His text does include a discussion of'Virtual Discriminatioff (p. 162 172), but missing are considerations of how electronic democracy might empower the marginalized. In the last pages of Hacking Cyberspace,Gunkel quotes Haraway who remarked 'the machine is notan itto be animated, worshipped, and dominated. The machine is us, our processes, an aspect of our embodiment.' (p.192), In writing this review so soon after the tragic happenings of September 11th in the United States, perhaps it is not unworthy to note that a perpetual, poignant image for many of us will be the embodiment of these victims of terrorism with their cellular phones. These machines provided the last communication link with loved ones and the authorities for those trapped in the hijacked planes and the doomed buildings. Are we merely voyeurs who have been made privy to these final heart-rending messages, or as Gunkel questions in his concluding remarks, have we all 'always been cyborg?' Perhaps this is the fundamental issue raised by Hack- victims. Finally, "locked into locality," the third narrative, reflects the attempt to break out of social and spacial constraints, seeking solutions in equity politics, individual access, and the troubling of womeffs historically limited access to
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