > > thinkers, > > activists and net mutualists." > > > > A big thank you to those who have already taken part, if you have that > > you wish to share please do. > > > > On Friday we will post an updated version of all contributions thus > > far, > > including suggestions in one mail for all to view... > > > > It will end on the Mon 30th, and put on the front of > > www.furtherfield.org for all the world to see. > > > > Wishing everyone well. > > > > marc > > > > p.s. I have pasted the original info about it all below, just in > > case :-) > > > > > > -----------------------------> > > > > > > In support of Ada Lovelace Day we are inviting all women who work in > > media arts and net art to join the NetBehaviour email list for a week > > between 23rd and 30th March. > > > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > We would like to know about your work and that of other women who have > > inspired you in your own practice. So please come and squat the > > NetBehaviour list for a week (of course we hope you'll stick around > > for > > longer:) and share your inspirations with our friendly community of > > artists, academics, writers, code geeks, curators, independent > > thinkers, > > activists and net mutualists. > > > > Posts are welcome in any format and frequency. > > > > The following is offered as an example. > > > > ==================== > > MY NAME: Ruth Catlow > > > > URL: http://www.furtherfield.org/display_user.php?ID=14 > > > > INSPIRED BY: > > > > Ele Carpenter - http://www.elecarpenter.org.uk/ for tech inspired and > > facilitated participation with Open Source Embroidery, her curatorial > > project exploring artists practice that explores the relationship > > between programming for embroidery and computing. > > > > Auriea Harvey - for her part with Entropy8Zuper in early intimate > > networked performances http://entropy8zuper.org/wirefire and for > > Endless > > Forest, Tale of Tales's bucolic social screensaver > > http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest > > > > Mary Flanagan - for her energetic explorations as academic, educator, > > artist and programmer at the intersection of games, art and > > feminism and > > exploring collaborative approaches to thinking about values in > > http://www.valuesatplay.org/ > > > > ============================== > > > > At the end of the week we will collate all of the posts in the thread > > and feature them on Furtherfield.org. > > > > See you on Netbehaviour : )) > > > > With all best wishes from > > > > Ruth and the Furtherfield team > > http://www.furtherfield.org > > ========================== > > > > Ada Lovelace Day -bringing women in technology to the fore > > http://findingada.com/blog/2009/01/05/ada-lovelace-day/ > > sign a pledge to blog about inspirational women in tech on 24th March. > > > > NetBehaviour is the Furtherfield.org email discussion listJoin > > NetBehaviour for a week between 23rd and 30th March (of course we hope > > you will stick around: ) > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- In so many words: http://eliot.at _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
