FACES - science http://faces-l.net/en/taxonomy/term/346/0 en Body Meets Brain: Gender, Science and Technology http://faces-l.net/en/node/398 <p>Das Referat Genderforschung an der Universität Wien freut sich,<br /> folgende Veranstaltung anzukündigen:</p> <p>9. Juni 2009<br /> Body Meets Brain: Gender, Science and Technology</p> <p>Interdisziplinärer Workshop und Abendvortrag<br /> Aula, Campus der Universität Wien,<br /> Hof 1, Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Wien</p> <p><a href="http://www.univie.ac.at/gender/index.php?id=317" title="http://www.univie.ac.at/gender/index.php?id=317">http://www.univie.ac.at/gender/index.php?id=317</a></p> http://faces-l.net/en/node/398#comments announcement gender science Technology Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:28:03 +0000 admin 398 at http://faces-l.net Thursday Club - BIO-FEMINISM: MOVE OVER DARWIN http://faces-l.net/en/node/345 <p>Rachel Armstrong, Respondent: Joanna Zylinska</p> <p>Date: Thursday 26th March 2009, Time: 6pm - 8pm<br /> Location: Seminar Rooms, Ben Pimlott Building, Goldsmiths, London UK<br /> <a href="http://www.gold.ac.uk/find-us/" title="http://www.gold.ac.uk/find-us/">http://www.gold.ac.uk/find-us/</a></p> <p>A significant change is occurring in the biological sciences with implications for feminist identity politics. This illustrated presentation examines cutting edge developments from pioneering<br /> laboratories and invites the audience to engage with the notion that Bio-Feminism is set to play a pioneering role in the science of the third millennium. Modern science rests upon philosophical pillars that originate from 19th Century principles of logical analysis, reductionism and machines, particularly with respect to the organism. Feminist writers such as Evelyn Fox Keller and Donna Haraway, both of whom were trained biologists, have raised objection to this hierarchical,<br /> traditional view of science and made provocations for change towards a more inclusive feminist model of science whose organizational agenda is ‘cyborg’.</p> <p><a href="http://faces-l.net/en/node/345">read more</a></p> http://faces-l.net/en/node/345#comments cyborgs science Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:44:16 +0000 dia 345 at http://faces-l.net The League of Imaginary Scientists http://faces-l.net/en/node/300 <p>members of the League</p> http://faces-l.net/en/node/300#comments funny hybrid art performance pseudoscience science The League of Imaginary Scientists Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:58:41 +0000 Lucy Hg 300 at http://faces-l.net