 March 12, 2008
| Topic: |
Feminist Practices in the Natural Sciences |
| Presenter: |
Deboleena Roy, Ph.D., Department of Women's Studies, San Diego State University |
| Location: |
SDSU Foundation: Sky Park |
| Discussion: |
This presentation will address some current themes in feminist science studies and the possibilities for integrating feminist epistemologies and methodologies into the natural sciences. |
| Readings: |
- Haraway, Donna. 1991. "Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective." In Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature. New York: Routledge.
- Harding, Sandra. 2004. "Rethinking Standpoint Epistemology: What is 'Strong Objectivity?'" In The Feminist standpoint theory reader: Intellectual and political controversies, ed. Sandra Harding. New York: Routledge.
- Sandoval, Chela. 2000. "New Sciences: Cyborg Feminism and the Methodology of the Oppressed." In The Cybercultures Reader, ed. David Bell and Barbara Kennedy. New York: Routledge.
- Roy, Deboleena. 2004. "Feminist Theory in Science: Working Toward a Practical Transformation." Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy 19(1): 255-279.
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Note: For those Journal Club members at UCSD, readings will soon be available through electronic reserves in the UCSD Biomedical Library. Go to http://reserves.ucsd.edu, click "STUDENTS", select the "Pages by Instructor" tab, select instructor "Kalichman", and click "View". On the Course Reserves page, click "SOM300", read and accept the copyright statement, open the Journal Club folder, and find the files in this month's file. For those not at UCSD, please e-mail us at ethics@ucsd.edu and we will send you a link to a PDF copy. |
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