listserv's and mail

In 1993 I had finished my Art school degree and decided it was necessary to finish off a BA that had been sitting waiting. I had been inspired by the postmodern politics of art theory at art school and found myself finally locating a voice within a set of emergent disciplines. Without really understanding why I enrolled in Sarah William's Women's studies course "women and Sexuality visavis science and technology".
amongst many things I was introduced to the world of the listserv:

LN: wsst

MO: Sarah Williams (sarah.williams@stonebow.otago.ac.nz)

SU: uotago@stonebow.otago.ac.nz

SA: wsst@stonebow.otago.ac.nz

This list operates as a Women's Studies bulletin board with a

particular emphasis on teaching and resourcing Women's Studies.


The listserv was a place to discuss outside of class. and we spent hours waiting for our texts to upload. Slowly we created a space for work and discussion outside of the intense 2hr seminar we attended each week. Sarah's methods were a breath of fresh air. We had to work exceptionally hard to be up-to-speed for each week. the class preparation happened by the students in the seminar we would present our findings and discusison points in the seminar and as we progressed Sarah stepped back and became a facilitator.
By the end of the course I had a new world view, and understood not only about my own preferred ways of working but about the integration of these social /cultural theories wiht a work practice that I still maintain today.