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Feminist Blog Camp (Turin, 28-30 October 2011)

Location

Turin
Italy
45° 4' 14.0232" N, 7° 41' 11.8284" E

From October 28 to 30, 2011, at the Askatasuna occupied social center in Torino, you may join the Feminist Blog Camp. We are going to spend three days together, sharing our knowledge, attending workshops, shows, debates, music and art performances, readings, culture and IT in-deep examinations, open discussions on desire and sexuality, temporary employment, migrants and a lot of other topics. This meeting is entirely self promoted and managed.

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Feminist Blog Camp (Turin, 28-30 October 2011)

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From October 28 to 30, 2011, at the Askatasuna occupied social center in Torino, you may join the Feminist Blog Camp. We are going to spend three days together, sharing our knowledge, attending workshops, shows, debates, music and art performances, readings, culture and IT in-deep examinations, open discussions on desire and sexuality, temporary employment, migrants and a lot of other topics. This meeting is entirely self promoted and managed.

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Dones i noves tecnologies (Blog)

Location

Spain

Info:
blog of the dones tech collective; emphasis on women and technology, IT, cyberfeminism, feminist news etc.

Statement:

Qui Som?
Som un grup d'investigadores socials aficionades a les noves tecnologies que fa temps que ens preguntarem sobre què passava amb les dones i les tecnologies.

Amb el temps la cosa ha anat creixent i a més de la Recerca social ens dediquem a la creació de continguts digitals, la producció audiovisual, la comunicació i l'enxarxamenta.

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Digitales Archives (archive, 2001 - 2006)

Location

Brussels
Belgium
50° 51' 1.224" N, 4° 21' 6.156" E

Info:
Digitales meetings in Brussels were a project by the Belgian network ADA - Femmes et IT/Vrouwen en IT to "stimulate women’s action in contemporary society and bring awareness of the concept of gender to the debates on new technologies" through workshops, conferences, symposia, etc. Between 2001 and 2006 four Digitales meetings took place. The Digitales Archives now provide access to all material (articles, interviews, videos etc.) produced during these four Digitales meetings; emphasis on new technology, cyberfeminism, women and IT, education/training etc.

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La Bruja Violeta - FeminoTopía (blog)

Location

Valencia
Spain
39° 28' 12.8604" N, 0° 22' 36.498" W

Info:
La Bruja Violeta ("The violet witch") blog by Mon Vilar Figueirido, feminist activist and historian from/in Valencia; blog's emphasis on equality, women's rights, feminist news, activism, body politics, sexism (language, in the media etc.), parenthood, lgbtq, violence, cyberfeminism, ecology, etc. lot of links!!

Statement:
Hola!!! estais ahí? si vosotras, personas del ciberespacio, incansables luchadoras, dulces amantes amadas, risueñas,

bellas, lideresas, enégicas, enredadas...

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la broma (blog)

Location

Madrid
Spain
40° 25' 0.0876" N, 3° 42' 1.242" W

Info:
La broma ("the joke") is a blog written by Olga Berrios, trainer/consultant for NGOs, volunteer, activist who works/volunteers for the project "Las ladies", an alphabetization project for migrant women (most of them from Morocco); emphasis on anti-racism, migration, (feminist/anti-racist) activism/volunteerism, social equality, poverty, lesbianism/transsexuality, new media competency/skill sharing, Internet/media/social journalism/ new technology (web2.0, social networking etc), ecology, etc.

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CoWeb - City of Women goes Web! (E-Zine)

Location

Ljubljana
Slovenia
46° 3' 5.1336" N, 14° 30' 21.4776" E

Info:
CoWeb gets produced once a year during the City of Women festival. Every day of the festival, the events are documented online; in various languages, critical thoughts are formed about the events, discussions with festival guests take place, and the audience is asked about their opinions. Coweb represents the idea of the creation of DIY do-it-yourself web content and presents an opposition to mass media while at the same time serving as a form of critique of their treatment of culture.

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À dire d'elles (Blog)

Location

France

Info:
blog by French journalist Sandrine Goldschmidt; emphasis on feminist news, culture, films, feminist movement/activism, equality etc.

Statement:
Pourquoi ce blog ?
Il existe tant de talents occultés, tant d’invisibles, tant de perspectives nouvelles à découvrir… et partout, on lit les mêmes infos, on entend les mêmes artistes, on parle des mêmes films. Ici, je veux élargir le spectre du visible, parler de celles qui contribuent à la diversité du monde, et nourrir la réflexion sur notre monde en y ajoutant un regard de genre.

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Género y Comunicación (Magazine, 1999-2007)

Location

Spain

Info:
Magazine of the Spanish association AMECO which was founded in 1994 by women working in various media to improve the image of women in media, fight against sexism in media and for equal opportunities for women working in the media; emphasis on gender and media, women/sexism in media/TV/film and advertising, women journalists, gender and new technologies, equality etc. so far 9 issues have been published, the last one in 2007; AMECO also runs AmecoPress, a news agency specialized on information from a gender perspective.

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