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Tag Archives: Eugenics
Public meeting – Gender and the Politics of Technology – Sept 2013 – report
The third Breaking the Frame meeting again generated a very lively debate. Well-known author and campaigner, Cynthia Cockburn, introduced the discussion, focusing on technology and work, and how it creates not only social class but also gender roles. Typically women … Continue reading
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Tagged Biotechnology, Commercial surrogacy, Egg donation, Eugenics, Events, Feminism, Gender, GM, Human Genetics, International Development, IVF, London, Monsanto, Reproductive technologies, Sex selection, Technocracy, Technology, Women’s Environmental Network, Work
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Breaking the Frame programme of events 2013-14
Technology dominates our world, but many people think ‘its just a neutral tool’ or that technology = progress. Although it does bring some benefits, most technology designed and controlled by corporate, military and technocratic elites to serve their interests and … Continue reading
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Tagged Appropriate technology, Arms trade, Article 36, Austerity, Bhopal, Big pharma, Biofuelwatch, Cancer, Corporate Watch, Digital technology, Drones, E F Schumacher, Econexus, Economic crisis, Eugenics, Events, Feminism, Food, Fracking, Gender, Geoengineering, Human Genetics, Killer robots, La Vie Campesina, London, Mental health, Million Climate Jobs Campaign, Monsanto, Nanotech, NHS, Nuclear power, Occupy London, Open Rights Group, Poetry, Practical Action, Psychiatry, Social control, Statewatch, Stop Hinkley Campaign, Surveillance, Synthetic biology, Technology
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Technocracy, gender and reproductive technology
David King It is often assumed that the Enlightenment ideals of rationality, liberalism and progress through science are aligned with the liberation of women. Reproductive technologies, as part of medicine are also assumed to be an unalloyed benefit for women, … Continue reading