I disagree with the title of the article. It should read: 'GEEKS Invented the Internet' (Along with the US Army, and AT&T for the most part) Three very good books on the invention of the Internet are: Where Wizzards Stay Up Late Who Controls the Internet: Illusions of a Borderless World The Master Switch Thomas Jones | Graduate Student | School of Information Studies http://about.me/othertomjones Syracuse University Hinds Hall Syracuse, New York 13244 t 919.809.9454 e tajone02syr.edu ischool.syr.edu THE CAMPAIGN FOR SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY campaign.syr.edu ________________________________________ From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] on behalf of Deen Freelon [dfreelon@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 2:15 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Cc: tlc2132@tc.columbia.edu Subject: Re: [Air-L] 'MEN Invented the Internet'? The thing that bothered me third-most about that lede, after its flagrant inaccuracy and sexism, is that the issue of who invented the Internet is irrelevant to the article's content. Venture capitalists don't invent anything--they tend to leave that to the folks on the payroll. So that makes the lede inaccurate, sexist, and a red herring--a trifecta of terribleness. ~DEEN PS. You may be interested in the recent edited volume "Race After the Internet" (eds. Lisa Nakamura and Peter Chow-White), which contains an entire section on "The History of Race and Information." On 6/5/2012 1:28 PM, Conley, Tara wrote:
Hi list members,
In case you haven't already seen David Streitfeld's controversial NYTimes piece this weekend, here it is<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/technology/lawsuit-against-kleiner-perkins-is-shaking-silicon-valley.html?_r=4&pagewanted=1&seid=auto&smid=tw-nytimes>. The controversy stems from his lede, "MEN invented the Internet'. You may also be interested in the response from tech journalist Xeni Jardin<http://boingboing.net/2012/06/03/nyt-men-invented-the-inter.html> .
I also wrote a response piece about the controversy from an historical perspective for Ms. Magazine<http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2012/06/04/the-women-and-people-of-color-who-invented-the-internet/> today.
Interesting to think about the history of the Internet in terms of gender and 'race' consciousness, no?
Also, if any list members could recommend further reading on Internet history (including computing) that includes discussions about gender, 'race', and so forth, I'd appreciate it!
Tara
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