244 Gender, science and technology: Post-colonial and feminist perspectives

Thursday, August 2, 2012: 10:45 AM-12:15 PM
NB 446 (Faculty of Economics)

RC32 Women in Society (host committee)
RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology

Language: English
Session Organizer:
M. Laura CORRADI, Università della Calabria, Italy
Chair:
Josephine BEOKU-BETTS, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Cyborgs from Central America unite! A decolonial feminist approach to Central American women's groups in cyberspace (Oral Presentation)
Roxana REYES-RIVAS, Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Costa Rica

Cronies in gendered practices in the hey-day of globalization and new technology (Oral Presentation)
Bula BHADRA, Dept. of Sociology, University of Calcutta, India

Participatory democracy and emerging technologies: A feminist methodological analysis of public deliberations on nanotechnology (Oral Presentation)
Jennifer ROGERS-BROWN, Long Island University, CW Post, USA; Christine SHEARER, UC Santa Barbara Center for Nanotechnology in Society, USA; Barbara HERR HARTHORN, UC Santa Barbara, USA

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