The word of technology is so broad. We defined the term earlier in the blog but I wanted to share my thoughts on the word. In the context of today……..I posted the question “Girls, what is your relationship with technology?” on Facebook and I got mixed bag of responses, but most referred to their cellphones, or Skype, or computers. But when I think critically about it, technology can be anything, according to the Encarta World Dictionary (1999) it is defined as:
tech·nol·o·gy n
1. The study, development, and application of devices, machines, and techniques for manufacturing and productive processes
2. The sum of a society’s or culture’s practical knowledge, especially with reference to its material culture
Technology can be anything from your blender to web design. However, for the purposes of this blog, we aim to interrogate girls’ involvement in production technology. This is technology that is used to produce something for public access, to communicate something, to express opinions, to pubically produce! We focus on a few main forms of production technology, this entails:
*Music production and DJing.
*Film, Photography and Videography
*Production of Public internet sites, such as blogs and webpages.
We want to see how girls interact with these forms of technology because it is in these forms where the great power of resisting and expressing ideas to the public exists. It is with this power that girls are recognized, girl activity switches from bedroom culture to public access. It is with these technologies that the girls’ voices, which were once missing in public discourse are now made loud.
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