Articles by: Bruna Zanolli and Débora Prado

Débora Prado is a journalist and activist with a background in social communications, feminism and human rights. Since 2017, she has been involved in researching feminist technologies and knowledge to challenge androcentric and colonial norms. Together with Bruna Zanolli, Débora Prado carried out a two-year action-research project about community networks and feminist infrastructures and technologies with the Feminist Internet Research Network from the Women's Right Program of the Association for Progressive Communications. The project was financed by the International Development Research Centre.

07-Apr-2022

Feminist by Design and Designed by Diverse Feminists

Abstract: The field of feminist infrastructures has shown that technologies are not neutral and, in fact, embody patriarchal and colonial assumptions. The emerging literature and practices of this field show that feminist infrastructures are not limited to the status-quo—there will always be escapes and hacks. By carrying out a two-year action-research project on community networks […]