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What’s at stake in viewing the pre-industrial woman as without agency – as a perpetual victim of patriarchy?

Detail of a vignette from an 1869 patent letter. Vertical File Collection, c. 13, Letters Patent. Copyright 2001, President and Fellows of Harvard College; all rights reserved.

“75 Young Women 15 to 35 Years of Age, Wanted to Work in the Cotton Mills!” broadside ca. 1870. Vertical File Collection, c. 2, Textiles: Printed Materials, Mss 42 (1870). Copyright 2001, President and Fellows of Harvard College; all rights reserved.

I am required to write in full sentences if I am to complete the chapters in the book.

As I think of the materialization of affect through virtuality – and the realization of the “virtual” through the tech interface, I consider various rituals of authenticity…
rituals of authenticity return me to code words and chants…

So until the prose decides to materialize my thoughts I must be content with shorter sentences and poetry-like chants.

I have been in “hiding” with my writing this year. Except for facebook updates and some conference presentations, I have not shared much about what I have been working on.

I am currently very busy offline getting my book written – and so this blog is going to stay quiet for a while longer – with an occasional post now and then.

Once I am done sending in a completed draft of the book to my publishers, I may share some portions for discussion here.

Black Swamp Arts Festival

Handloom Process

Thinking about the sorts cues, conversations, presences and absences that either re-place us or dis-place us – online or offline….