{"id":10,"date":"2020-06-23T16:30:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T15:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2020-10-30T09:47:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T09:47:29","slug":"theme-2-technology-and-bodies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/theme-2-technology-and-bodies\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme 2 &#8211; Technology and bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Welcome to our SECOND theme!<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">In this theme, we will explore the relationships between technology and &#8216;the body&#8217; in two ways. First, by paying attention to a variety of intersecting identities (in terms of gender, race, disability) and how technology and these mutually shape one another (part 1). Then, by exploring ways we can rethink the &#8216;boundary&#8217; between technology and the body (part 2).<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OWT.326 Theme 2 Intro\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KWk87R6YXgk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/dtu-panopto.lancs.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=932f9c4c-f045-4eaf-9f3b-ac3a00ca80ce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">non youtube alternative link<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">For our second theme you have a number of tasks to do:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/theme-2-technology-and-bodies\/2\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Part 1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/theme-2-technology-and-bodies\/2\/#a1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Watch a couple of narrated powerpoints and do a quiz (2 hours)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/theme-2-technology-and-bodies\/2\/#a2\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Read an annotated paper (2 hours &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">less if you skip pages 85 through 89<\/span>)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/theme-2-technology-and-bodies\/2\/#a3\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Go to Mural to work on examples of the relationship between technology &amp; society (2 hours max)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/theme-2-technology-and-bodies\/2\/#a4\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">As a group, prepare &#8220;talking points&#8221; that you will use for the Week 5 seminar discussion (2 hours)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/theme-2-technology-and-bodies\/3\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Part 2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/theme-2-technology-and-bodies\/3\/#a5\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Watch a narrated powerpoint (1 hour)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/theme-2-technology-and-bodies\/3\/#a6\">Watch a short video (1 hour &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">this is optional<\/span>)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/theme-2-technology-and-bodies\/3\/#a7\">Read an annotated paper (2 hours)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/theme-2-technology-and-bodies\/3\/#a8\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Identify examples that illustrate the boundaries between technology and the body and discuss these with your group on Mural\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">(2 hours)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Don&#8217;t forget to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/modules.lancaster.ac.uk\/mod\/workshop\/view.php?id=1376614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">assess\/give feedback to the 2 short essays that were assigned to you over on Moodle<\/a>! (1h)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-417\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/files\/2020\/09\/theme-2-illustration.png?resize=660%2C219\" alt=\"visual representation of the to do list explained below\" width=\"660\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/files\/2020\/09\/theme-2-illustration.png?resize=1024%2C340&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/files\/2020\/09\/theme-2-illustration.png?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/files\/2020\/09\/theme-2-illustration.png?resize=768%2C255&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/files\/2020\/09\/theme-2-illustration.png?resize=1536%2C510&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/files\/2020\/09\/theme-2-illustration.png?w=1784&amp;ssl=1 1784w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/files\/2020\/09\/theme-2-illustration.png?w=1320 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Let&#8217;s dive in! Click on Page #2 below to get to part 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">PART 1 (Week 4)<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong><a id=\"a1\"><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">First, watch these two narrated powerpoints\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">This first video walks you through issues of racial bias in technology, and specifically in algorithms. We&#8217;ll discuss how these are encountered, where they come from and what they produce:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dtu-panopto.lancs.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=4b978634-9916-42c0-b54c-ac3700c2b5ac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Racial bias in algorithms<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/dtu-panopto.lancs.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Podcast\/StreamInBrowser\/4b978634-9916-42c0-b54c-ac3700c2b5ac.mp4?mediaTargetType=videoPodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">low bandwidth alternative<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The second video will discuss definitions of disability and the relationship between disability, inclusivity and technological changes in the workplace:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dtu-panopto.lancs.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=3736d7a5-88b4-4f1f-a700-ac3700eabfb5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Disability and technology<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/dtu-panopto.lancs.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Podcast\/StreamInBrowser\/3736d7a5-88b4-4f1f-a700-ac3700eabfb5.mp4?mediaTargetType=videoPodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">low bandwidth alternative<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;re done, take <span style=\"font-size: medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/modules.lancaster.ac.uk\/mod\/quiz\/view.php?id=1386399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this quick quiz<\/a>\u00a0to test your knowledge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><a id=\"a2\"><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Then, read this annotated paper by Faulkner (2001)<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/modules.lancaster.ac.uk\/mod\/resource\/view.php?id=1379505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Article on gender and technology<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">NB: if you need to reduce your time spent on this module you can skip pages numbered 85 through 89 (stop reading from the &#8220;Masculine Images of Technology&#8221; section and skip to conclusion).<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">pay particular attention to the examples used and the connections made to theories explored in Theme 1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><a id=\"a3\"><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"> Go to Mural and open the &#8220;Theme 2 activity 1 (Week 4)&#8221; worksheet.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">In this activity you&#8217;re asked to identify examples that illustrate the relationship between technology and race, gender and\/or disability. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Summarise the examples that have been discussed in the lesson so far (as well as those in Theme 1).\u00a0Identify on your own at least 2 new examples. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Place all these on your group&#8217;s Mural map (&#8220;Theme 2 activity 1 (week 4)&#8221;). For each, add a comment explaining which issue this falls under (gender, race, disability or an intersection) and whether the example was shaped by societal understanding of these, or shaped them instead (or both).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">As usual if a group member has already placed an example you had in mind, you can instead comment on their choice, further develop their arguments, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><a id=\"a4\"><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Prepare for the discussion of the Week 5 seminar<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Asynchronously (outside of meeting), prepare with your group some &#8220;talking point&#8221; or a presentation, based on the work collectively done on Mural or other platforms (Teams, shared Google Doc) throughout the week, to explain how<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">technology is shaped by society&#8217;s understanding of gender, race, disability\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">in return, technology shapes or constrains understandings of gender, race, disability.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2auk2\" data-offset-key=\"1iild-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"1iild-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\" data-offset-key=\"1iild-0-0\">Try to anchor your analysis using the theories explored in theme 1.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2auk2\" data-offset-key=\"fvev0-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"fvev0-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\" data-offset-key=\"fvev0-0-0\">Make note of references as consistently as possible (to find them more easily when you write your final essay). This will be used for<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/owt326\/theme-2-technology-and-bodies\/theme-2-seminar\/\">\u00a0the week 5 seminar discussion<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"fvev0-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"fvev0-0-0\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">NB: The original intent was for each seminar to have each group do a formal 15 min presentation to the other. However, due to the way groups have been mixed up, and to reduce your time spent on this module, we&#8217;ll do something more &#8216;discussion&#8217; based and less formal. You can still prepare something more &#8216;formal&#8217; to be presented if you&#8217;d like some feedback on it.<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Confused about a concept, or wanting to engage? Drop a comment below!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">PART 2 (Week 5)<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a id=\"a5\"><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Watch this narrated powerpoint<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">In this video, I go over ways that technology has produced and reshaped ways we think of what it means to be &#8216;human&#8217;, &#8216;male\/female&#8217;, &#8216;racialised&#8217; and &#8216;dis\/abled&#8217;:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dtu-panopto.lancs.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=dd8d066a-f24f-45ea-bd79-ac3d00c3ef3e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Redefining &#8216;human&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/dtu-panopto.lancs.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Podcast\/StreamInBrowser\/dd8d066a-f24f-45ea-bd79-ac3d00c3ef3e.mp4?mediaTargetType=videoPodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">low bandwidth alternative<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a id=\"a6\"><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Watch this short video<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">NB: if you need to reduce your time spent on this module you can skip this activity.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">In this short film, Sunaura Taylor and Judith Butler examine what it means to &#8216;take a walk&#8217; and what are the conditions that are necessary to allow us to do so.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Examined Life - Judith Butler &amp; Sunaura Taylor 720p.avi\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k0HZaPkF6qE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/estream.lancaster.ac.uk\/View.aspx?id=16712~5e~WDi6rMrXiE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">non-youtube alternative<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">After watching the film, write down 3 key ideas proposed in the video. What does this teach us about the relationship between technology and bodies?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a id=\"a7\"><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Then, read this annotated paper by Bloomfield et al. (2010):<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/modules.lancaster.ac.uk\/mod\/resource\/view.php?id=1379508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Bodies, technologies and action possibilities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">As you read the article, try to draw connections between this concept of &#8216;affordances&#8217; and certain theoretical viewpoints explored in the previous theme. How does this concept relate to Social Construction of Technology? Actor-Network Theory? Technological Determinism?<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a id=\"a8\"><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Identify examples that interrogate the reality of a &#8216;frontier&#8217; between your body and technology.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Interrogate whether these represent examples of technology that<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&#8216;define&#8217; your understanding of your body (technoscientific knowledge)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">modify or shape your body (permanently, temporarily)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">support your body in what it can do<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">For each of these, interrogate what the conditions of use of this technology are: who has access to it? in what circumstances does the technology become obsolete, useless, unusable?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Place these examples in the dedicated group Mural (&#8220;Theme 2 activity 2 (week 5)&#8221;) for discussion with your group. 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