A Voice of Process: Re Presencing the Gendered Labor of Apollo Innovation
communication+ 1(2019)
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From Ada Lovelace to Margaret Hamilton, retelling the stories of previously unrecognized women can broaden histories of technology and challenge the dominant imaginary of innovation today. These figures remind us that women can be—and always have been—part of computing. Yet, their significant accomplishments represent a small fraction of women’s contributions to technology. Women, and especially working class women of color, have consistently done the work just below the surface of discovery. However, the data comprising their experiences remains thin, keeping those figures on the scientific margins. This essay explores how communication studies can integrate expanded methods of media archeology to address issues of representation in the absence of remarkable personal narratives. We present the case study the Apollo Guidance Computer’s woven core memory, a history that is “re-presenced …
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