Our Science ourselves: How gender, race and social movements shaped the study of science

OUR SCIENCE, OURSELVES: HOW GENDER, RACE AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SHAPED THE STUDY OF SCIENCE

Christa Kuljian, author, Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand, (WiSER)

Thursday 29 January  3.00 pm  COURSE FEES R115; Staff and students R58

Our Science, Ourselves tells the story of a trailblazing network of women scientists in the Boston area of the United States of America in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, including Ruth Hubbard, Rita Arditti, Evelyn Fox Keller, Anne Fausto-Sterling, Evelynn Hammonds, Banu Subramaniam and Nancy Hopkins. Inspired by the women’s movement, they developed feminist and anti-racist critiques of science. In this lecture, author and science writer Christa Kuljian pays tribute to these women and explores how science is often shaped by its social and political context.

Recommended reading

Kuljian, C. 2024. Our Science, Ourselves: How Gender, Race, and Social Movements Shaped the Study of Science. Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press.

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