Brilliant technology folks have come up with a method to interface (OKI, OSID, and Pachyderm?? Still not quite sure…http://www.okiproject.org/) different repositories, with different coding schemes, to allow faculty and students to access a variety of material when searching. What I find fascinating about this discussion (of what I can follow) is that the reason they can interface with the different repositories and their different content through a plug and play method (that is the metaphor for how the interfacing technology works). Brilliant! The idea being that instead of changing the core code of the repository, somehow just plug into it and play it (out I’m guessing?) to then figure out the interface.
I guess I’m just liking this metaphor and method as a way to think about a discussion about feminisms with my women and film students. Basically the postmodern “problem” with various issues based groups/movements is that they recognize that individuals within the organization are made up of different experiences, wants, needs, etc. In other words, how do a bunch of different women, with different backgrounds (class, race, sexuality, education, age, etc.) work together to advocate feminist issues without “re-coding” everything else that makes them individuals?
