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FEMINIST SCIENCE STUDIES
a new generation
Edited by
Maralee Mayberry
Banu Subramaniam
Lisa H. Weasel
LONDON AND NEW YORK
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mayberry, Maralee.
Feminist science studies : a new generation I Maralee Mayberry,
Banu Subramaniam, Lisa H. Weasel.
p. em.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-415-92695-5 ISBN 0-415-92696-3 (paper)
1. Science-Social aspects. 2. Feminism. 3. Women in science.
I. Subramaniam, Banu, 1966- II. Weasel, Lisa, 1966-
III. Title.
Ql75.5 .M385 2001
500' .82-dc21 00-062726
Publisher's Note
The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint
but points out that some imperfections in the original may be apparent.
ISBN 13: 978-0-415-92696-6 (pbk)
Contents
Adventures Across Natures and Cultures
An Introduction
Marall'l' Maybl'rry, Banu Subramaniam, Lisa H. Wl'asl'l
(UN)DISCIPLINED IDENTITIES
FORGING KNOWLEDGE ACROSS BORDERS
Sl'ction Introduction
Proud to be an Oxymoron! 14
From Schizophrenic to (Un)Disciplined Practice
Angl'la B. Ginorio
What Do You Do Over There, Anyway? 22
Tales ofa n Academic Dual Citizen
Caitilyn Alll'n
Resident Alien 30
A Scientist in WOmens Studies
Ingrid Bartsch
From Biologist to Sociologist 35
Blurred Boundaries and Shared Practices
Jan Clarkl'
v
vi Contl'nts
Through the Lens of an Insider-Outsider 42
Gender, Race, and (Self-)Representation in Science
Carolinl' Joan ("Kay") S. Picart
Oases in a Desert 48
Why a Hydrologist Meanders between Science and WOmen$ Studies
Martha P. L Whitakl'r
And the Mirror Cracked! 55
Reflections ofN atures and Cultures
Banu Subramaniam
Technoscientific Literacy as Civic Engagement 63
Realizing How Being at Liberty Comes to Matter
Michal'! J. Rowl'r
ALTERED STATES
TRANSFORMING 0 I SCI PLI NES FROM WITHIN
SPction Introduction
Over the Edge 72
Developing Feminist Frameworks in the Sciences and WOmens Studies
Mary WyPr
More than Metaphor 81
Donna Haraway, with Thyrza Nichols Goodl'Vl'
Toward a Feeling for the Organism 87
Elizabl'th HPnry
When the Mirror Looks Back 92
Nature in the Scholarship oft he Humanities
Michal'! Witmorl'
Contesting Territories 97
Female-Female Aggression and the Song Sparrow
Michl'lll' ElPkonich
ContPnts vii
Sexy Science 106
Whats Love Got to Do with It?
C. PhoPbE.' Lostroh
Unequal Partners 115
Rethinking Gender Roles in Animal Behavior
J. Kasi Jackson
Toward a History of Us All 120
WOmen Physicians and Historians ofM edicine
MontsPrrat CabrP
Just Beneath the Surface 125
Rereading Geology, &scripting the Knowledge/Power Nexus
JaimE' Phillips and KatE.' HausbPck
STORIES FROM THE FIELD
IMPLEMENTING FEMINIST SCIENCE STUDIES IN THE ACADEMY
SPction Introduction
Feminist Leadership in the Academy 138
Innovations in Science Education
LPsliP S. JanE's and Kathryn ScantlPbury
Reproductive and Resistant Pedagogies 145
The Comparative Roles ofC ollaborative Learning
and Feminist Pedagogy in Science Education
MaralPE.' MaybPrry
Difficult Crossings 157
Stories from Building Two- Streets
PamPla BakPr, BonniE' Shulman, and ElizabPth H. Tobin
The Forgotten Few 173
Developing Curricula on WOmen in the Physical Sciences and Engineering
Lisa H. WPasE.'l, MPlissa Honrado, and DPbbiP P. Bautista
viii Contl.'nts
"What about Biology?" 183
Building Sciences into Introductory Womens Studies Curricula
Rl.'bl.'cca M. Hl.'rzig
Life, Sex, and Cells 193
Sharon Kinsman
Working at the Limen 204
Repositioning Authority in Science and Art
CarolinE.' Joan ("Kay") S. Picart
From Teaching to Learning 216
A Course on Women, Gender, and Science
Haydl.'l.' Salmun
Scientific Literacy -.Agential Literacy= (Learning Doing) 226
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Science Responsibly
Karl.'n Barad
DESTINATION
REINTEGRATING SCIENCE, COMMUNITY, AND ACTIVISM
Section Introduction
Fertile Futures 248
Grounding Feminist Science Studies Across Communities
Swatija Manorama and J. ElainE.' Waltl.'rs
"Your Silence Will Not Protect You" 258
Feminist Science Studies, Breast Cancer, and Activism
BonniE.' Spanil.'r
Taking Science to the Household 275
Scientific Motherhood in Womens Lives
Jacqul.'lyn S. Litt
After Absolute Neutrality 291
Expanding "Science"
Sandra Harding
What Do You Do over There, Anyway? ix
Laboratorie-s Without Walls 305
The Science Shop as a Model for Feminist Community Science in Action
Lisa H. WPasPl
Fe-minist Scieonceo Studie-s, Obje-ctivity, 321
and the- Politics of Vision
ValPriP KulPtz
Note-s on Contributors 339
Acknowle-dgme-nts 342
Inde-x 343
