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    148 Sines, yr and Ween theithat ne entra woman witha he consequence of tani Fath igh of Morse and pseboanss, or undesnaing ht sy ay Cobre satiety, apd that personal ad cles Messy is ‘recat and constancy reconsited(Covardy 198, p29), ‘hen tei fel hak’ proveane book, echoing the get inten ‘eu black feminist and abolioni, Sjumer Tray in « Boar (Gos bres wih ny, a the eny of woman’ Bok aed nt cconrcted saulanensc. Stale over the ages, memories an Teme of tes reconatons the hear of fens seeder pi, “The efi Beome ota remain gendered manors woman, thea am ermine patel wistence on emering rom te nightmare of he ‘Sltosred inary nae of ex an race. Fal and oily, he ole and explanatory power ofthe sce category of gender dep "on Ns coterie fe, es, bod, lg, ee and mate in ach a ry thatthe bay, aera oposon tat spawned tc ocep ofthe sexgendr tem x pariclr tine ad lace in Fen theory implode ino ardclted, diferente, acces, Iced and nscuenl hereof embadinet, where atre so loge inp nd ccd ae resort cule or sexo end. Hee sme ‘stopianfursceun of heeogeneats, mela, ‘Westen (oar Tie, Europea, Amesea, Aslan, Aan, Pai) fins hess oF Tender Ince In edd sbtinpip wih contador, ose fut Inherited nay duane, Phallogscciis nas the egg ovlted by ‘mater abject the bosding Beato the permanent chiens of history Et ino she nest with Ha erl-snded egy bs bean placed the gem + hoes dt wil yak nal he onges of werd taroed upside dow (Chapter Eight A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century! ANIRONIC DREAM OF A COMMON LANGUAGE FOR WOMEN IN THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT is capes am flr to bd nine oil myth i > erin, scilian and materitom. Perhaps more alas inser ih an a reverent warp and ence ‘in lagen ha lays seme req aig tings ey sin, Linow 90 beter ace oaop fom within the seca ei, frm wadians of Uaed Sats pols, inctding te pots of ‘Scat enim phe pres one rm the mer many within le il sisting on the ned for coma. spe snot aes. Tey about conieons tat dona ree mo rer whol een ‘pou He youn. Her ites are daub bet we are now aecstoned ‘omemberng ht bjs of nove and stor acs, ae i ocalbas ex, ls’ os a istorl pene, el homosern are qu For Is acient tha the syle syste of he mf mad fe he sence of woman = break op atthe sme moment tht newer ‘ceanecton mong peole ot the planet are unprecedemaly mal, repent and comple. Advanced capitis inadequate to cney vee of hr istorcl momen lathe Wester seme, tea of mais sake It no seen tat wooan diners io Women a ne. Peshape socialist eminis were not substantial ply of pola ste theory ht suppresed women’s parelrty and coven ‘ern Thnk we have been, teat through uneletieporicpion the lop, ngage, and praces of whe hunsasa and oud reaching forsale eund of dominion to secure our Yvon ‘ice, Now we hae le excuse. Buri the coassouness oes Aci Miers 64 ‘kas ino bodes rence and ging om the config tk of ‘ing pr elcenaecson. Same dicrences are pf soe a ples ‘wad historical tens of domination. "Eps i abot knowing tein, ‘THE INFORMATICS OF DOMINATION Fe thi tempat a piel and poll pestn, | wold ke 2 sled ptr of pose uni, pcre indebted soci nd feinit sep of design. The fame for mystic Is St by the exe and lpomance of rearrangement ie werd wl elton o sence ‘sf tecnolgy Tague fra pts eed in dai aboot funda ‘oages inthe aur of easy, 8, td gender ina emerging tno ‘id oder analogous in only and eope ttt ened nds ‘is; we are ing through «movement om an ogni, india ‘nc 0 palmomo, information stem fem ll wek fal iy, ‘ead game Simlaneotly eral and desl the dchtonis may be agreed in the flloving char of wanstons rom the comforted hicuchicaldominuioas wo the sary sew oerors I ane called the infra of Joint bei Sinan a ‘sence Sion, postdemm on Base compre Dep mesg Sure, ound fee Nose Fb ctincl pracioe ely sri Pilg Communion engaering Seal gop Saapsen Perec Optimism pan Peopulton Cana Desens, Mag awn Olean, ure Shak Hig ‘Sem Monee Abi, bends Inman IDS Opinion bewr ‘Ergon eee of bur Fatetoasecieon Madr cosrecon Reyer Relxion (Ofpic ser peciaon Opti ge sates Belo Jeena lyin consis Cantey ecto Exonacn Neale ofteg Neornpr, Used Nations ‘mania 162 Silas, ar and Women Sctesie mangement in ome / Global fatury/ Etonic cotape ‘toy Family /Marker/ Paco Women in he Inge Cet Family wage Compare wort Pub Pate Ciba cizenip Nau / Care eo aierence Cooperate Comunaions enancenent Freed acm Se Gente ence Latour Robots Mind ‘Arial neligence ‘Second Word War Sar Ware ‘Whi Cpt Painrchy Informatics of Danton “This fit sees sora interesting things Fat, the ajo on He righthand side cama be coded as "ata, 2 vezaon dat sive ‘urine ceding forthe lliand side at well. We camot gp bk ‘elo or mat) T's os st that ‘a is dead othe "oes (Or both are sede fn he wos charged wih mlrolecene si ‘Sotecnolgal polis. tn eat o obese bn componens ‘ue sink otf terme of een propenis, but in terms of de, oundary costa, es of flows, mses lope, cost of lowe ono Sema retarson ene ic often ey ae ‘tany, wth cons and Benen asa fncon of the em enone Taelogies of ema reprdacon cn nolanger rezone on nn sex and ex role a onpne aspect etree Ie organismal fais. Suh reasning wl be mse ar tratonl an ent corporate executes rating Pky and ator rail feiss wl tae sang: betellows in ein unmastng te sratonaism, [Uke for az, dedoges but human divest tae te formal in term of fequences of parameters, Eke Hood group or inlgeae corer rama t ake coceps ke pie and cid For eras nd rai he earch or itpated socks gies wy ‘ew pace called ‘empeimenal etapa in which ax orc ces lites inattention tothe ple of wisn. Atte lee of Helos, em trandaons of rac and colonise nto guages of developer nderdevlpment, res nd const of modemlnion Aay ees Demos an be eto though af im tems of eae ad essex ‘pn nn aches constrain sem design The inane ses in all the wr ces, aswel a the epor-pocesing and eee ones provi thi eleentry feof Ye alain. Teenie wer ‘ees da canbe nen cently must be omulted a protien Acie Mantes 165 communications engnecring forthe mangers) o heads ofthe et er ‘hw who won ei) Both are bor semilogs ‘es should expect onl sates fo cncetate on Boundary condi- Sora neces on ae of fw aces boundaries ~ and nto he ‘xy of etl objec egy” sine of the Wester sl gives tty to desing procedures and eer stems. For camp, consol Sages plied fo nomen’ capac to ie tr new hemsan beings vile dereoped in he angoges af epson contol od maxinizton of {al clement for india eca-malers. Con states wl be ‘role in eras of aes, eas of coosainsy degrees of freedom. Homan ing ie any ober component esther, tsb cae in tape arhiecre howe ase onder of operation are probable, fie. No objec, pares or Boles ae sce in tenses, any ‘spenent can be ited wth ay ther if the proper standard, the trope coe, can be consid for procesing sgmls In « common Inguage. Eschange ip ths word concen the univers) tml ‘ced by capa mares that Mars arled So wel. The peeged pablyafooing all ids of components inthis universe i sess ~ ‘aruniaons breakdown (Hopes, 1983). The eborg imo sje 2 Fouls poe the hog simutes policy much moe port {if eps “This of sae of ene and ell bj of olde which ue apened hors ince the Sore Worl War rere ne asen ‘se npranimadequacie in ems ans whch as proceed st the ean irri dss ordering dicoure in he Wee? nce toe sil ald. They have ben cae, oro Zoe Sos (Sou) ‘ii ot they have been eehno-dgese. The chores between ‘ind and bods, anima and hums, eranism and machine, pbc and rt, tre and eles, men and were, pene cad areal a {etn slog The aril stan 6 women the interatba ‘Spsinion ito wodd stem of produce repredicion and ame ‘encaon called the informa of domitaen, The home, workplace, ‘na, pbb eens the Bessel al an be persed and inetd in ‘elinin,plrorpos was, ith rg consqurnes for women td “a coneequencs tha themsever are very leet or dierent people ‘mich make potent oppose! intrstonal movement le 0 Seed ci fr Oia ote i esi ‘iene ple i hough theory and pracsce are ‘Secon ste sf tng chy te pena fh and menigs structuring be eginations. The corp «Kind of ‘Saembled and reasembled postodem colecve and perseal sell Ths the sel eine mt ede 164, Sinn, ers andWonen Commenicions technologies and biechclgies re de rail dt recaing oa bodes. Tes ol embed and enor new sok ret for women wordovide, Techoooges and scene dss cn te ‘paral derstood as fomsiations ie, as feaer moment, of he ht ‘Sicilians cosiatg tem, bu hey should sls be ewe Insguments for eafrcing meanings The foundry permeable ewe too and my instrument nd cane, toil stems of oil reat Gnd hol anatanie of pose bodies ncluing tects of tle Tadeo, mth and ool unl conse each thee Prem, cmmanicaons senor aed modem bile ae c= sructd by a common move = th elton of the wel int prin ‘ang, 2 search fora corso language in which al ressance ti Suma cronoldasppers and al heeropediy can be mated 1 Third Wild counties ae De refed labour force for the sene-hsed ume in the eg retin sector, purl in cleosis The poure moe tema nd moles epredoctn, sexi, calre, campo, and pada Inthe prtpil Size Valley, any women's es hve bee rca sound emploment in. eleconic-dependent jobs, ard th ine reais ince serial eteoseea monogamy, neni cue, di tance tom eended Kn or moet oer feof wan enti, igh ketbood of lnenes and exrere renner aye ‘The edi ad rac dest of women i Seon Valey sacar nkeocoam of eonfising erence in ele, fy lion fue, nd Langage, Richard Gordon hs cal hi ne son the hamewae economy” Abhough be ines the phenomenon af Ker amevork meen i Sennen with leone membl.Gordn inde homer cnn {oaume a eatucturag of wok tht onl a the haters rth cet female jb, ob teraly done oly by women. Work ising ‘defied asboh teal fel and fine, whether performed by et tr women. Tobe femilzed mean oe made cnremely wnt ae be dnmsembled eased, elo s+ reser labour ree ee 2 woes than os serves subjected ote rangement on ad of he Paid jo hat makes mackery of nied work day edi existence vas borders on beng ebscene, out of pie, and redecble wo se Desktingsan od strategy new splcable ferme priveged workers However, he bomenerk conan dos oot refer only 1 lanes esling or dost doy tt new areas igh sare emerging een ‘women and men previo) exled rem led enplyment Rae, enesp nds tht flo, hate, and mare ar tert on #2" ese and that te panes of wares ae eral ~-and ned w be ana {irene among women and formes fr rans beeen men ‘women nvr sss "The hosework economy a wd ceili orion rac made pose by (nt eu) the new encoies. The succes of ‘tec on lay vege, ot white, men unionized fs Aber Mans 167 the power of he new communion techno interate and conta ler despite extensive persia and deen. The consequences Ate we technologies re fk by women bot nthe oe of the fly nit) nage i they ver Bad acces tw this white pig) and in the Goer of thir en jos, which are becoming taptabivensive: fr lease work and masing “The new eznoic and technol arangemens ar also rested 0 he cslaeing nelle sate andthe easulaglntesfiesion of demands on “fone fo stain defor themaees swell as for me, chien and ‘people The entation of pve ~gocae by mang the wel feo by he homework scapomy whee sable jb Become the eee fi nl tied the peri St wone' apes wl ot be mtd ty mal ince er the uporcaf hdren bas becomes urge es. "The cous of vanes womtn-headed boohoo 4 neo a ae, hs or seal bt thine genera 2 ground fr coaton of one on any sie. That women repuey ssan dy ie pay a Tinton af th enfrced tin ar moter hardy new; the hind fine ‘pton with the overlaps and progressively war-ased econo tev: The pata pore, for example on US Back women, wh Re [Mice a eae fom (as) pd dome ene sed who no bald seal and sar fobs ia large aumber, at large plato for fotimel enforced Hac pov ath emplrment Teenage wun i intating arse ofthe Tid Word irveigy Gin hema leer or sore of cash wage forthe ales, wie aces and ‘er more problema. Ths developments must ave major cnsegues he pnyoamis a plier of gender an race ‘Within he famenosk af thee eo ses of cpa comme” dsr, monopoly, lian ~ ued onanism, pein, {ed malseanaliom, and related wo Jameso's thre domiant asthe. ets elem dersn, ad pomoderim = I would argue Dat ‘Selle forms of fries lca relte wo Forms of cpl and to Fla and cultural cincomtans. Alough led problematical snd equa, eal fons of thee fais mph be sbemnd 5() the tral aula ay scared bythe choy beeen publi and Prt and ssompsniedy th we bouren ielogy of separate spheres tnd rineten-ecary Ango-Amercen bores feminist (2) he mod andy mace (o enfrcal te wl stead stuns Se fe fy wage wth « Towering of -feinst hetersenalidedogs, incl thee radial veron represented ia Greenwich Vilage around the at Word Wer, and) the lof se homework econeny with is mini srtre of womenheued hosel and epoion af ‘tes the prado inten and exasin of gender sell 168 Sines yer nd Women ‘This i the comes in which the projesons for werd sus ‘employment stemming fom se new tohnags we para he pee ofthe hemenok econo. As oes ad ele ehnslapes pu nn 8 ‘wrk in ‘develope coun and eer laren pence mali in Third World 'development and asthe sutmated fic ecome hm renin boars nei he eminon of work ene Bek ‘omen inte United Stes hve long Lace at ok ike eh Structural underemployment (feito) of ack men wel he oma hight verb postion in th wage economy, Is mo ge seni reprdacton, ani and commune arene id is econoniesrcture in myriad ways which hve ifr ie sinaion of wive and uel women. Many nore women and en il tend with smi statons, which wl mike cross gender an lanes on ise of base Me suppor (th ce thous) nce, Iustnie. “The new technologies ko have a found fet on unger and ot roduc fr sabssence world-wide Rae eso Baberg (198) ea ‘Mes tat women prdace about go per cent of the wor uber foo" Women ae ecided gener fam benefiting frm the lnsesed Nigbtech commodifeion offal aad energy erp, heirs te mae ‘mare ards because tr responses prvi odd ot inh, andthe reproduce steatons ae made mae cps. Green Rew ‘eenelgie interact nth eter highcch i deco Wee ender dvisoes of abou and ifr gender ron pater ‘The new eehnolies ee deel ed in te fons epee! that Ros Phe (198) nay, which mania, rien ‘ami cols ad pole, and wend denna of corpo bed sa) proper as rate pnp itera" The ew cominens ‘ecologies fapamenol oe eatin of publ fo eee, ‘Tis fctboes the masiooming os permanent high-tech nay eb lishment atte eral and economic expense ef mo peuple ut expec) of women. Techlgies ite videogames and hight minnie le sos seem cal © odscton of moder frms of pte The ‘share of dco games Healy eiensted fo nda campeon td cevatcressial warfare. High‘eth, gendered Inglatone are prod ‘ere magnons ar can contemplate dstrcon ofthe plane aod ass ‘eae fom ks conequeness, More tan our imagine mia snd the eher reas of eleswose and nuclear warfare se inept ‘Thee ae the technol that promise imate mobility and pert xchange ~and incest enable rom tha perfect pace a ey tnd exchange, emerge one of the wads ergs gle indus “The new techosoges fet the scl relatos ofboth seria of Acie Mane 169 eprodoctin, and nt alas in the same was. The ase es of ey {dineramenaly few fe bad 5 and of eae saci ant Uilirmarniing machin, ae deerbed nicl in socobieap orn Swe tht ses genet alls and epsin the inet dec of Aenination of ale and femal under roles” These sete ses epend on ight vw of he boy a be exponent o cere temmsicatons system. Arong the many wansfrmations of reproduce ‘Stns the medal one, nee women's bodes have Boundaries ev perme to bath sn’ nd tren’ OFcoure who conta Si oterpretien of od Boundaries in medi ermeneuie ia mor Fein sue The specu seed at 2 con of womens claiming thi ode i the 705 ht Pandata inaeunte o eps ou nek Body pics an the nepoiion of realy in the paces of PbO readin. Selly is aot cough. Th recog of valzaon te the nortan earl pace of hug wh he caer and He Cec predatory natae of» Phtoraphic conmiarnese® Se, era, tnd seroducton ae cel acon high-tech myth stems stuctrng ar imaiaione of sonal nd social posi. ‘ower apt the scl elton of he new tetolgesis th sedormulaon ements, cre, wrk, ted repreducn fo he age ‘Sent and ech work-ore.A jor Socal and pla angers the feet of sro modal Sst src, with the mse of women fn men of a ee groups, br especialy Fp of wou, aie w 4 menor econo, trey of several wets, and gener redundancy {nd impotene, ntl igh-ech epee sparse rapa em Coverinment vo surelance and appearance An adequate soci Feminist poles shold addres women in he pried cccopaioral categorie, sof pariclr in the rodacton of science ad techasoe tat ‘mac sents Scoues, proces and objets" "Tis sei ony one eget engy it he priya = ein. Senet tipo What Kd of ensue tle ine prodocon “knee, itn td prac can new sous dong cence bee? How can these rope be alied wid progress socal ad poll movements? Wha nd of pla eecouniailty can be orstreced 0 rome togter sees the seeniitechcl Mra separa Mgt where be ways of developing feist sienseechloy pois n ‘lance with anny slenee fy comer sein gros? Max) ‘sete an technical workers in Sion Valley, dhe high-tech cots ined do oot want 0 werk a mally scence Can these perce feeerences and ull tndenies be weed ito prose poles ong this profsinl mide asin whch women, cling women of ‘su, te coming be iy mumerous 170 Sino, Coord Women WOMEN IN THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT [etme surimaize the pcre of wore’ stil oaon in ada intial oie a ese patos have been eens party rough the soil ons of scene and technology. I # was eve pose ideology to carcteiae wore es by the dincion of poo rite domaine eupgened by image of the don of wings le ino fcr snd home, of ourgens elute mart an home, and fg ‘tence no pte and polities it 8 now rly mda elo, evento show how bth eras f hese dchooes cose ther im pracce and la theory. peer network esl! ima, ‘Seeing the prison af spaces and idenses and the pemmeby “oui in te pea ody ad the body ple. Networking bk 2 Tonini practce and mbna copes sae wearg ot ‘ppm bore Set meer oth ni image of he informatie of domiaie nk tee one son of women's place in the pated ce, oho few isved sol loetons seen pearly fom te point of Yew anced capt socedes Home, Markt, Paid Work Plc, Sse, Schoo, Clne-Honita, and Church. Fach of these iad spc i Tegal an pec ipl in every oe leas peep alent os algae photograph want to uggs ie pct of the soil et ‘wold an efred bythe new echelon ode to bel oma teed ana and etal wa, However, here fe ‘lace’ Were {there utora ony pomeis of ilerenc concn crc somes cyborg eae, we eam hw o rend hee we of power {luli we gh lean new coupling te colons. Tere 20 {adhe fling it fam » undp of weniin, ou “The sve diperson. The sk lo sunie ie the xpos. Home, Worencheaded hosel, seal manos, Might me, ‘women alone, rchtlogy of donee Weel, pad banevotk, tiergence of home rest-shops,hane-taed bsineses and elon fnuigg lcteic cong, aan homeless, migreon, male tebe, einfored inulated) nuclear fay, ese domes: vile ‘Marker. Women's conning consmpion wor, nel gtd a the profsin a ew prodeton fom the aon cao (spec the compete rece aoe ndstalied and indus ans trod dangerous nate unemployment neces fadag ee ge ‘pov mult forever erly eve commode bimodal big ver, coupled with averting ageing of the umes flu ‘roups and nit ofthe pros ass mares; owing importance Ait Male 171 inna mares in labour and conde pire to bigheh, Ment market sree; sueilnce men rough elecroni fds ey nese mae shaven (cmmedieato fee, ‘eli in iene tpn o alent sal caries fem ‘ay esmeme moby beracon of marking nacng meme ner penerton of sess and Ibour makes itneifed sean of eracied and tensed ees. Pui Wot Pl. Conti itene ee nd rc dition of abr, te comidenble rowth of umbenhip la pele! ccc catgaies for many white women and people felor, impact of new lechnaapie on women's work cles ere, manag (pe lay ters) age, econ: eration restacurng oe ‘rortng elise, developmen fnew tne rangement 9 ae the omerork economy (ex ume, prt tine, oe ne, one; baework sod ot work; imeaed premurer for wovteed wage Fructis ‘iifeat nrbers of people inch dependent opulaons worl-ide ‘sho esperenee or na Ferher hope of ble employment; met our aria on eine Site Continued crsion of the wel sine; dcentlatins wilh |neresed srvelence and contra cen by telemates imperie 104 pol power ben nthe fom of ioral iaomaton ‘ror ferensson,incenedighech mikarton inrxigy be proving apa intensificabon ofc wa, wih inplnons fr screpatna ecg fr women of colo groving prrazton of ‘tte elo Bea ears dose nsepraon of prion ‘od marzo, the bigh-ech ferme of hours caplet pera 2 publi; niyo deren sok prop each ther, inked ‘psyhologcal mechanisms of btn abt eerie. Sua. Deepening coping afhiph-tech capt needed pbc odcs ‘im at al eves, iflerented by race, cist and onde; mage cles islet in educatonal felon and refining othe cont of ‘emining proresive eestor democrat ttre fr iden ed ‘thers: education fr mus igtrnce apd repression in echooce sd iad eure; owing at-scene ery cul in cen ‘ed rel palit morementscontined rave sii ry mong whe women nd peopl of lar owing inurl deco ‘dadon(specly igher educa) by science-based minds (prs in elstonize: an botechnolgy-depende. companies), tly educued,eumerous dies a porate bimodal ey, Clini Intensified machne-body relaons, rengaiaoes of 179 Sine, Grp and Wane public metaphors which chanel persnal ciperene af he Bd fartculy i reaon wo reprodecden, immune tem ncn ad ‘eras plesonensiemeaion of reproduce pals espns ‘oti Bitar! ipleadon of womens unele, porn cnet thee elon wo reproduction; emergence of new, Hore spc

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