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Gender in Science & Technology : a Collection of Theses from the Physics Department at Lund University 2017

Popova, Daria ; Ejrnæs, Sidsel ; Joann Koh, Celestia ; Das, Rohit ; Šerić, Asja ; Fong, Chung Yan ; Allen, Taryn ; O’Donnell, Alice ; Taft, Kayla and Alfaro, Rebecca , et al. (2017)
Abstract
How are women and men, and ideas about masculinity and femininity, influencing science and what happens when technology is understood as gendered?

This is the question on which the course “Gender Studies: Science & Technology” is founded. Organised as a cross-faculty collaboration between the Department of Physics and the Department of Gender Studies at Lund University, this course aims to provide students with knowledge about how gender influences, shapes and structures how science is done. It also highlights the how gender plays a role in the development and use of technologies. We discuss issues such as cyborgs, the gender of engineers and reproductive technology, as well
as how women and feminism have changed science.... (More)
How are women and men, and ideas about masculinity and femininity, influencing science and what happens when technology is understood as gendered?

This is the question on which the course “Gender Studies: Science & Technology” is founded. Organised as a cross-faculty collaboration between the Department of Physics and the Department of Gender Studies at Lund University, this course aims to provide students with knowledge about how gender influences, shapes and structures how science is done. It also highlights the how gender plays a role in the development and use of technologies. We discuss issues such as cyborgs, the gender of engineers and reproductive technology, as well
as how women and feminism have changed science. During the course we explore how gender issues have been an integral part of the organisation and institutionalization of the natural sciences and engineering, creating distinctive disciplinary cultures that influence women’s and men’s career paths.

The students on this course work together in small groups to prepare their final Projects exploring particular issues relating to gender in science and technology. The students themselves, with support from the course teachers, determine the exact topic for the project. In Fall 2017, the students produced six projects. The range of topics they chose to study highlights not only the breadth of application for such a course, but also that there remains significant work to be done in making science and technology more accessible and gender equal.

Five of the project reports have been gathered together in this e-book. They are presented in their original form, as handed in by the students after their oral presentation and feedback from the teachers. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{How are women and men, and ideas about masculinity and femininity, influencing science and what happens when technology is understood as gendered?<br>
<br>
This is the question on which the course “Gender Studies: Science &amp; Technology” is founded. Organised as a cross-faculty collaboration between the Department of Physics and the Department of Gender Studies at Lund University, this course aims to provide students with knowledge about how gender influences, shapes and structures how science is done. It also highlights the how gender plays a role in the development and use of technologies. We discuss issues such as cyborgs, the gender of engineers and reproductive technology, as well<br>
as how women and feminism have changed science. During the course we explore how gender issues have been an integral part of the organisation and institutionalization of the natural sciences and engineering, creating distinctive disciplinary cultures that influence women’s and men’s career paths.<br>
<br>
The students on this course work together in small groups to prepare their final Projects exploring particular issues relating to gender in science and technology. The students themselves, with support from the course teachers, determine the exact topic for the project. In Fall 2017, the students produced six projects. The range of topics they chose to study highlights not only the breadth of application for such a course, but also that there remains significant work to be done in making science and technology more accessible and gender equal.<br>
<br>
Five of the project reports have been gathered together in this e-book. They are presented in their original form, as handed in by the students after their oral presentation and feedback from the teachers.}},
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  title        = {{Gender in Science & Technology : a Collection of Theses from the Physics Department at Lund University 2017}},
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  year         = {{2017}},
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