Teardown: Vivisection

Description: Cyd Cipolla, associate faculty at Gallatin, will present some of her work at the intersection of critical theory, the ethics of technology, and dismantlement. This workshop focuses on the theme of vivisection. Participants will vivisect self-contained electronic devices that would otherwise be thrown away and extract the internal electrical systems, while considering the various meanings of de-constructing on living systems. 

Bio: Cyd is a scholar of women's, gender, and sexuality studies whose teaching and research focus on science and technology studies, queer and feminist theory, and the various meanings of "critical making" (and un-making). In 2017 she co-edited the book Queer Feminist Science Studies, and her writing has appeared in various journals, including a forthcoming work on feminist science pedagogy in Women's Studies - an interdisciplinary journal.