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Never Mind the Gap! 15 Universitetstryckeriet, Uppsala 2010 Uppsala Universitetstryckeriet, - Gives an Informed and Up-Todate Ap G Blomqvist & Ehnsmyr (ED nEvEr minD thE gap gives an informed and up-todate overview of a new generation of feminist science Never miNd the gap! studies, encountering the nature/culture research field. Gendering Science in Transgressive Encounters It illuminates the great variety of approaches in studies conducted in the field, pointing at recent advances, present challenges and possibilities, and it provides am- ple references for anyone interested in further reading. This publication should therefore be of interest not only to researchers already involved in the research s .) |.) areas presented here, but to anyone who wishes to keep an eye on recent developments in these fields nE v of research trying to transgress boundaries between E nature and culture and to develop a better under- r min standing of gender aspects in natural sciences. We hope that the book will challenge at least some of the D readers’ assumptions about ‘other’ disciplines as well th Malin ah-King as their own. E staffan bErgwiK gap! anna daniElsson rEbEKah fox hElEnE götschEl tora holMbErg anna t. höglund anElis KaisEr Elvira schEich Skrifter från Centrum för genusvetenskap EditEd by Martha bloMqvist & EstEr EhnsMyr / Crossroads of Knowledge 15 Universitetstryckeriet, Uppsala 2010 15 Centre for Gender Research | 1 Never miNd the gap! Gendering Science in Transgressive Encounters EditEd by Martha bloMqvist & EstEr EhnsMyr 2 | | 3 Never mind the gap! Gendering Science in Transgressive Encounters Edited by Martha Blomqvist & Ester Ehnsmyr Crossroads of Knowledge Skrifter från Centrum för genusvetenskap Uppsala University Uppsala 2010 ISBN: 978-91-978186-3-6 © Authors and Centre for Gender Research Printed in Sweden by University Printers, Uppsala, 2010 Can be ordered from: Centre for Gender Research, Uppsala University Box 634, SE-751 26 Uppsala, Sweden Fax: 018-471 35 70 E-mail: [email protected] Layout and Typesetting: Håkan Selin 4 | | 5 Contents Editor’s Foreword ............................................................................................................................ 9 Notes on the contributors ....................................................................................................... 13 tora holMbErg | Never mind the gap? Genetics and feminism .............................. 17 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 17 Sex(ual) difference ....................................................................................................................... 20 Reproduction genetics ............................................................................................................. 26 Evolutionary genetics ................................................................................................................ 28 Geneticists and genetics ......................................................................................................... 31 Outlooks ............................................................................................................................................. 32 References ......................................................................................................................................... 36 HelEnE götschEl | The Entanglement of Gender and Physics: Beings, Knowledges and Practices ......................................................................................................... 41 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 41 Analytical dimensions of feminist and gender research in physics ........ 42 Actors and organizations in physics .............................................................................. 44 Gender analysis of knowledge of physics .................................................................. 48 Equal opportunities in the production and teaching of physics ............... 51 Gender goes physical - current developments and open research questions ...................................................................................................................... 54 References ......................................................................................................................................... 57 anna daniElsson | Gender in physics education research: A review and a look forward .......................................................................................................................... 65 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 65 Review method .............................................................................................................................. 68 Summary of findings ................................................................................................................... 69 Comparisons of male and female students .............................................................. 70 Classroom practices .................................................................................................................. 71 Textbooks and tests .................................................................................................................. 74 Teachers’ attitudes and knowledge ................................................................................ 75 Critical perspectives .................................................................................................................. 76 4 | | 5 Conclusions ...................................................................................................................................... 78 References ......................................................................................................................................... 80 Elvira schEich | West/South: Political Coordinates of Ecological Thinking in Feminism ..................................................................................................................... 85 I. Local Beginnings ....................................................................................................................... 85 II. Shifting Paradigms for Staying Alive ......................................................................... 89 III. Strategies and Agencies ................................................................................................... 92 IV. Critical Experiences ........................................................................................................... 95 V. Alarming Changes .................................................................................................................. 99 VI. Changing Fields of Action .............................................................................................. 102 VII. Bringing Messages Home ............................................................................................. 104 References: ........................................................................................................................................ 112 staffan Bergwik | Networks, marginality and fractured identities: The history of women in science and feminist science studies .................... 119 Power structures: Institutions, networks, and durability ............................. 122 Marginalities in science ............................................................................................................ 127 Fractured identities .................................................................................................................... 131 History and feminist science studies: A two-way traffic? ............................. 134 References ......................................................................................................................................... 138 Malin ah-king | Gender and queer perspectives on Evolutionary Biology ..143 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 143 Unseen females .............................................................................................................................. 144 Definitions of mating systems ............................................................................................ 145 The male as a norm .................................................................................................................... 147 Naturalization of male dominance .................................................................................. 147 Heteronormative biology ...................................................................................................... 148 Stereotypic notions at different levels ........................................................................ 151 Theory .................................................................................................................................................. 151 Choice of model organism .................................................................................................... 152 Data collection ............................................................................................................................... 152 Perception ........................................................................................................................................
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