Abstract
Like Haraway, I believe that the critique, transformation and invention of myths is an important part of any strategy to bring about technoscientific and epistemological change, and I suggest that overt pedagogical attention to the mythic meanings of computers might empower some students to overcome the (ir)rational obstacles they face when confronting these powerful and ambiguous machines. In the rest of this chapter, I continue to examine the myth system that surrounds computers in mainstream culture, as well as some of the countermyths" feminine and feminist challenges to dominant (ir)rationalities of the information age" looking first at images of computers and space, and at the bodies found there, and then at metaphors of discovery and heroism.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Education, technology, power : educational computing as a social practice |
| Place of Publication | U.S |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
| Pages | 29-51. |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0791437973 |
| Publication status | Published - 1998 |
Keywords
- computers and civilization
- gender
- cyberspace
- feminism
- cyberfeminism
