Finding Science in Surprising Places: Gender and the Geography of Scientific Knowledge (2013)
Oertzen, Christine von (Author)
Rentetzi, Maria (Author)
Watkins, Elizabeth Siegel (Author)
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Volume: 55, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 73-80
Edition Details: Introduction to “Beyond the Academy: Histories of Gender and Knowledge”
Language: English
The essays in this special issue of Centaurus examine overlooked agents and sites of knowledge production beyond the academy and venues of industry- and government-sponsored research. By using gender as a category of analysis, they uncover scientific practices taking place in locations such as the kitchen, the nursery, and the storefront. Because of historical gendered patterns of exclusion and culturally derived sensibilities, the authors in this volume find that significant contributions to science were made in unexpected places and that these were often made by women. The shift in focus to these different sites and different actors broadens the spectrum of what counts as science and where science happens. That is, in moving beyond the parameters of formal academic structures, this special issue seeks to recast the ways in which the production of science itself is defined and to engage readers in the redesign of the boundaries of our discipline.
...MoreDescription Contents:
Essay Review Maria Elvira Callapez; Vanessa Silva (2014) 'Beyond the Academy – Histories of Gender and Knowledge'. Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology (pp. 166-172).
Article Bittel, Carla (2013) Woman, Know Thyself: Producing and Using Phrenological Knowledge in 19th-Century America. Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (pp. 104-130).
Article Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory (2013) Innovative Niche Scientists: Women's Role in Reframing North American Museums, 1880--1930. Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (pp. 153-174).
Article Oertzen, Christine von (2013) Science in the Cradle: Milicent Shinn and Her Home-Based Network of Baby Observers, 1890--1910. Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (pp. 175-195).
Article Leong, Elaine (2013) Collecting Knowledge for the Family: Recipes, Gender and Practical Knowledge in the Early Modern English Household. Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (pp. 81-103).
Article Leng, Kirsten (2013) An “Elusive” Phenomenon: Feminism, Sexology and the Female Sex Drive in Germany at the Turn of the 20th Century. Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (pp. 131-152).
Article Pomata, Gianna (2013) Amateurs by Choice: Women and the Pursuit of Independent Scholarship in 20th-Century Historical Writing. Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (pp. 196-219).
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