Recap: Soft Activism
On February 5, we held our first Feminist MakerSpace event of the Spring 2016 semester. The title was Soft Activism and the focus was on practices of crochet, knitting, and needlepoint in an activist context. Inspired by practices of guerilla knitting and yarn bombing, we explored software tools for making customized patterns and worked on […]
Feb 5 2016 – Soft Activism
Join us Friday, February 5 12pm – 2pm in ATC 3.705 Faculty, staff, and students are welcome. Against a backdrop of discussion of yarn-bombing and guerrilla-knitting, we will use software to make crochet, knitting, or cross-stitch patterns. Basic stitches will be covered. Some crochet supplies are available to use during the workshop. Bring: a laptop*; […]
Recap: TwitterBot Workshop
On October 15, 2015 we met for the inaugural Feminist MakerSpace at UT Dallas. In honor of Ada Lovelace‘s birth bicentennial, we joined code and language in the creation of TwitterBots. Members of the Feminist Research Collective joined with students and staff to create accounts to automate posting to Twitter. Some mashed up genres to […]
Oct 15 2015 – Ada Lovelace Day TwitterBot Workshop
Join us on Thursday, October 15, 2015 4pm – 6pm in ATC 3.705 Ada Lovelace Day: Code & Language 2015 is the bicentennial of the birth of Ada Lovelace, practitioner of poetical science. Join us for the inaugural meeting of the Feminist MakerSpace. We’ll discuss the format and frequency of Feminist Maker Space. In celebration […]