A Voice of Process: Re-Presencing the Gendered Labor of Apollo Innovation

From Ada Lovelace to Margaret Hamilton, retelling the stories of previously unrecognized women can broaden histories of technology and challenge the dominant imaginary of innovation today. These figures remind us that women can be—and always have been—part of computing. Yet, their significant accomp...

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Autores principales:	Samantha Shorey, Daniela K.Rosner
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Publicado:	ScholarWorks @ UMass Amherst 2019
Materias:	Language and Literature P Communication. Mass media P87-96
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:91f97c65f0bd4a2285a2171088bcfe492021-11-17T15:31:09ZA Voice of Process: Re-Presencing the Gendered Labor of Apollo Innovation10.7275/yen8-qn182380-6109https://doaj.org/article/91f97c65f0bd4a2285a2171088bcfe492019-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cpo/vol7/iss2/4/https://doaj.org/toc/2380-6109From Ada Lovelace to Margaret Hamilton, retelling the stories of previously unrecognized women can broaden histories of technology and challenge the dominant imaginary of innovation today. These figures remind us that women can be—and always have been—part of computing. Yet, their significant accomplishments represent a small fraction of women’s contributions to technology. Women, and especially working class women of color, have consistently done the work just below the surface of discovery. However, the data comprising their experiences remains thin, keeping those figures on the scientific margins. This essay explores how communication studies can integrate expanded methods of media archeology to address issues of representation in the absence of remarkable personal narratives. We present the case study the Apollo Guidance Computer’s woven core memory, a history that is “re-presenced” through a participatory workshop that engages participants in collaborative acts of weaving. In an appeal to the tactics of design, this recuperation opens an indeterminate past to illuminate the networks of labor called into being by technological artifacts. We argue that integrating these methods can produce new, feminist histories of material practices—bringing people and places into the present along with their associated artifacts.Samantha ShoreyDaniela K.RosnerScholarWorks @ UMass AmherstarticleLanguage and LiteraturePCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96ENcommunication +1, Vol 7, Iss 2 (2019)
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description	From Ada Lovelace to Margaret Hamilton, retelling the stories of previously unrecognized women can broaden histories of technology and challenge the dominant imaginary of innovation today. These figures remind us that women can be—and always have been—part of computing. Yet, their significant accomplishments represent a small fraction of women’s contributions to technology. Women, and especially working class women of color, have consistently done the work just below the surface of discovery. However, the data comprising their experiences remains thin, keeping those figures on the scientific margins. This essay explores how communication studies can integrate expanded methods of media archeology to address issues of representation in the absence of remarkable personal narratives. We present the case study the Apollo Guidance Computer’s woven core memory, a history that is “re-presenced” through a participatory workshop that engages participants in collaborative acts of weaving. In an appeal to the tactics of design, this recuperation opens an indeterminate past to illuminate the networks of labor called into being by technological artifacts. We argue that integrating these methods can produce new, feminist histories of material practices—bringing people and places into the present along with their associated artifacts.
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A Voice of Process: Re-Presencing the Gendered Labor of Apollo Innovation

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