Cortocircuitos...: Mujeres y disidencias buscando colectivizar y producir espacios seguros en la música (electrónica)

Abstract

In the 21st Century, just two decades in, the number of groups comprising women and gender dissidents devoted to electronic music has increased exponentially on a global level. They share an ongoing intent: to overcome the technological gap, facilitate access to training for new generations, and acknowledge the need for, and the importance of, queer feminist activism in the current electronic music scene. In this article, we briefly review the historical causes that have separated women from music technologies and the current actions being taken to break this chain of exclusions. In turn, we will survey the work and research of the founders and collaborators of some of the national and international groups that are currently being developed that share a common drive toward sisterhood and non-hierarchical organizational structures to create safe and inclusive spaces.