Hardware and eco-feminist art hacking and artistic practices towards ethical technology

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reis, Patrícia J.

Wuschitz, Stefanie, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hacking.

Feminism and science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2025.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

It is an open secret that the hardware in our smart devices contains plastics and raw materials mined from conflict regions.Can we move beyond this oppressive system of extraction to find ethical alternatives?.

Contents:

Cover

Acknowledgements

TABLE OF CONTENTs

Introduction

Part 1: Feminist Hacking as Artistic Practice

Methodology

Open technology culture: hacking/making

Who are the feminist hackers?

The project's theoretical backbone

Towards new materialist circuits

Our feminist hacking contributions

Part 2: Artistic Research

SOS stands for Salon of Open Secrets

Acupuncture Sonification

Low-Tech Paper Pulp Lab

Coffee Table

Mud-Group III: Who has land to make a fire?

Mud battery

Clay PCB

Ethical Hardware Kit

Part 3: Network of contributing allies

Citizen science workshops

Game

Interview excerpts

Feminist Hardware Festival

Conclusion: peaceful coexistence

Biographies

References.

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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ISBN:

3-8394-1932-8

9783839419328

OCLC:

1564855172