Ancestors

Written by Ryan Cordell on 2025-01-26 at 03:37

Folded & assembled proof sheets for Skeuomorph Press’ forthcoming letterpress edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s "A Rant About Technology"—a practicum student created the woodcut illustrations of tech mentioned in the text—I set type for the book & fold-out poster

I’m still tinkering with ink & paper options & deciding about binding—but seeing it come together as a book made my heart leap—I am grateful to Le Guin’s estate for giving us permission to produce these

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Written by Ryan Cordell on 2025-01-26 at 03:39

If you’ve never read Le Guin’s "A Rant About 'Technology,'" take 10 minutes to do so—in many ways my whole research & pedagogical philosophy are wrapped up in this short, brilliant text—it’s usually day 1 reading in my classes https://www.ursulakleguin.com/a-rant-about-technology

If you want to ask "How can I get one of these?" all I’ll say is "watch this space." We’ll probably take pre-orders & then produce the books, up to a pre-set limit—I’m still getting the infrastructure in place but will announce here & on Bluesky

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Toot

Written by it's B! Cavello 🐝 on 2025-01-26 at 19:03

@ryancordell This is FABULOUS! Thank you for opening my eyes to this work.

I’ve often thought about tech through a lens of accessibility. (I would surely be disabled without my shoes if I were to try to go outside right now!) I’ve been fascinated recently by timekeeping technologies, temperature sensing technologies, and other often invisiblized forms of automation in the domestic sphere as well as ideas about what is “natural.”

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Descendants

Written by Deb Chachra on 2025-01-29 at 12:59

@b_cavello @ryancordell If you don't yet know it, I highly recommend Sara Hendren's WHAT CAN A BODY DO? which I suspect will speak to you. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/561049/what-can-a-body-do-by-sara-hendren/

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Written by Ryan Cordell on 2025-01-30 at 12:55

@debcha @b_cavello thank you for the recommendation!

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