The Woman Scientist: Brief Reflections on the Visual Representation of Women

Leonardo ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 288-289
Author(s):  
Kendra H. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Visual Art ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Visual Representation ◽  
Women Scientists ◽  
Woman Scientist ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Disciplinary Perspective ◽  
Gender Perspectives

From a dropped acknowledgment on a publication to the use of women to popularize specific scientific causes, a deeper exploration of women scientists’ role warrants discussion. Here, the author explores this representation of the woman scientist in visual art, framing the discussion from a multifaceted, cross-disciplinary perspective. Through the perspective of various artist’s reflections, the ArtLab exhibition acts as a launching board enabling continued dialogues surrounding the gender perspectives within the scientific community.

Women Scientists as Decor: The Image of Scientists in Spanish Press Pictures

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 535-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
David González ◽  
Anna Mateu ◽  
Empar Pons ◽  
Martí Domínguez
Keyword(s):  
Visual Representation ◽  
Women Scientists ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Science News ◽  
The Media ◽  
Spanish Press ◽  
Visual Resource

Women are still less present in scientific areas than men. This study analyzes the visual representation of women scientists in Spanish press and concludes that they are also underrepresented in newspapers. We analyze 1,134 photographs published in 2014 and 2015 in the science news sections of the four largest distribution Spanish newspapers. A tendency to present men more often as the protagonists of the information and women as a visual resource is also observed. This text proposes the need for the media to be aware of such underrepresentation and to match the number of men and women in graphic materials.

Star Trek Discovers Women

2020 ◽  
pp. 267-286
Author(s):  
Amy C. Chambers
Keyword(s):  
Black Woman ◽  
Real World ◽  
White Male ◽  
Women Scientists ◽  
Star Trek ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Woman Scientist ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Universe

Women scientists are often seen as anomalous exceptions in the fictional (and indeed real) world of white, male dominated scientific research. Even in the supposedly race and gender blind future of Star Trek, a black woman science specialist is considered revolutionary. Science and technology are a backdrop for the Star Trek universe. The theory and practice that gives the narrative a spectacular speculative frame is often perceived as neutral (or at least benevolent) as Starfleet explores the universe. Star Trek idealises science and the scientist, and throughout much of its history the science future it imagines has been distinctly white and male. This chapter argues that Star Trek has historically given women the space to be scientists, but Discovery goes further than previous entries into the canon by taking a black woman scientist from the margin to the centre of the story and offering a future when neither race nor gender present a barrier.

Gender Stratification and E-Science

2006 ◽  
pp. 246-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antony Palackal ◽  
Meredith Anderson ◽  
B. Paige Miller ◽  
Wesley Shrum
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Women Scientists ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Professional Networks ◽  
Gender Stratification ◽  
Internet Connectivity ◽  
Scientific Careers ◽  
Information And Communication

Can the internet improve the lot of women in the developing world? This study investigates the degree to which the internet affects the constraints on women pursuing scientific careers. We address this question in the context of the scientific community of Kerala, India, developing a “circumvention” argument that fundamentally implicates information and communication technologies in shaping gender roles. We begin by reviewing two main constraints identified in prior research (educational and research localism) that increase the likelihood of restricted professional networks. Next, we examine the extent to which women scientists have gained access to e-science technologies. With evidence of increased access, we argue that the presence of connected computers in the home has increased consciousness of the importance of international contacts. We conclude by proposing that internet connectivity is helping women scientists to circumvent, but not yet undermine, the patrifocal social structure that reduces social capital and impedes career development.

A provincial man of science at work: Martin Lister, F. R. S., and his illustrators 1670-1683

1995 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-230 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Visual Representation ◽  
Scientific Publishing ◽  
Informal Group ◽  
Medical Establishment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Provincial Capital ◽  
Scientific Collections ◽  
The Relationship

Between October 1670, when Martin Lister arrived in York, and September 1683, when he removed to London, he was at the centre of an informal group of virtuosi - naturalists, artists and antiquaries - who either lived in the provincial capital or visited regularly. 1 Part of the medical establishment at York, and keenly interested in physiological phenomena, Lister was to become nationally renowned as a scientist and naturalist. 2 The Philosophical Transactions carried 28 non- illustrated scientific communications from Lister between 1669 and 1673. Over the following 10 years his published papers and books were increasingly illustrated. A study of the association between Martin Lister and the amateur artists William Lodge and Francis Place provides the opportunity to consider: the relationship between the scientist and his illustrators; the visual conventions being developed in scientific publishing; and the value the scientific community placed on the visual representation of their observations, scientific collections and published communications. How far does a study of the association of Lister and his illustrators illumine general issues pertinent to the history of science? What value have later scholars placed on the work of Lister’s illustrators?

scholarly journals Maybe She Is Relatable

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evava S. Pietri ◽  
India R. Johnson ◽  
Ezgi Ozgumus ◽  
Alison I. Young
Keyword(s):  
Gender Bias ◽  
Harmful Effect ◽  
Women Scientists ◽  
Woman Scientist ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
Female Scientist ◽  
Control Information ◽  
Women College Students ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
And Mathematics

In the current research, we explored whether informing women about gender bias in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) would enhance their identification with a female scientist and whether this increased identification would in turn protect women from any adverse effects of gender bias information. We found that, relative to a control information condition, gender bias information promoted beliefs that a successful woman (but not a man) scientist had encountered bias and encouraged identification with that woman scientist. Feelings of empathic concern was an important mechanism underlying this increased identification (Experiments 2 and 3). Moreover, when presented with a man scientist, information about gender bias in STEM decreased female participants’ anticipated belonging and trust in a STEM environment, compared to participants in a control information condition (Experiment 1a and 1b). However, identifying with a woman scientist after learning about sexism in STEM fields alleviated this harmful effect. Finally, compared to those in the control condition, women college students who learned about gender bias reported greater interest in interacting with a woman STEM professor at their university (Experiment 3). Our results suggest that interventions that teach women about gender bias in STEM will help women identify with women scientists. Additional online materials for this article are available on PWQ’s website at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/0361684317752643 .

Skirts in the lab: Madame Curie and the image of the woman scientist in the feature film

1997 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Elena
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Women Scientists ◽  
Woman Scientist ◽  
Feature Film ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Feature Films ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Creation

Recent research has appropriately emphasized the significant role played by feature films in the creation (as well as the reflection) of popular stereotypes of the scientist. However, no particular study has yet been devoted to the depiction of women scientists in the cinema, even though it is quite clear that this presents its own distinctive features. Taking the influential Madame Curie (Mervyn LeRoy, 1943) as a starting point, this paper attempts to give a first overview of the subject.

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