Professor Cynthia Freeland
Unit IV Outline
All readings in Sandra Harding, ed., The "Racial" Economy of Science
W Oct 25 Introduction: Feminst epistemology and philosophy of science;
Sandra Harding's previous books
Harding, Introduction, pp. 1-22
M Oct 30 Metaphors of science; issues of inclusion and exclusion
For Discussion:
Stepan, "Race and Gender: The Role of Analogy in Science," 359-76
Takaki, "Aesculapius Was a White Man: Race and the Cult of True Womanhood," 201-209
Background (Read at least one): Hine, "Co-Laborers in the Work of the Lord: Nineteenth-Century Black Women Physicians," 210-227; Sands, "Never Meant to Survive: A Black Woman's Journey ‹ An Interview with Evelynn Hammonds," 239-248; "Malcolm, "Increasing the Participation of Black Women in Science and Technology," 249- 253; "O'Brien, "Without More Minorities, Women, Disabled, U.S. Scientific Failure Certain, Fed Study Says," 254-258
W Nov 1 *Gender and Cross-Cultural Construals of Science
Haraway, "The Bio-politics of a Multicultural Field," 377-394
Traweek, "Cultural Differences in High-Energy Physics: Contrasts between Japan and the United States," 398-407
* Reflection paper due: Write on either essay, focusing on gender issues.
M Nov 6 Objectivity and Values in Science
Proctor, "Nazi Medicine and the Politics of Knowledge," 344-358
Bunkle, "Calling the Shots? The International Politics of Depo-Provera," 287-302
Background: Jones, "The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment," 275-286
W Nov 8 Environmental Issues and Ecofeminism
*Shiva, "Colonialism and the Evolution of Masculinist Forestry," 303-314
*Reflection paper Due : Describe ³Feminist Forestry² and comment.
Background: Grossman, "Environmental Racism," 326-334
Zimmerman, "People's Science," 440-455
Dickson, "Towards a Democratic Strategy for Science: The New Politics of Science," 472-483
Third World Network, "Modern Science in Crisis: A Third World Response," 484-518
W Nov 15 Begin Unit V