LIVE-STREAM FRIDAY'S PANELS & SUNDAY'S KEYNOTE DIALOGUE:
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3-day conference with panels on FemTechNet's Distributed Open Collaborative Courses, interactive workshops on Wikistorming, Exquisite Engendering, Feminist Mapping, Writers, Activism, and Hackerspaces, and a keynote presentation by DJ Lynnee Denise.

Details & Registration at FemTechNet.org

Hosted by the Institute for Research on Women & Gender.

Friday, April 8 - Michigan League

2pm: Introduction to FemTechNet’s DOCC & Conference Overview
- Panelists include Lisa Nakamura (University of Michigan), Karen Keifer-Boyd (Penn State); Veronica Paredes; Karl Surkan (MIT); T.L. Cowan (Yale); Marla Jaksch (The College of New Jersey)

3:15pm: Labor
-"Build, Buy, or Modernize: Mechanization of America’s Kitchen 1900-1959" (Khanh Vo, College of William & Mary)
-"Porcus Oeconomicus: Labor, Feminism and Biopolitics of the Smithfield Pig" (Lindsay Garcia, College of William & Mary)
-"ArrayProject&&" (Jessica Parris & Adam Trowbridge, The Array Project / Channel TWo)

4:30pm: Mapping
-"Wind Her Up; Watch Her Dance: The Mechanization of the Hula Girl in Twentieth Century America" (Leah M. Kuragano, College of William & Mary)
-"Calling to Talk and Listening Well: The Multimedia Practices of Feminist Telephone Hotlines" (Cait McKinney, McGill University)

5:45pm: Activism
-"Creativity and Subjectivity in Social Media Activism" (Ellen Moll, Michigan State University)
-"Feminist Advocacy and Privacy Management" (Jade Metzger, Wayne State University)
-"Bridging with STEAM/M: Engaging Activists, Academics and Creative Industry in Transformative ICT Practice" (Paula Gardner, McMaster University)

7-9pm "signal/noise" Launch Party

Saturday, April 9
10am: Workshop Intro + Coffee in Shapiro Library Lobby
10:15am-1pm: Concurrent Workshops at Hatcher & Shapiro Libraries
-Wikistorming Workshop
-Feminist Mapping Workshop
-Exquisite Engendering Workshop
-Feminist Hackers Workshop

2-5pm: Concurrent Workshops at Hatcher & Shapiro Libraries
-Feminist Writers Workshop
-Feminist Activism Workshop
-Feminist Hackers Workshop

5:30-6:30pm: "DOCCs in Action," in the Michigan League Ballroom
Facilitators: Anita Say Chan (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign); Diana Mincyte (CUNY, College of Technology, New York); Carrie Rentschler (McGill University); Marla Jaksch (The College of New Jersey); Ivette Bayo Urban (University of Washington)

6:30pm: Reception + Music in the Michigan League Ballroom with DJ Stacey "Hotwaxx" Hale

Sunday, April 10 - Michigan League
10am: Keynote Dialogue DJ Lynnee Denise: “Organic Intellectualism: DJ Scholarship, Black Feminism and Erasure Resistance”
11:30-12:30: Break-out sessions on topics that emerge
12:30-2:30pm: Lunch & presenting from break-out sessions

Hosted by the Institute for Research on Women & Gender with generous support from the Department of Women's Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Institute for the Humanities, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan Office of Research, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Department of American Culture, Digital Studies, Digital Education Initiative, LSA Dean's Office and the University Library.