[ecrea] Fembot Unconference

Fembot Unconference: Multiplying Standpoints and Participatory Feminism
July 18-19, 2013
White Stag, Portland, Oregon


The Fembot Collective <http://fembotcollective.org>, and its 
peer-reviewed journal Ada <http://adanewmedia.org>, value and feature 
intersectionality in terms of content, membership, editorial practices, 
and organizational structure. This unconference addresses issues related 
to our networks and their geographical and institutional limitations at 
a critical juncture in Fembot's history. In order to ensure that our 
politics are mirrored in our practices, we have invited five consultants 
(see below) with demonstrated expertise in participatory media theory 
and production to provide guidance in thinking about these issues.

Day one will initiate a series of discussions organized around questions 
of accessibility, participation, strategies of inclusion, editorial 
bias, and the crafting of Ada Issue Four which will address these issues 
in journal form. Day two will be dedicated to a hack-a-thon -- a 
full-day session that will convene a group of technologically proficient 
programmers and designers to collaborate on building a digital tool that 
emerges from the previous day's conversations. The hack-a-thon in 
particular will allow us to build beyond the humanities and social 
sciences to feminists working in computer science and high-tech industries.

This event is free and open to the general public.



Consultants

Brittney Cooper (Rutgers)

Michelle Habell-Pallán (U of Washington)

Margaret Rhee (UC Berkeley)

Kristen Warner (U of Alabama)


To find out more or register to attend, please email Bryce at 
(bpeake /at/ uoregon.edu) <mailto:(bpeake /at/ uoregon.edu)>.

Sponsored by: The Center for the Study of Women in Society, University 
of Oregon in Portland, the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of 
Journalism and Communication, and UO Libraries