new book: Hacking Diversity, by Christina Dunbar-Hester
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NEW FROM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS=97Hacking Diversity: The Politics of In=
clusion in Open Technology Cultures<https://press.princeton.edu/books/paper=
back/9780691192888/hacking-diversity> by Christina Dunbar-Hester. A firstha=
nd look at efforts to improve diversity in software and hackerspace communi=
ties. Enter discount code LIST30 on the PUP website to get 30% off the pape=
rback, through June 30, 2020.
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691192888/hacking-diversity
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Hacking, as a mode of technical and cultural production, is commonly celebr=
ated for its extraordinary freedoms of creation and circulation. Yet surpri=
singly few women participate in it: rates of involvement by technologically=
skilled women are drastically lower in hacking communities than in industr=
y and academia.
press.princeton.edu
"Hacking Diversity takes us into the hackerspaces, makerspaces, and unconfe=
rences where diversity advocates hack their social order to open up volunte=
er technologies along multiple dimensions. Dunbar-Hester shows that much mo=
re than 'stuff' is produced=97issues of gender, race, power, and class emer=
ge and are interrogated. This is essential reading for anyone wanting to un=
derstand how diversity becomes productive in open technology movements and =
corporate tech cultures."=97Sareeta Amrute, University of Washington
"This book provides a clear-eyed critical exploration of diversity advocacy=
within today's market-saturated culture of open technology, fractured by t=
he sediments of racial capitalism. Dunbar-Hester brilliantly combines histo=
rical analysis with ethnographic insights to show why DIY interventions by =
voluntaristic open technologists and computing devotees, however well-meani=
ng, struggle to resolve the foundational tensions between individual freedo=
m and collective emancipation."=97Paula Chakravartty, New York University
"Written with grace, clarity, and generosity, Hacking Diversity critically =
probes inclusion initiatives in open content and hacker communities. Giving=
credit where it is due, Dunbar-Hester shows how diversity advocacy engende=
red laudable changes that nevertheless have fallen short of securing substa=
ntive equity and justice. This widely relevant book will become central to =
reorienting the public debate around diversity in technology."=97Gabriella =
Coleman, McGill University
"Unraveling threads of identity, open technology, and activism over the pas=
t decade, Hacking Diversity sympathetically but critically analyzes the dai=
ly life, utopian desires, and critical awareness of participants in hackers=
paces, free software communities, maker movements, and activist tech collec=
tives. Dunbar-Hester reveals the poignant tensions at work in communities s=
truggling to address problems of global political inequality with new techn=
ologies and practices that promise liberation=97but all too rarely deliver =
it."=97Christopher M. Kelty, University of California, Los Angeles
"Well-written, sophisticated, theoretically limber, and often clever and hu=
morous, Hacking Diversity unpacks the concept of diversity advocacy and how=
to create, nurture, and sustain feminist hacker/maker spaces. It will make=
an impact in feminist media studies, critical communication studies, digit=
al activism studies, and science and technology studies."=97Leslie Regan Sh=
ade, University of Toronto
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singly few women participate in it: rates of involvement by technologically=
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rences where diversity advocates hack their social order to open up volunte=
er technologies along multiple dimensions. Dunbar-Hester
shows that much more than 'stuff' is produced=97issues of gender, race, po=
wer, and class emerge and are interrogated. This is essential reading for a=
nyone wanting to understand how diversity becomes productive in open techno=
logy movements and corporate tech
cultures."=97Sareeta Amrute, University of Washington</p>
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"This book provides a clear-eyed critical exploration of diversity adv=
ocacy within today's market-saturated culture of open technology, fractured=
by the sediments of racial capitalism. Dunbar-Hester brilliantly combines =
historical analysis with ethnographic
insights to show why DIY interventions by voluntaristic open technologists=
and computing devotees, however well-meaning, struggle to resolve the foun=
dational tensions between individual freedom and collective emancipation.&q=
uot;=97Paula Chakravartty, New York University</p>
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"Written with grace, clarity, and generosity, <i style=3D"margin:=
0px; background:transparent; outline:0px">Hacking Diversity</i> critic=
ally probes inclusion initiatives in open content and hacker communities. G=
iving credit where it is due, Dunbar-Hester shows
how diversity advocacy engendered laudable changes that nevertheless have =
fallen short of securing substantive equity and justice. This widely releva=
nt book will become central to reorienting the public debate around diversi=
ty in technology."=97Gabriella Coleman,
McGill University</p>
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color:rgb(46,46,46)">
"Unraveling threads of identity, open technology, and activism over th=
e past decade, <i style=3D"margin:0px; background:transparent; outline=
:0px">Hacking Diversity</i> sympathetically but critically analyzes th=
e daily life, utopian desires, and critical awareness
of participants in hackerspaces, free software communities, maker movement=
s, and activist tech collectives. Dunbar-Hester reveals the poignant tensio=
ns at work in communities struggling to address problems of global politica=
l inequality with new technologies
and practices that promise liberation=97but all too rarely deliver it.&quo=
t;=97Christopher M. Kelty, University of California, Los Angeles</p>
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color:rgb(46,46,46)">
"Well-written, sophisticated, theoretically limber, and often clever a=
nd humorous, <i style=3D"margin:0px; background:transparent; outline:0=
px">Hacking Diversity</i> unpacks the concept of diversity advocacy an=
d how to create, nurture, and sustain feminist hacker/maker
spaces. It will make an impact in feminist media studies, critical communi=
cation studies, digital activism studies, and science and technology studie=
s."=97Leslie Regan Shade, University of Toronto</p>
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