Feminism, technology and the information society: Learning from the past, imagining the future

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-130

  Wyatt, Sally ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(auto)biography; Feminism; Information and communication technologies; Information society; Manifestos

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449116890     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180701859065     Document Type: Article

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