Syster Papyri Magicae

description

The website enables a playful navigation to a collection of stories and practices gathered in a growing, editable Wiki. Aided by the early web magic of hyperlinks, one may discover documentation of sexist incidents in tech, feminist hacker projects, wiki pages to write their versions of stories, or even dead-ends. A fictional context of sorcery provides a game-like atmosphere but is also tactically used. The witch symbolises feminist strength, challenging patriarchal systems. Witchcraft is also a theme ever-present in the geek culture, proposing that technology has a source of magical power, that one can harness for their own sense of agency and empowerment.

While browsing the website, several quests appear, challenging you to choose what you would do in situations of exclusion. How hard is it to take action under these circumstances? Multiple feminist initiatives and feminist hacker projects give their own responses. Maybe it's time that you also become a contributor.

creation

2019

authors

• Artemis Gryllaki

link

hub.xpub.nl/systers

practice

Contribution

temporality

Continuous

location

Remote

technical context

Website

social context

Community of struggles

notions

• Critical
• Empowerment
• Engagement
• Strategies of resistance
• Technofeminism

ressources

• Cyberféminités et stratégies de résistance
• TechnoFeminism