Anne Marie Balsamo (born January 7, 1959)[1] is a scholar whose career encompasses contributions as a theorist, designer, educator, and entrepreneur in the fields of feminist technology studies, media studies, design research, public interactives, cultural heritage, and media archeology.[2]
Balsamo attended graduate school at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she earned her Ph.D. from the Institute of Communication Research with a major in Communications Research and a certificate in Cultural Studies from the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. Her dissertation was under the direction of Paula A. Treichler.[3]
Careeredit
Anne Balsamo is the former Dean of the School of Arts Technology and Emerging Communication at the University of Texas at Dallas, she still serves as a Professor at the school.[4] Previously she was Professor of media studies as well as Dean of the School of Media Studies at The New School for Public Engagement in New York City.[5] Prior to that, Balsamo had concurrent appointments at the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism and the Interactive Media Division of the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, where she taught courses on interactive media, design, and technology. Also, at the Annenberg Innovation Lab, she oversaw Emergent Technologies. She was also the editor for an ebook series, Imprint, associated with Annenberg Press.
Previously she was a member of a research group called RED (Research on Experimental Documents) at Xerox PARC, where she worked on new kinds of reading devices, among other projects. An interactive exhibit on RED's work for which she was project manager and media designer toured U.S. science and technology museums from 2000 to 2003. She went on to co-found Onomy Labs, a Silicon Valley firm that designs interactive cultural technologies.[6]
Balsamo has been an entrepreneur, author, educator, and new media designer at various times in her life but is best known as a writer who analyzes technology and culture from a feminist perspective.[6] One of her books, Technologies of the Gendered Body, notoriously begins with the sentence: "My mother was a computer," underlining the fact that before 'computer' became a term for a machine, it was the term used for the people (mainly women) who kept the machines running and, in some cases, wrote programs for them.[7] In particular, she addresses the technological control of women's bodies through, for example, cosmetic surgery or the medicalization of pregnancy.[8]
Balsamo advocates for educational initiatives that expand access to the spheres in which future technologies are imagined and defined; along these lines, she and Alexandra Juhasz co-founded FemTechNet, a network of scholars and artists who work on issues related to technology and gender. John Seely Brown, former chief scientist of Xerox Corporation and Director of Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) argues that Balsamo "portrays both the necessity and the challenge of cultivating the technological imagination in all of us...Her insights into expanding the traditional considerations of socio-technical design to consider issues of culture are coming at a critical time." Lawrence Grossberg, author of Studies In the Future, argues that "Balsamo maps the concrete complexities of specific design processes, and opens up new ways of thinking about and teaching technocultures in relation to broader socio-political fields."[9]
Balsamo, Anne (2013) [1995], "Signal to noise: on the meaning of cyberpunk subculture", in Biocca, Frank; Levy, Mark (eds.), Communication in the age of virtual reality, New York: Routledge, pp. 347–368, ISBN9781135693572.
Balsamo, Anne (1999), "Notes toward a reproductive theory of technology", in Kaplan, E. Ann; Squier, Susan (eds.), Playing dolly: technocultural formations, fantasies, & fictions of assisted reproduction, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, pp. 87–100, ISBN9780813526492.
Balsamo, Anne (2000), "Engineering cultural studies: the postdisciplinary adventures of mindplayers, fools, and others", in Traweek, Sharon; Reid, Roddey (eds.), Doing science + culture, New York: Routledge, pp. 259–274, ISBN9780415921121.
Balsamo, Anne (2000), "Teaching in the belly of the beast: feminism in the best of all places", in Sawchuk, Kim; Marcessault, Jeannine (eds.), Wild science: feminist cultural studies of science, technology and medicine, New York: Routledge, pp. 185–214, ISBN9781136294501.
Journal articlesedit
Balsamo, Anne (1996). "Myths of information: on the meaning of new information technologies". Technology Analysis & Strategic Management. 8 (3): 341–348. doi:10.1080/09537329608524256.
Balsamo, Anne (December 2005). (PDF). Academic Commons. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 20, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Referencesedit
^"Balsamo, Anne Marie, 1959-". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 19, 2015. (Anne Marie Balsamo) p. 273 (Anne Balsamo; b. 1-7-1959, Chicago, Ill.; Ph. D., Univ. of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign, 1991)
^"Anne Balsamo". profiles.utdallas.edu. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
^"Reading the gendered body in contemporary culture, 1980-1990". Illinois Library. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
^"Anne Balsamo | Dean, Distinguished University Chair, Arts & Humanities, Distinguished Chair". ATEC at UT Dallas. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
^. Archived from the original on February 12, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
^ ab. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
^Hayles, N. Katherine (2005). My mother was a computer: digital subjects and literary texts. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN9780226321486.
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Anne Marie Balsamo born January 7 1959 1 is a scholar whose career encompasses contributions as a theorist designer educator and entrepreneur in the fields of feminist technology studies media studies design research public interactives cultural heritage and media archeology 2 Anne BalsamoAt USC Creativity amp Collaboration in 2010BornAnne Marie Balsamo 1959 01 07 January 7 1959 age 65 Academic backgroundAlma materUniversity of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignAcademic workMain interestsConnections between art culture gender and technology Contents 1 Education 2 Career 3 Selected bibliography 3 1 Books 3 2 Chapters in books 3 3 Journal articles 4 References 5 External linksEducation editBalsamo attended graduate school at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign where she earned her Ph D from the Institute of Communication Research with a major in Communications Research and a certificate in Cultural Studies from the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory Her dissertation was under the direction of Paula A Treichler 3 Career editAnne Balsamo is the former Dean of the School of Arts Technology and Emerging Communication at the University of Texas at Dallas she still serves as a Professor at the school 4 Previously she was Professor of media studies as well as Dean of the School of Media Studies at The New School for Public Engagement in New York City 5 Prior to that Balsamo had concurrent appointments at the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism and the Interactive Media Division of the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California where she taught courses on interactive media design and technology Also at the Annenberg Innovation Lab she oversaw Emergent Technologies She was also the editor for an ebook series Imprint associated with Annenberg Press Previously she was a member of a research group called RED Research on Experimental Documents at Xerox PARC where she worked on new kinds of reading devices among other projects An interactive exhibit on RED s work for which she was project manager and media designer toured U S science and technology museums from 2000 to 2003 She went on to co found Onomy Labs a Silicon Valley firm that designs interactive cultural technologies 6 Balsamo has been an entrepreneur author educator and new media designer at various times in her life but is best known as a writer who analyzes technology and culture from a feminist perspective 6 One of her books Technologies of the Gendered Body notoriously begins with the sentence My mother was a computer underlining the fact that before computer became a term for a machine it was the term used for the people mainly women who kept the machines running and in some cases wrote programs for them 7 In particular she addresses the technological control of women s bodies through for example cosmetic surgery or the medicalization of pregnancy 8 Balsamo advocates for educational initiatives that expand access to the spheres in which future technologies are imagined and defined along these lines she and Alexandra Juhasz co founded FemTechNet a network of scholars and artists who work on issues related to technology and gender John Seely Brown former chief scientist of Xerox Corporation and Director of Xerox Palo Alto Research Center PARC argues that Balsamo portrays both the necessity and the challenge of cultivating the technological imagination in all of us Her insights into expanding the traditional considerations of socio technical design to consider issues of culture are coming at a critical time Lawrence Grossberg author of Studies In the Future argues that Balsamo maps the concrete complexities of specific design processes and opens up new ways of thinking about and teaching technocultures in relation to broader socio political fields 9 Selected bibliography editBooks edit Balsamo Anne 1996 Technologies of the gendered body reading cyborg women Durham North Carolina Duke University Press ISBN 9780822316985 Balsamo Anne 2011 Designing culture the technological imagination at work Durham North Carolina Duke University Press ISBN 9780822344452 Chapters in books edit Balsamo Anne 2013 1995 Signal to noise on the meaning of cyberpunk subculture in Biocca Frank Levy Mark eds Communication in the age of virtual reality New York Routledge pp 347 368 ISBN 9781135693572 Balsamo Anne 1999 Notes toward a reproductive theory of technology in Kaplan E Ann Squier Susan eds Playing dolly technocultural formations fantasies amp fictions of assisted reproduction New Brunswick New Jersey Rutgers University Press pp 87 100 ISBN 9780813526492 Balsamo Anne 2000 Engineering cultural studies the postdisciplinary adventures of mindplayers fools and others in Traweek Sharon Reid Roddey eds Doing science culture New York Routledge pp 259 274 ISBN 9780415921121 Balsamo Anne 2000 Teaching in the belly of the beast feminism in the best of all places in Sawchuk Kim Marcessault Jeannine eds Wild science feminist cultural studies of science technology and medicine New York Routledge pp 185 214 ISBN 9781136294501 Journal articles edit Balsamo Anne 1996 Myths of information on the meaning of new information technologies Technology Analysis amp Strategic Management 8 3 341 348 doi 10 1080 09537329608524256 Balsamo Anne December 2005 Taking culture seriously educating and inspiring the technological imagination PDF Academic Commons Archived from the original PDF on June 20 2022 Retrieved November 6 2014 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help References edit Balsamo Anne Marie 1959 Library of Congress Retrieved February 19 2015 Anne Marie Balsamo p 273 Anne Balsamo b 1 7 1959 Chicago Ill Ph D Univ of Ill at Urbana Champaign 1991 Anne Balsamo profiles utdallas edu Retrieved July 13 2023 Reading the gendered body in contemporary culture 1980 1990 Illinois Library Retrieved July 13 2023 Anne Balsamo Dean Distinguished University Chair Arts amp Humanities Distinguished Chair ATEC at UT Dallas Retrieved August 24 2021 Designing Digital Memories Archived from the original on February 12 2014 Retrieved October 14 2013 a b Faculty USC Dornsife College website Archived from the original on October 17 2013 Retrieved October 14 2013 Hayles N Katherine 2005 My mother was a computer digital subjects and literary texts Chicago University of Chicago Press ISBN 9780226321486 Kuhlmanna Ellen Babitschb Birgit July 2002 Bodies health gender bridging feminist theories and women s health Women s Studies International Forum 25 4 433 442 doi 10 1016 S0277 5395 02 00280 7 Designing Culture website Archived 2012 11 10 at the Wayback Machine gt External links editProfile page Anne Balsamo Archived 2017 03 14 at the Wayback Machine The New School for Public Engagement Profile page Anne Balsamo Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters Arts and Sciences University of Southern California Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Science nbsp Technology nbsp Society nbsp United States Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Anne Balsamo amp oldid 1204755302, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
