[NextGenderation]
NETWORKING IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
>> THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE
>>
>> Ermoupolis of Syros, Greece
>> July 6-9, 2007
>>
>> Call for papers
>>
>>
>> The Commission Women in Science of the
International Union for
>> History and Philosophy of Science/Division of
History of Science and
>> Technology is organizing a conference to honor the
25th anniversary
>> of the Commission's establishment. The conference
explores the
>> importance of networking in science and technology
from a gender
>> perspective, taking as indubitable that networks
and professional
>> connections play an important role in the
development of both.
>> Historically participation in professional
organizations and other
>> scientific networks have been long ago recognized
as the most
>> essential part in the advancement of science and in
technological
>> development. However, networking for women arose
partly out of
>> women's experiences of being shut out of the "old
boys" networks.
>> Women have also found that much of the important
transfer of
>> information takes place outside the office, the
workshop or the
>> laboratory, at golf games, at lunches or dinners
and at sporting
>> events. As a response, there seems to be a tendency
in some
>> disciplines for women to organize in women's
network and to remain
>> away from the "mainstream" networking. The
emergence of online
>> technology and networking, of modern ways of
scientific
communication
>> and knowledge exchange led also to a growing class
of 'information
>> poor' who have been excluded, among other things,
due to gender.
>> Women are particularly seen only as 'consumers' of
information and
>> Internet services.
>> The conference aims to a sociological and
historical understanding
of
>> the role of scientific networks to women's
professional careers and
>> the role of gender to the establishment and
maintaining of networks
>> in science and technology. We encourage
contributions on topics such
>> as: gender and networking in engineering, women's
positioning in
>> networks among different disciplines, gender
differences in
>> networking in physical sciences and humanities,
women's ways of
>> networking in science and technology, women's
contributions to
>> communication technologies, academic networking,
gender politics of
>> networking.
>>
>> The venue of the conference is the Ermoupolis
Seminars in Syros, a
>> Cycladic island in Greece. The Ermoupolis Seminars
constitute an
>> important institution in Greece. For the last 23
years they have
been
>> organized by the National Hellenic Research
Foundation
>> <http://www.eie.gr/>http://www.eie.gr/ in
collaboration to the
>> Scientific Foundation of Cyclades. The topics vary
and cover
>> interesting and current themes in history, social
sciences, and
>> humanities. The seminars last for two weeks each
year and take place
>> at the historical building of the Town Hall of
Cyclades and the
>> Industrial Museum of Ermoupolis, the capital of
Syros. The
>> commission's meeting is held from the 6th to the
9th of July, 2007.
>>
>> Abstracts of contributed papers are due March 15,
2007. You could
>> send your abstract either electronically or via
mail to
>>
>> Dr. Annette B. Vogt, President of the Commission
Women in Science of
>> the DHST/IUHPS
>> Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
>> Boltzmannstr. 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
>>
>>
<
mailto:vogt@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de>vogt@???
>>
>> or
>>
>> Maria Rentetzi, Secretary of the Commission Women
in Science of the
>> DHST/IUHPS
>> Assistant Professor, National Technical University
of Athens
>> Amarisias Artemidos 40-D2, 151 24 Marousi, Athens
Greece
>> <mailto:mrentetz@vt.edu>mrentetz@???
>>
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