Gender and Technology intersect in the Southern Hemisphere
2009 March 22
I am mindful of–and bothered by–Nat’s repeated reminders (she’s right!) about our failure to “look more closely at intersections of gender and the gendering of technology with race and class. The readings and our perspectives (for the most part) are very eurocentric and I think it would be benificial to hear from other perspectives.”
So, see The Downside of Letting Robots Do the Bombing, in the NYTimes this morning, about the psychological and social effects of the U.S.’s using drones (unmanned aerial vehicles) in our strikes on Pakistan:
Even when precise, the drone strikes often kill women and children in militant compounds. When that happens, local Pashtun customs of “badal” obligate their survivors to seek revenge.
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