Finding science in surprising places: Gender and the geography of scientific knowledge introduction to 'beyond the academy: Histories of gender and knowledge'

Von Oertzen C, Rentetzi M, Watkins ES (2013)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2013

Journal

Centaurus; international magazine of the history of science and medicine Blackwell Publishing Inc.

Book Volume: 55

Pages Range: 73-80

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.1111/1600-0498.12018

Abstract

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. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Pte Ltd.

Authors with CRIS profile

Maria Rentetzi

Additional Organisation(s)

Lehrstuhl für Science, Technology and Gender Studies

Involved external institutions

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) / Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte (MPIWG) DE Germany (DE) National Technical University of Athens / Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο GR Greece (GR) University of California San Francisco (UCSF) US United States (USA) (US)

How to cite

APA:

Von Oertzen, C., Rentetzi, M., & Watkins, E.S. (2013). Finding science in surprising places: Gender and the geography of scientific knowledge introduction to 'beyond the academy: Histories of gender and knowledge'. Centaurus; international magazine of the history of science and medicine, 55(2), 73-80. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1600-0498.12018

MLA:

Von Oertzen, Christine, Maria Rentetzi, and Elizabeth S. Watkins. "Finding science in surprising places: Gender and the geography of scientific knowledge introduction to 'beyond the academy: Histories of gender and knowledge'." Centaurus; international magazine of the history of science and medicine 55.2 (2013): 73-80.

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