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The Early Years of Desktop Theater, Sources ___by Adriene Jenik 1 This is a brief excerpt from a longer as yet unpublished article. "Desktop Theater" is a phrase coined by Lisa Brenneis, the co-creator of these theatrical experiments. 2 "Santaman" is a character representing the giant agri-chemical corporation Monsanto a leader in the development of genetically modified agriculture. 3 Brenneis and I have been developing this work since 1997. 4 Since 1996 I have maintained a studio and informal residency program at the Hobe Chobe, in Twentynine Palms, CA 5 Mander, Jerry, In The Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology and the Survival of the Indian Nations, (Sierra Club Books, San Francisco) 1991, p.65 6 Winner, Langdon, Autonomous Technology: Technics-Out-Of-Control as a Theme in Political Thought, (The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England) 1977. 7 I am purposefully using the masculine pronouns here in order to call attention to the overwhelming dominance of males in the engineering profession. 8 Bettelheim, Bruno, The Informed Heart: Autonomy in a Mass Age (new York: The Free Press, 1960), p.48, Quoted in Winner, p.195 9 Ibid. pg.49 10 download & install free cross-platform software application from www.thepalace.com first, then use the site directory to find the Genetically Enhanced Palace. 
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