Furtherfield in support of Ada Lovelace Day.
Ada Lovelace Day (http://findingada.com/blog/2009/01/05/ada-lovelace-day/
) was conceived of and promoted by Suw Charman-Anderson as a way of
"bringing women in technology to the fore". It was successful in
motivating nearly 2000 people to publish a blog post about a woman in
technology whom they admired. In support of Ada Lovelace Day
Furtherfield.org invited women working in media arts to join the
NetBehaviour.org email list (www.netbehaviour.org) for a week,
between 23rd and 30th March.
Invited contributors posted information about their own work alongside
the work of other women who had inspired them in their own practice.
Some names came up a number of times but with different stories and
for very different reasons. NetBehaviour provided a context for
sharing and discussing influences and tracing connections: artistic,
practical, theoretical, technical, historical, personal. For
readability this edited list does not include all of the discussion
but this can be traced back through the NetBehaviour archives.
Some contributors were anxious about the many excellent people who may
have been missed out. We know this is not a definitive survey or list
but it is an excellent resource and just one possible starting point
for anyone wanting to know more about women working in media art.
A big THANKS to all of those - women and men - who contributed to this
tribute!
Here it is: http://www.furtherfield.org/ada_lovelace.php
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Paul Brown - based in OZ April to June 2009
mailto:[log in to unmask] == http://www.paul-brown.com
OZ Landline +61 (0)7 5443 3491 == USA fax +1 309 216 9900
OZ Mobile +61 (0)419 72 74 85 == Skype paul-g-brown
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Visiting Professor - Sussex University
http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/ccnr/research/creativity.html
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