CFP: Underbelly book

With the end of the year upon us there is one more project in the works that I haven’t shared here yet. The Underbelly collection I’ve been planning with Sue Turnbull & Jason Wilson has an official call for papers out. We are accepting abstracts until the end of December. Read on for more. This [...]

Gender, labour & technology: Background

Here is a bit more background for tomorrow’s roundtable, for those interested. For others, maybe see it as a chance for some insight into how to write a “background” section for a grant application! Many scholars have noted that a gendered division of labour was foundational to the social contract of modernity (see Adkins, 2008; [...]

Paying for quality journalism

The New Matilda fundraiser ends on Wednesday. If you haven’t donated yet, do consider it. These background articles explain the basis of the appeal. A lot of hot air surrounds the support of online initiatives, and the work that goes in to providing independent research, opinion and analysis is rarely rewarded in full. So if [...]

Technologies of gender and labour

One of my big projects for the year comes to fruition next week. The Technologies of Gender and Labour roundtable I’ve been organising with Ann Deslandes is funded by the Academy of the Humanities International Science Linkages scheme. It’s an amazing opportunity to bring together some big names from here and overseas to talk about [...]

Launched

Here are some photos from the launch last week. Thanks a bunch to Glen and Kane for documenting the moment! It was great to see so many friends, colleagues and collaborators enjoying the drinks and pizza. We even sold out of books (though I didn’t ask how many there were to start with!). For anyone [...]