Modulating matters of computation, modelling and hyper-separations
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Miyazaki, Shintaro
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09/2021
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04B - Conference paper
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Christensen, Michelle
Conradi, Florian
Søndergaard, Morten
Beloff, Laura
Choubassi, Hassan
Elias, Joe
Hannah, Dehlia
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Proceedings of Politics of the machines - Rogue Research 2021
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63-68
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Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
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Berlin
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Abstract
We engage in a conversation with critical ecofeminism, which proposed to transform the colonialism-racism-capitalism-patriarchalism induced environmental crisis by non-essentialist countering of oppressions and hyper-separations produced by human/nature dualism. We modulate the critical ecofeminist approach by countering a similar dualism, namely that of nature/technology. Furthermore, our theoretical balance-act has a praxis-oriented side: we believe that computation can be included in ecofeminist action. By providing alternative forms of engagement to instrumentalization, we trace pathways to different futures, countering the binary narratives of technology but also its moralizing of socio-cultural mediation. We take an intersectional approach to outcomes of computational modelling (simulations, visualisations, forecasts) and discuss the ecofeminist method of synthesis as a way to include different perspectives into computational processes. We work with two ‘modulated models’ that pay attention to assumptions, observations and thinking about urban commoning initiatives, and amateur knowledge of radio telecommunications. We aspire to provoke discussions about different modes of inclusion in communities and archives that are centred on shared, environment-friendly, solidarity oriented life-style and mutual care. Our approach engages with feminist arguments and inquiries into ways patriarchalism is embedded in our relationship to technoscience and engineering. We explore modes of resistance by proposing skilled and alternative uses of these techniques.
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Critical eco-feminism, Computational modelling, Synthesis, Intersectionality, Counter-computation, Counter-computing
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POM 2021
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14.09.2021
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17.09.2021
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English
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Published
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Gold
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SAVIC, Selena und Shintaro MIYAZAKI, 2021. Modulating matters of computation, modelling and hyper-separations. In: Michelle CHRISTENSEN, Florian CONRADI, Morten SØNDERGAARD, Laura BELOFF, Hassan CHOUBASSI, Joe ELIAS und Dehlia HANNAH (Hrsg.), Proceedings of Politics of the machines - Rogue Research 2021. Berlin: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC). September 2021. S. 63–68. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-4264
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