From LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Tue Feb 12 16:32:00 2002 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 17:48:11 -0600 From: "L-Soft list server at UIC (1.8d)" To: Laura Q Subject: File: "FEMINISTSF LOG0109A" ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 10:12:21 -0600 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Mellen Subject: Book discussion - September Comments: To: feministsf-lit@uic.edu, feministsf@uic.edu Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Dear Discussion Groupers; This month wešre discussing; The Gumshoe, the Witch and the Virtual Corpse by Keith Hartman. Discussion will be officially started by the nominator about the first Monday of September. Enjoy! Mellen For the BDG Volunteers Upcoming Books- 1 October: The Fortunate Fall by Raphael Carter *************************************************************************** The BDG provides a forum for focusing discussion on a particular book during a one month period. The books discussed are nominated and chosen in advance by a vote of all members of the FSFFU-L list serve who choose to vote. Start thinking about your nominations now. To quote our list-mistress, "This does not prohibit discussion of the BDG books at other times; nor does it prohibit discussion of non-BDG books." If you have any other questions about the Book Discussion Group (BDG), it's selections, previous discussions or the Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy and Utopias Literature List Serve (FSFFU-L), you can start with the BDG website at; http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Comet/1304, or the FSFFU-L website at; http://www.exo.net/~lauraq/femsf/listserv/fsflit/ -------------------------------------------------- This is the feministsf listserve, intended only for discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. To unsubscribe from this listserve, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU and in the body of the message say: unsubscribe feministsf Contact feministsf-request@UIC.EDU if there are problems. ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 02:18:55 +1000 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Maire Subject: Re: [*FSF-L*] Book discussion - September Comments: To: fantastic & utopian literature For discussion of feminist SF In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Great, this is a repeat of the Always Coming Home discussion.. my copy of Gumshoe (which I ordered at the same time as Always, I might add) has not even arrived yet. At least Ihave a Fortunate Fall already in my hot little hand, so I wont miss out on that one. Maire Currently Reading: The Riddle-Master Trilogy by Patricia McKilip; Half the Day is Night by Maureen F. McHugh; Threshold by Sara Douglass; The Eyre Affair by some bloke; 18th Gardner Dozois Just Read: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson; City of Sorcery by MZB; The Keepers by Pauline Kirk; Ender;s Game by OSC > -----Original Message----- > From: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC > [mailto:feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU]On Behalf Of Mellen > Sent: Sunday, 2 September 2001 2:12 AM > To: feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU > Subject: [*FSF-L*] Book discussion - September > > > Dear Discussion Groupers; > > This month wešre discussing; The Gumshoe, the Witch and the Virtual Corpse > by Keith Hartman. Discussion will be officially started by the nominator > about the first Monday of September. Enjoy! > > Mellen > For the BDG Volunteers > > Upcoming Books- > > 1 October: The Fortunate Fall by Raphael Carter > > ****************************************************************** > ********* > > The BDG provides a forum for focusing discussion on a particular > book during > a one month period. The books discussed are nominated and chosen > in advance > by a vote of all members of the FSFFU-L list serve who choose to > vote. Start > thinking about your nominations now. To quote our list-mistress, > "This does > not prohibit discussion of the BDG books at other times; nor does it > prohibit discussion of non-BDG books." > > If you have any other questions about the Book Discussion Group > (BDG), it's > selections, previous discussions or the Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy > and Utopias Literature List Serve (FSFFU-L), you can start with the BDG > website at; http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Comet/1304, or the FSFFU-L > website at; http://www.exo.net/~lauraq/femsf/listserv/fsflit/ > > ------------------------------------------------------ > This is the feministsf-lit listserve, intended only for > discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. To > unsubscribe from this listserve, send a message to > LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU and in the body of the message say: > unsubscribe feministsf-lit > > Contact feministsf-lit-request@UIC.EDU if there are problems. -------------------------------------------------- This is the feministsf listserve, intended only for discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. To unsubscribe from this listserve, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU and in the body of the message say: unsubscribe feministsf Contact feministsf-request@UIC.EDU if there are problems. ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 15:58:22 EDT Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Linda Novak Subject: sources for The Gumshoe, the Witch and the Virtual Corpse by Keith Hartman. Comments: To: feministsf@uic.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_37.1a41d088.28c297de_boundary" --part1_37.1a41d088.28c297de_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello all: I found these sources for The Gumshoe, the Witch and the Virtual=20 Corpse by Keith Hartman via www.bookpricer.com. (barnesandnoble.com offers=20 free shipping when you order two books.)--Linda US Price Local Price BookStore Shipping Info/ =20 $12.32 $12.32 Alphacraze (USA) =20= Shipping Info =20 $12.76 $12.76 eCampus (USA) Shipping Info= =20 $12.80 $12.80 Books a Million (USA) Shipping Info =20 $12.80 $12.80 Amazon (USA) = Shipping Info =20 $14.40 $14.40 Fatbrain.com (USA)=20= Shipping Info= =20 $14.40 $14.40 Barnes and Noble (USA)<= /A> Shipping Info =20 $14.48 =A310.02 Amazon (UK) Shipping Info =20 $16.00 $16.00 Wordsworth (USA) =20= = Shipping Info =20 $17.67 A$33.98 Dymocks (Australia)= Shipping I= nfo =20 =20 --part1_37.1a41d088.28c297de_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello all: I found these sources for The Gumsh= oe, the Witch and the Virtual=20
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--part1_37.1a41d088.28c297de_boundary-- -------------------------------------------------- This is the feministsf listserve, intended only for discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. To unsubscribe from this listserve, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU and in the body of the message say: unsubscribe feministsf Contact feministsf-request@UIC.EDU if there are problems. ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 18:49:11 +1000 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Maire Subject: Re: sources for The Gumshoe, the Witch and the Virtual Corpse by Keith Hartman. Comments: To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" In-Reply-To: <37.1a41d088.28c297de@aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_004C_01C133DF.F454B440" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004C_01C133DF.F454B440 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit i take it that the book "Gunshoe Gorilla" being released this month is a sequel to The Gumshoe, the Witch and the Virtual Corpse, by Keith Hartman. Maire Currently Reading: The Riddle-Master Trilogy by Patricia McKilip; Half the Day is Night by Maureen F. McHugh; Threshold by Sara Douglass; The Eyre Affair by some bloke; 18th Gardner Dozois Just Read: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson; City of Sorcery by MZB; The Keepers by Pauline Kirk; Ender;s Game by OSC -----Original Message----- From: For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature [mailto:feministsf@UIC.EDU]On Behalf Of Linda Novak Sent: Sunday, 2 September 2001 5:58 AM To: feministsf@UIC.EDU Subject: [*FSFFU*] sources for The Gumshoe, the Witch and the Virtual Corpse by Keith Hartman. Hello all: I found these sources for The Gumshoe, the Witch and the Virtual Corpse by Keith Hartman via www.bookpricer.com. (barnesandnoble.com offers free shipping when you order two books.)--Linda US Price Local Price BookStore Shipping Info/ $12.32 $12.32 Alphacraze (USA) Shipping Info $12.76 $12.76 eCampus (USA) Shipping Info $12.80 $12.80 Books a Million (USA) Shipping Info $12.80 $12.80 Amazon (USA) Shipping Info $14.40 $14.40 Fatbrain.com (USA) Shipping Info $14.40 $14.40 Barnes and Noble (USA) Shipping Info $14.48 Ŗ10.02 Amazon (UK) Shipping Info $16.00 $16.00 Wordsworth (USA) Shipping Info $17.67 A$33.98 Dymocks (Australia) Shipping Info ------=_NextPart_000_004C_01C133DF.F454B440 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
i = take it that=20 the book "Gunshoe Gorilla" being released this month is  a sequel = to The=20 Gumshoe, the Witch and the Virtual Corpse, by Keith Hartman.=20
Maire
 

Currently Reading: The = Riddle-Master=20 Trilogy by Patricia McKilip; Half the Day is Night by Maureen F. McHugh; = Threshold by Sara Douglass; The Eyre Affair by some bloke; 18th Gardner=20 Dozois
Just Read: = Snow Crash=20 by Neal Stephenson; City of Sorcery by MZB; The Keepers by Pauline Kirk; = Ender;s=20 Game by OSC

-----Original Message-----
From: For discussion of = feminist=20 SF, fantastic & utopian literature = [mailto:feministsf@UIC.EDU]On Behalf=20 Of Linda Novak
Sent: Sunday, 2 September 2001 5:58=20 AM
To: feministsf@UIC.EDU
Subject: [*FSFFU*] = sources for=20 The Gumshoe, the Witch and the Virtual Corpse by Keith=20 Hartman.

Hello all: I found = these sources=20 for The Gumshoe, the Witch and the Virtual
Corpse by Keith = Hartman=20 via www.bookpricer.com. (barnesandnoble.com offers
free shipping = when you=20 order two books.)--Linda

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------=_NextPart_000_004C_01C133DF.F454B440-- -------------------------------------------------- This is the feministsf listserve, intended only for discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. To unsubscribe from this listserve, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU and in the body of the message say: unsubscribe feministsf Contact feministsf-request@UIC.EDU if there are problems. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 14:33:03 +1000 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Maire Subject: Cyber Feminism Comments: To: feministsf@uic.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00E3_01C13485.56B6CD80" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00E3_01C13485.56B6CD80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Has anyone heard of a book called I think, Cyber Feminism? I had a cutting for it,but put it through the wash by accident. It was abbout how the net has been a forum to promote feminism, how women have used the net for women's studies groups etc, how women use the net and communicate on the net. ANy help most appreciated. (this was in Aus that I saw the ad in the paper, SMH) Maire Currently Reading: The Riddle-Master Trilogy by Patricia McKilip; Half the Day is Night by Maureen F. McHugh; Threshold by Sara Douglass; The Eyre Affair by some bloke; 18th Gardner Dozois Just Read: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson; City of Sorcery by MZB; The Keepers by Pauline Kirk; Ender;s Game by OSC ------=_NextPart_000_00E3_01C13485.56B6CD80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Has = anyone heard of=20 a book called I think, Cyber Feminism? I had a cutting for it,but put it = through=20 the wash by accident. It was abbout how the net has been a forum to = promote=20 feminism, how women have used the net for women's studies groups etc, = how women=20 use the net and communicate on the net. ANy help most appreciated. (this = was in=20 Aus that I saw the ad in the paper, SMH)
Maire

Currently Reading: The = Riddle-Master=20 Trilogy by Patricia McKilip; Half the Day is Night by Maureen F. McHugh; = Threshold by Sara Douglass; The Eyre Affair by some bloke; 18th Gardner=20 Dozois
Just Read: = Snow Crash=20 by Neal Stephenson; City of Sorcery by MZB; The Keepers by Pauline Kirk; = Ender;s=20 Game by OSC

 
------=_NextPart_000_00E3_01C13485.56B6CD80-- -------------------------------------------------- This is the feministsf listserve, intended only for discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. To unsubscribe from this listserve, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU and in the body of the message say: unsubscribe feministsf Contact feministsf-request@UIC.EDU if there are problems. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 05:50:28 -0700 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Nina Osier Subject: Re: Currently Reading Comments: To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii It seems like forever since I've posted anything here...too busy with my own writing to read as much as I would like, but thoroughly enjoying MZB's "Mists of Avalon." I hadn't read it before because I'm not much of a fantasy fan, and that's what it's listed as. I should have known better than to pay that much attention to labels, though! I'm glad a friend with similar tastes insisted I try it. Next to buy: "The Red Tent," recommended by the same friend. Recent (slight) disappointement: "Ashes of Victory." Too much Peep politics, not enough Action Honor! BTW, several of my eBooks are now available as paperbacks. Most recent reviews are at: http://www.ebook-reviews.net/scifi_fantasy.shtml http://www.thebookreviewersite.com/article1057.html http://www.romrevtoday.com/general_fiction_-_august.htm#SILENT SERVICE - Nina Osier I've been invited to giving reviewing a try. Has anyone here had experience writing book reviews? Advice; pointers? Best, "9-UH" Nina M. Osier http://www.geocities.com/nina_osier -------------------------------------------------- This is the feministsf listserve, intended only for discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. To unsubscribe from this listserve, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU and in the body of the message say: unsubscribe feministsf Contact feministsf-request@UIC.EDU if there are problems. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 20:07:54 +0100 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Angela Barclay Subject: Re: Cyber Feminism Comments: To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="MS_Mac_OE_3082392477_322924_MIME_Part" > THIS MESSAGE IS IN MIME FORMAT. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --MS_Mac_OE_3082392477_322924_MIME_Part Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Maire: Here's a couple you might try: Cherny, Lynn and Elizabeth Reba Weise (Eds.). (1996). wired_women: Gender and new realities in cyberspace. Seal Press. ISBN:1-878067-73-7 (not about cyberfeminism per se but about women's various uses of computers and cyberspaces) Wolmark, Jenny. (Ed.) (1999) CYbersexualities: A Reader on Feminist Theory, Cyborgs and Cyberspace. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN: 0 7486 1117 7 (3 sections: Technology: Embodimetn and Cyberspace; Cybersubjects: Cyborgs and Cyberpunks; Cyborg Futures) (Editor does an excellent job of explaining Haraway's Cyborg Manifesto. Nearly all of the pieces refer to Haraway who conceived 'cyberfeminism') Of course you have to read Haraway herself to see the origins of cyberfeminism: Haraway, Donna J. (1991). Simians, Cyborg, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature. New York: Routledge. (Includes a chapter on "The Cyborg Manifesto") Haraway, D. The promises of monsters: A regenerative politics for inappropriate/d others. In Wolmark, J. (Ed.). (1999). Cybersexualities: A reader on feminist theory, cyborgs and cyberspace. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 314-371. Some cyberfeminist work from 'down under': (Sadie Plant) Plant, S. On the matrix: Cyberfeminist simulations. In Shields, R. (1996). Cultures of Internet: Virtual spaces, real histories, living bodies. Thousand Oaks: Sage, pp. 170-183. Plant, S. The future looms: Weaving women and cybernetics. In Wolmark, J. (Ed.). (1999). Cybersexualities: A reader on feminist theory, cyborgs and cyberspace. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 99-118. ---------- From: Maire To: feministsf@UIC.EDU Subject: [*FSFFU*] Cyber Feminism Date: Mon, Sep 3, 2001, 5:33 AM Has anyone heard of a book called I think, Cyber Feminism? --MS_Mac_OE_3082392477_322924_MIME_Part Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Re: [*FSFFU*] Cyber Feminism Maire:

Here's a couple you might try:
Cherny, Lynn and Elizabeth Reba Weise (Eds.). (1996). wired_women: Gender a= nd new realities in cyberspace. Seal Press. ISBN:1-878067-73-7 (not about cy= berfeminism per se but about women's various uses of computers and cyberspac= es)

Wolmark, Jenny. (Ed.) (1999) CYbersexualities: A Reader on Feminist Theory,= Cyborgs and Cyberspace. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN: 0 7486 1117 7 (3 = sections: Technology: Embodimetn and Cyberspace; Cybersubjects: Cyborgs and = Cyberpunks; Cyborg Futures) (Editor does an excellent job of explaining Hara= way's Cyborg Manifesto.  Nearly all of the pieces refer to Haraway who = conceived 'cyberfeminism')

Of course you have to read Haraway herself to see the origins of cyberfemin= ism:

Haraway, Donna J. (1991). Simians, Cyborg, and Women: The Reinvention of Na= ture.  New York: Routledge. (Includes a chapter on "The Cyborg Man= ifesto")

Haraway, D. The promises of monsters: A regenerative politics for inappropr= iate/d others. In Wolmark, J. (Ed.). (1999). Cybersexualities: A reader o= n feminist theory, cyborgs and cyberspace. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Universi= ty Press, pp. 314-371.

Some cyberfeminist work from 'down under': (Sadie Plant)

Plant, S. On the matrix: Cyberfeminist simulations. In Shields, R. (1996). = Cultures of Internet: Virtual spaces, real histories, living bodies. = Thousand Oaks: Sage, pp. 170-183.

Plant, S. The future looms: Weaving women and cybernetics. In Wolmark, J. (= Ed.). (1999). Cybersexualities: A reader on feminist theory, cyborgs and = cyberspace. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 99-118.
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From: Maire <mairen@BIGPOND.COM>
To: feministsf@UIC.EDU
Subject: [*FSFFU*] Cyber Feminism
Date: Mon, Sep 3, 2001, 5:33 AM


Has anyone heard of a book called I think, Cyber= Feminism?
--MS_Mac_OE_3082392477_322924_MIME_Part-- -------------------------------------------------- This is the feministsf listserve, intended only for discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. To unsubscribe from this listserve, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU and in the body of the message say: unsubscribe feministsf Contact feministsf-request@UIC.EDU if there are problems. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 07:51:13 -0500 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: "Michael J. Lowrey" Organization: The Working Class Subject: Re: Currently Reading Comments: To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Nina Osier wrote: > I've been invited to giving reviewing a try. Has > anyone here had experience writing book reviews? > Advice; pointers? The pay is lousy, like any other kind of freelancing. The fringe benefits are limited, unless you live in Manhattan and like schmoozing. -- Michael J. Lowrey, Editor-in-Chief Sunrise Book Reviews -------------------------------------------------- This is the feministsf listserve, intended only for discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. To unsubscribe from this listserve, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU and in the body of the message say: unsubscribe feministsf Contact feministsf-request@UIC.EDU if there are problems. ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 10:54:36 -0600 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Patricia Mathews Subject: Re: Cyber Feminism Comments: To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" In-Reply-To: <20010904015929.ICSJ5587.priv-edtnes27-hme0.telusplanet.net@[161.184.49.235]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Do I have your permission to forward the cyberfeminism stuff to feminist author Suzette Haden Elgin for her newsletter? --On Monday, September 03, 2001 8:07 PM +0100 Angela Barclay wrote: > Maire: > > Here's a couple you might try: > Cherny, Lynn and Elizabeth Reba Weise (Eds.). (1996). wired_women: Gender > and new realities in cyberspace. Seal Press. ISBN:1-878067-73-7 (not > about cyberfeminism per se but about women's various uses of computers > and cyberspaces) > > Wolmark, Jenny. (Ed.) (1999) CYbersexualities: A Reader on Feminist > Theory, Cyborgs and Cyberspace. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN: 0 7486 > 1117 7 (3 sections: Technology: Embodimetn and Cyberspace; Cybersubjects: > Cyborgs and Cyberpunks; Cyborg Futures) (Editor does an excellent job of > explaining Haraway's Cyborg Manifesto. Nearly all of the pieces refer to > Haraway who conceived 'cyberfeminism') > > Of course you have to read Haraway herself to see the origins of > cyberfeminism: > > Haraway, Donna J. (1991). Simians, Cyborg, and Women: The Reinvention of > Nature. New York: Routledge. (Includes a chapter on "The Cyborg > Manifesto") > > Haraway, D. The promises of monsters: A regenerative politics for > inappropriate/d others. In Wolmark, J. (Ed.). (1999). Cybersexualities: A > reader on feminist theory, cyborgs and cyberspace. Edinburgh: Edinburgh > University Press, pp. 314-371. > > Some cyberfeminist work from 'down under': (Sadie Plant) > > Plant, S. On the matrix: Cyberfeminist simulations. In Shields, R. > (1996). Cultures of Internet: Virtual spaces, real histories, living > bodies. Thousand Oaks: Sage, pp. 170-183. > > Plant, S. The future looms: Weaving women and cybernetics. In Wolmark, J. > (Ed.). (1999). Cybersexualities: A reader on feminist theory, cyborgs and > cyberspace. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 99-118. ---------- > From: Maire > To: feministsf@UIC.EDU > Subject: [*FSFFU*] Cyber Feminism > Date: Mon, Sep 3, 2001, 5:33 AM > > > > Has anyone heard of a book called I think, Cyber Feminism? > Pat -------------------------------------------------- This is the feministsf listserve, intended only for discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. To unsubscribe from this listserve, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU and in the body of the message say: unsubscribe feministsf Contact feministsf-request@UIC.EDU if there are problems. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 16:50:52 -0700 Reply-To: publicity@mystgalaxy.com Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Maryelizabeth Hart Organization: Mysterious Galaxy Subject: interesting article on FRANKENSTEIN and science studies Comments: To: IsaacL , Science Fiction and Fantasy Listserv , broaduniverse MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yes, Alexis Hart IS my sister. :) > Athens Daily News, September 3, 2001 > Gods and monsters > UGA courses take freshmen from genetics lab to bioethics > By Joan Stroer > > Mary Shelley's famous literary creation, Victor Frankenstein, used his > command of electricity and medicine to create a horrific monster that > hounded the Swiss scientist to his death. It's a Gothic tale every young > scientist should know, says a team of university professors that has > made the book required reading for some young researchers. > > In an era when fringe scientists vow to conduct human cloning and > questions on embryonic-tissue research can grip a nation for months, a > new course sequence at the University of Georgia, "Genomics and > Society," lets freshmen conduct real genetics research. > > Then it moves them from labs into humanities courses that help them > think critically about their research, with some help from Shelley's > monster and other creations lurking in a canon of writings on science. > > The students come out of the classes, well, like new people. > > "One student said 'I'm in the lab moving DNA around and I don't think > about the implications until I go to the English class,'" speech > communications professor Celeste Condit said. > > The courses proved irresistible to freshman Chase Samsel, a pre-med > student who spent last spring wrestling with questions about God, > genetics and the sleep cycles of bread mold. Along with reams of the > latest scientific research, he read proofs on the existence of God and > Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World." > > "I got really interested in questions in bioethics, medical ethics," he > said. > > Samsel's team grew bread mold and put it through its paces, studying > its > genetic structure, exposing it to excess light, analyzing the active and > passive phases of its existence, with a goal of better understanding its > "sleep cycles." Research on the humble mold has larger implications > for > research on cancer cells and their cycles, he realized. > > "You can most effectively zap the cells when the cells are most active," > said Samsel, who now wants to create an interdisciplinary major in > medical ethics. > > Larger societal questions are tackled as part of the projects. In > Samsel's study one can also ask, "How long do you work somebody at > a > poultry plant?," said genetics professor Johnathan Arnold. "How long > do > you let a pilot fly?" > > On a given day, students could move from a talk by Arnold on the > complex > biological circuitry of eukaryotic DNA to a discussion in Scott > Kleiner's philosophy class on whether the eugenics movement of the > 19th > century is going to resurface. Later, Condit, a rhetorician, might lead > the students in a discussion of how science plays out in the day's news > headlines. > > Ph.D. candidate Alexis Hart might have students discuss themes of > nature > versus nurture in "The Tempest." > > "They flounder at first. They learn so much so rapidly," Condit said. > "By the midpoint, it all starts to gel. It's not for students who like > everything spelled out in advance." > > "They lose that sense of surface cynicism," she said. "They become > much > more thoughtful." > > An obvious goal of the course cluster, the teachers say, is raising > consciousness about scientific ethics during an age of rapidly > accelerating biomedical research. More subtly, the students hone > critical-thinking skills while bridging the gulf between humanities and > science. Like real scientists, they work in teams. In their case, groups > consist of students interested in math, biology, chemistry, and > bioethics. > > "All the problems we face are inherently interdisciplinary," Arnold > said. "Education should reflect that. This constitutes a fairly dramatic > change in the way students are educated." > > The 12-credit sequence also fights some of the hobgoblins of large > modern research universities, providing close faculty contact with > students, keeping students out of large lectures and offering proof that > scientific research can directly benefit undergraduate education. > > The interrelated courses, which satisfy three core requirements for a > UGA liberal arts degree, allow students to focus on one area of interest > during the term instead of juggling the usual potpourri of topics needed > to satisfy basic requirements. > > The public's stunned reaction to Dolly the cloned sheep in 1996 proved > that colleges need to work harder to provide students with a better > framework for thinking about genetics research and its impact on > society, said Arnold. > > Students write about their experiences and readings throughout the > term, > construct a Web site and give a Powerpoint presentation on their > research. > > "We would like them to feel empowered when considering science and > technology," he said. "It really shifts them from thinking about grades > to thinking about what they're learning." > > In turn, Arnold said their professors are studying them. They plan to > try to determine whether the students' immersion in scientific methods > and ethics helps them perform better in later classes. Could they have > created a better breed of student? > -- ******************************************************************* Mysterious Galaxy Books Local Phone: 858.268.4747 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Suite 302 Fax: 858.268.4775 San Diego, CA 92111 Long Distance/Orders: 1.800.811.4747 http://www.mystgalaxy.com General Email: mgbooks@mystgalaxy.com ******************************************************************* -------------------------------------------------- This is the feministsf listserve, intended only for discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. 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