Chachra

Posted on 2015/11/25 by

Makers & Modders

MAKE magazine and MakerFaire describe makers as “hobbyists, enthusiasts or students (amateurs!)–but they are also a wellspring of innovation, creating new products and producing value in the community. Some makers do become entrepreneurs and start companies” (MakerFaire). While some seem to deny Chachra’s take on the values of the contemporary Maker Movement, this description – Read More

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Posted on 2015/11/23 by

“What do you mean that noticing one thing can make the other things disappear?”: On Affective, Unpaid, and Invisible Labour

The Numbers In 2011, the American organisation VIDA (Women in Literary Arts) began publishing a yearly review of major literary publications that tallied the gender ratio of writers, reviewers, reviews, and pieces published. In 2012, the Canadian non-profit organisation CWILA (Canadian Women in the Literary Arts) followed suit with their tally of gender inequity in the Canadian Read More