The Next Layer - feminism

Prototype Movie (sttill)

Lindsay — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:48:53 +0000

no copyright

Speculum of the other woman

admin — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:15:27 +0000

Irigaray L. 1985. Speculum of the other woman.

Umkämpfte Bedeutungen : Natur im Zeitalter der Technoscience

Armin Medosch — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:59:04 +0000

Weber J. 2001. Umkämpfte Bedeutungen : Natur im Zeitalter der Technoscience.

Turbulente Körper, soziale Maschinen : feministische Studien zur Technowissenschaftskultur

Armin Medosch — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:59:04 +0000

Internationales Symposium "Embodied Agents of Life und Cyberscience. Turbulente Körper und soziale Maschinen", Weber J, Bath C. 2003. Turbulente Körper, soziale Maschinen : feministische Studien zur Technowissenschaftskultur.

Rewriting of History - Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici

Armin Medosch — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:16:25 +0000

Thanks to Doll Yoko for making us aware of Caliban and the Witch - Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici. In Caliban and the Witch, Silvia Federici looks at the transition from feudalism to capitalism from the point of view of 'women, the body and primitive accumulation'. Her key thesis is that the witch hunts of the 16th and 17th century were instrumental to establishing a new capitalist order through 'the development of a 'new sexual division of labour subjugating women's labour and women's reproductive function to the reproduction of the workforce.' Yet by telling the story also from Caliban's point of view, symbol of the 'trans-Atlantic' proleterian, Federici achieves what she claims: to transcend the dichotomy between "gender" and "class". This book is also a brilliant description of the process of primitive accumulation, in particular the enclosures of the common land starting at the end of the middle age and the various forms of resistance to that by renegade women and the 'motley crowd' of the working classes.