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It is an open secret that the hardware in our smart devices contains plastics and raw materials mined from conflict regions. Can we move beyond this oppressive system of extraction to find ethical alternatives? Feminist hackers Patrícia Reis and Stefanie Wuschitz discuss developing technology through eco-feminist artistic tools, rooted in care economies, local knowledges and collective survival. Through an intensive knowledge-sharing process and collaboration with peers, they unpack eco-feminist theory and practices to propose resistance strategies grounded in ethical hardware and de-growth economies - contributing significantly to the new field of arts-based research.
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Patrícia J. Reis (Ph.D.), born in 1981, is a media artist and researcher exploring human and more-than-human entanglements with technology through feminist hacking, sensory interaction, and embodied interfaces. Her work investigates touch, consent, and care via physical computing, interfaces, and haptic art. She is a board member of the art collective Mz* Baltazar's Laboratory, curating exhibitions and collaborating on art, gender, science, and open-source technology, and leads the arts-based research project Hacking the Body as the Black Box at Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, where she taught in the Digital Arts Department since 2015.
Summary
It is an open secret that the hardware in our smart devices contains plastics and raw materials mined from conflict regions. Can we move beyond this oppressive system of extraction to find ethical alternatives? Feminist hackers Patrícia Reis and Stefanie Wuschitz discuss developing technology through eco-feminist artistic tools, rooted in care economies, local knowledges and collective survival. Through an intensive knowledge-sharing process and collaboration with peers, they unpack eco-feminist theory and practices to propose resistance strategies grounded in ethical hardware and de-growth economies – contributing significantly to the new field of arts-based research.
