[...]="trms">technological ='strcls'>*savvy='strcls'>* implicit in innovation are themselves markers of contemporary masculinity ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> “the enduring force of the identification between ="trms">technology and manliness is not an inherent biological sex ="trms">difference. it is instead the result of the ="trms">historical and cultural construction of gender” (="ppl">Wajcman)

a big part of the problem is that women's ="trms">technological labor (='lgc'>=/= ghost busters) is culturally invisible ='lgc'>--(="ppl">Katie ="ppl">King in her research on ="trms">writing ="trms">technologies argues)='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (a metonymy='lgc'>:) when ="trms">technologies are reduced to singular, stable, self-contained devices ='lgc'>[='lgc'>~ ="ppl">="ppl">Star Wars='lgc'>] ='lgc'>=/= assemblages
='lgc'>[dichotomy of “enforcement ='lgc'>=/= destruction” ="ppl">="ppl">Star Wars either or='lgc'>: if you are not destroying it you are enforcing it='lgc'>]

problems that cannot be conceptualized in terms of ="trms">measures and endpoints, or which involve ho="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listic, qualitative solutions, will be at a disadvantage for selection

="large lg2" stl="font-size:110%"> (Cowan shows) the developement of new household tachnologies did not free women from the domestic shpere. rather, it allowed women to enter the paid labor force while leaving the gendered division of labor in the home untouched.


(makes me throw up ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) large ="trms">literature of self-determination theory (='lgc'>~ showing people are more creative and happy when their work allows them to be autonomous, related, and competent) ='lgc'>+ reward ="trms">systems cultivating competitive environments
='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]autonomy='lgc'>: self-willing, volitional, being an ="trms">agent in the action ='lgc'>=/= being a “pawn”

spheres where processes and outcomes have been the name of the game (in feminized fields of education and librarianship)

labs (such as laser developement) that require collaboration with other labs

trading zones='lgc'>: a ="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metaphor for understanding how cooperation between rese="trms"nttrm="search">archers enables new ="trms">scientific paradigms ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="ppl">="ppl">Galison

='strcls'>*the development of this or that research looks like a continuous ="trms">trajectory, but the ="trms">trajectory was actually discontinuous and ruptured. that fact that we have invented or discovered something makes that developement seem inevitable, but things could always have turned out some other way='strcls'>* ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> Cowan > ="ppl">="ppl">Calvert

competition is not a guarantor of innovation, our cultural belief in it can obscure other explanations for innovation ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='thdf'>for example (Wylie showing='lgc'>:) (archaeology's enshrined belief that) male-centered hunting activities dominated pre="trms">historic caloric intakes ='lgc'>==='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>==> other hypotheses for the ="trms">transition to agriculture ='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>--> women's leading role in the development of agriculture='lgc'>--arguably the most significant innovation in human ="trms">history='lgc'>--could finally be detected


='lgc'>[bids for status by denying the feminized and second class aspects of library work='lgc'>] ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>***the labor of care is at the core of library work='strcls'>*** ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*teaching, like ="trms">technology, is always a ="trms">relationship, and that ="trms">relationship is undergrided by the labor of care='strcls'>* (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">affective labor is ="trms">literally vital to the successful delivery of other kinds of services)='strcls'>***
the ways women are called on to manage their and other's feelings ='lgc'><='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">technology is ="trms">positioned in out culture as rational and precise and therefore (masculine and) unemotional ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>--> look at the film Lucy='lgc'>]

successful education and mentorship depend on this ="trms">skill, which, like household labor, is difficult to account for in “competitive” economic analysis


='strcls'>**="trms">articulation work='strcls'>**
the labor necessary to make ="trms">technologies fit together seamlessly ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="ppl">Leigh ="ppl">="ppl">Star
(='mywrk'>my work begins in) information ="trms">systems may leave gaps in work processes that require real-time adjustments, or ‘="trms">articulation work,’ to complete the processes
(='mywrk'>my research='lgc'>: through ="nms">ajayeb i have been busy with learning to “make friends” with both ="trms">technologies and theories)

every ="trms">system is an assemblage ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="ppl">="ppl">Calvert applying ="ppl">="ppl">Haraway's insight and think of ="trms">technologies as significant prostheses ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]librarianship='lgc'>: a work that (primarily) hooks up people with their ="trms">technologies

librarians ="trms">articulate ="trms">technologies ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> they help people adapt ="trms">technologies

librarian's ="trms">articulation work is both ="trms">technological and ="trms">affective ='lgc'>=/= competitive


(in ="trms">techno-capital) supressing labor costs ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> de="trms">skilling

de="trms">skilling and de-professionalization under the ="trms">intertwined guises of competitiveness and innovation

an ='thdf'>example of de="trms">skilling='lgc'>:
="prgrph">-="ppl">="ppl">Haraway='lgc'>: “to be feminized means to be made extremely vulnerable; able to be disassembled, reassembled, exploited as a reserve labor force, seen less as workers than as servers; subjected to time arrangements on and off the paid job that make a mockery of a limited work day; leading to an existence that always borders on being obs="trms">cene, out of place, and reducible to sex. de="trms">skilling is an old strategy newly applicable to formerly privileged workers.”

education has been difficult to comodify, and remains labor intensive ='lgc'>=/= innovations in online education ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> creating inroads in the de="trms">skilling and commodification of teaching labor='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•course curriculum ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> course content
="lsts lst1">•teaching ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> delivery
='strcls'>*video ="trms">technologies ='lgc'>+ ="trms">internet ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> face-to-face ="trms">interpersonal relating to be captured and reused ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> new depths of commodification
='strcls'>*="trms">internet ="trms">technologies can be used to provide ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigorous, a="trms">synchronous learning and mentorship, or they can be used to decrease labor costs, but they cannot do much of both ="trms">simultaneously(='qstn'>? ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">question ='at'>@="nms">apass)


="ppl">="ppl">Calvert='lgc'>: ='lgc'>[...however,='lgc'>] for competition='lgc'>--='lgc'>[or any good/bad object we are working on='lgc'>] to be a useful strategy, it has to happen in a larger context of cooperation and collaboration
(='thdf'>for example ='thdf'>the notion of “future” has to happen in a larger context in which ="trms">different futurities for diverse ="trms">communities is thinkable)


="trms">method ='lgc'><='lgc'>==='lgc'>{
='lgc'>+ sensitivity to the ="trms">historical moment (multiculturalism, extreme changes in the meaning of ‘global,’ etc.)
='lgc'>+ an assemblage of tools that are ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">ready to hand (theoretically driven, are pleasant and effective to use, etc.)
='lgc'>+ ="trms">embody an ethical commitment to ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->
="lsts lst2">◦emic='lgc'>: the values and meanings of those who are being studied
="lsts lst2">◦etic='lgc'>: within a way to explore the conventions, standards and infrastructures that both constrain and enable their experiences


="ppl">Leigh ="ppl">="ppl">Star
="lsts lst1">•qualitative ="trms">methods
="lsts lst1">•lateral thinking
="lsts lst1">•="trms">poetics of infrastructure
="lsts lst1">•='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]boundary objects='lgc'>: examines assemblages of humans and things, and how things that exist in more than one ="trms">community of practice are used in performing cooperative work


the role of practical knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge in organizational life

sensitivity of an ethno="trms">methodological orientation

(="nms">apass's) intellectual capital (is not centered in their official document re="trms">positories and ="trms">databases, rather is in the largely undocumented ideas, insights, and know-how of its ="trms">members='lgc'>: ="frds scrmbld">="frds scrmbld">Lilia, ="frds scrmbld">Pierre, ="frds scrmbld">Nicolas, ="trms">Joke, ="frds scrmbld">Steven, Michele,)

exigencies of work

="large lg3" stl="font-size:110%"> ='strcls'>****much of knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge often remains ="trms">embodied in the practice
commonly shared through conversations and ="trms">stories among small circles of colleagues and work groups ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> local vernacular ='lgc'>--convert='lgc'>='lgc'>--> other forms ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> other ="trms">members of the organization can understand ='and'>& ='strcls'>*act upon='strcls'>* together

="frds">Sina ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> richer comprehension of ="trms">socially organised work practice into the process of engineering ="trms">technological ="trms">systems

="ppl">="ppl">Calvert ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> her work is about the enduring qualities of the ="trms">book and how its resistance to commodification enables this thing we call a public library.
she is ="trms">interested in developing library-appropriate research ="trms">methods for thinking critically about old and new ="trms">technologies
="prgrph">-we ="trms">naturalize the way ="trms">technological infrastructures make ethical decisions for us ='lgc'>=/= producing ="trms">methods/ethic that allows librarians to mandate characteristics in developing ="trms">technologies which both preserve librarians’ prerogatives to make (necessary visible) ethical judgment calls ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- ="ppl">="ppl">Calvert
جعبه='lgc'>--"containers” continue to ="trms">dictate the name of the game (for the immensely diverse patronage of the public library)

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bi="trms">lingualism
="trms">different ="trms">languages (="trms">farsi and arabic in ="nms">ajayeb) refers to ="trms">different value ="trms">systems and to ="trms">different lived experience

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='lgc'>[="ppl">Ahmed='lgc'>]

="large lg5" stl="font-size:158%"> (="trms">complaint ='lgc'>='lgc'>~=) diversity-work='lgc'> = ="trms">data-collection

we learn about the damage we cause, of how causes are understood as damage

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my old background (in computer ="trms">sciences)='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•www.joelonsoftware.com (Joel Spolsky runs a company which sells bug ="trms">data[...]