Science After Feminism

Description from DukeHub

Science is commonly held to be the objective, empirical pursuit of natural facts about the world. In this course, we will consider an array of theoretical, methodological, and substantive challenges that feminism has posed for this account of science, and for the practice of scientific knowledge production. In the course of this survey, we shall engage a number of key questions such as: is science gendered, racialized, ableist or classist? Does the presence or absence of women (and another marginalized individuals) lead to the production of different kinds of scientific knowledge? Does this influence extend beyond the biological or medical sciences to the physical sciences as well? Is science possible within a feminist framework?

Skills

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AI-resilient: 1 of 5 1/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• No: Live work with people
• ✓Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "justice"
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• No: Small, in-person format

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