Cyberfeminism

Cyberfeminism is a feminist approach which foregrounds the relationship between cyberspace, the Internet, and technology. It can be used to refer to a philosophy, art practices, methodologies or community.[1] The term was coined in the early 1990s to describe the work of feminists interested in theorizing, critiquing, exploring and re-making the Internet, cyberspace and new-media technologies in general. The first use of the term cyberfeminist has been attributed to the art collective VNS Matrix's A Cyberfeminist Manifesto for the 21st Century which was published online in 1991.[2][3][4]

The foundational catalyst for the formation of cyberfeminist thought is attributed to Donna Haraway's "A Cyborg Manifesto", third wave feminism, post-structuralist feminism, riot grrrl culture and the feminist critique of the alleged erasure of women within discussions of technology.

  1. ^ Harlow, Megan Jean (2013), "Cyberfeminism", The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World (2 ed.), SAGE Publications, Inc., pp. 430–433, doi:10.4135/9781452270388.n94, ISBN 9781452270388, retrieved 2018-07-31
  2. ^ "A Cyberfeminist Manifesto for the 21st Century ⁄ VNS Matrix". VNS Matrix. 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  3. ^ Couey, Anna (2003). "Restructuring Power: Telecommunications Works Produced by Women". In Malloy, Judy (ed.). Women, art, and technology. Leonardo. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-13424-8.
  4. ^ Paasonen, Susanna (2005). Figures of fantasy: internet, women & cyberdiscourse. Digital formations. New York: Peter Lang. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-8204-7607-0.

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