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'''FemTechNet''' is a [[feminist]] network of scholars, artists, and activists known for its feminist, decentralized pedagogy experiments.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kamenetz|first1=Anya|title=Interview|url=http://open.media.mit.edu/femtechnet-2/index.html|website=MIT Open Media Lab Blog|publisher=MIT|accessdate=10 March 2018}}</ref> FemTechNet became the focus of various media outlets when it broadcast its efforts to "storm" Wikipedia under its "wikistorming" initiative.<ref>{{cite news|last1=NA|title=Wikistorming: Colleges offer credit to inject feminism into Wikipedia|url=http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/09/06/wikistorming-colleges-offer-credit-to-corrupt-wikipedia.html|accessdate=10 March 2018|agency=Fox News|publisher=Fox|date=6 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Liss-Shultz|first1=Nina|title=Can These Students Fix Wikipedia's Lady Problem|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/08/storming-wikipedia-women-problem-internet/|accessdate=10 March 2018|agency=Mother Jones|date=23 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="Jezebel">{{cite news|url=http://jezebel.com/the-lady-geeks-are-coming-for-wikipedia-1190517627|title=The Lady Geeks Are Coming For Wikipedia|author=Baker, Katie J. M.|publisher=[[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]]}}</ref> Beyond its 2013 Wikipedia project, FemTechNet has been described as "a new approach to collaborative learning",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ocadu.ca/about_ocad/articles/news_releases/20130826_FemTechNet.htm|title=Feminist digital initiative challenges universities' race for MOOCs|publisher=[[OCAD University]]|accessdate=October 24, 2013}}</ref> and a "feminist anti-MOOC." <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/08/19/feminist-professors-create-alternative-moocs|title=Feminist Anti-MOOC|author=Jaschik, Scott |publisher=[[Inside Higher Ed]]|date=August 19, 2013|accessdate=October 24, 2013}}</ref>

==Background==

The network began in Southern California in 2012 with [[Anne Balsamo]] and [[Alexandra Juhasz]] as co-founders and co-facilitators.<ref name="Current" /> FemTechNet describes itself as “an activated network of scholars, artists and students who work on, with, and at the borders of technology, science and feminism in a variety of fields including STS, Media and Visual Studies, Art, Women's, Queer and Ethnic Studies.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://femtechnet.newschool.edu/the-network/ |title=About FemTechNet |publisher=FemTechNet Commons |accessdate=2013-11-26}}</ref> In a peer-reviewed concept paper, the founders more concretely described the project as one of interdisciplinary community building.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Juhasz|first=Alexandra|last2=Balsamo|first2=Anne|last3=Juhasz|first3=Alexandra|last4=Balsamo|first4=Anne|date=2012-11-01|title=An Idea Whose Time is Here: FemTechNet – A Distributed Online Collaborative Course (DOCC)|url=http://adanewmedia.org/2012/11/issue1-juhasz/|journal=Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology|language=en-US|issue=1|doi=10.7264/N3MW2F2J|issn=2325-0496}}</ref>

Distributed open collaborative courses (DOCC), FemTechNets primary initiative, uses networked technologies in many innovative ways, including developing “nodal” classes around shared themes that are augmented by video discussions available on FemTechNet's website by participating university instructors. The first DOCC, "Dialogues in Feminism and Technology,"<ref>{{cite news|last=Naili|first=Hajer|title=Feminists Launch Model for Online Learning|url=http://womensenews.org/story/education/130814/feminists-launch-model-online-learning|newspaper=Women's eNews|date=August 15, 2013}}</ref> was initiated in 2013 as for-credit courses at the following institutions:
* [[Rutgers University]]
* [[The New School]]
* [[City University of New York|CUNY]]
* [[University of California at San Diego]]
* [[University of Illinois]]
* [[Ohio State University]]
* [[Bowling Green State University]]
* [[Pitzer College]]
* [[Colby-Sawyer College]]
* [[Penn State University]]
* [[California Polytechnic State University|California Polytechnic University]]
* [[Ontario College of Art and Design]]
* [[Brown University]]
* [[Yale University]].
Non-traditional students take the course via the FTN website's free, self-directed learner component.<ref name="Current">{{cite web|last=Enlow |first=Callie |url=http://sacurrent.com/news/femtechnet-hopes-to-revolutionize-sa-s-higher-education-possibilities-1.1553684 |title=FemTechNet Hopes to Revolutionize SA's Higher Education Possibilities |work=San Antonio Current |date=September 18, 2013 |accessdate=2013-11-26}}</ref> In 2014 - 2015 the second Distributed Open Collaborative Course (DOCC) series was offered at the following nodes.<ref>[http://femtechnet.org/docc/previous-seasons/2013-2014/nodes/ 2013–2014 DOCC Nodes]. Femtechnet.org. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.</ref>

In 2013 FemTechNet launched "Storming Wikipedia", which aimed to encourage students to engage in [[Wikipedia]] editing. Portrayed as a response to [[Wikipedia's women problem|Wikipedia's gender imbalance]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2013/08/storming-wikipedia-women-problem-internet|title=Can These Students Fix Wikipedia's Lady Problem?|author=Liss-Schultz, Nina |date=August 23, 2013|publisher=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]|accessdate=October 24, 2013}}</ref> the assignment is also used to highlight "the significant contributions of feminists to technology".<ref>{{cite web|last=Naili |first=Hajer |url=https://womensenews.org/2013/08/feminists-launch-model-online-learning/#.Ug3Uvm2BaZS |title=Feminists Launch Model for Online Learning |publisher=Women's ENews |date=August 15, 2013 |accessdate=January 26, 2018}}</ref> "Wikistorming" got the attention of mainstream media networks, including a story by [[Fox News]] and CampusReform.org, which framed the effort as biased not critically corrective.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/09/06/wikistorming-colleges-offer-credit-to-corrupt-wikipedia.html "Wikistorming: Colleges Offer Credit to Inject Feminism into Wikipedia."] Fox News. 6 September 2013.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Cyberfeminism]]
* [[Feminist technoscience]]
* [[Networked feminism]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[http://femtechnet.newschool.edu FemTechNet] (Old Site)
*[http://femtechnet.org/ FemTechNet] (New site)
*[http://femtechnet.org/about-the-network/manifesto/ "We Are FemTechNet"] (Group Manifesto)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141016103559/http://femtechnet.org/about-the-network/technical-report/ Technical Report on the DOCC]
*[http://fembotcollective.org/femtechnet/faq-for-femtechnet/ FAQ for FemTechNet]
*[http://connectedcourses.net/event/unit-4-class-3-teaching-wikipedia-editing Connected Courses, Unit 4, Class 3: Teaching Wikipedia Editing]
{{Spoken Wikipedia|En-FemTechNet-article.ogg|2014-04-21}}

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