Categoria: Gender
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Genere e tecnologia. Rinnovate alleanze per promuovere l’inclusione sociale
“Il campo di studi interdisciplinare che analizza i rapporti fra donne, uomini, genere e tecnologia, denominato Gender and Technology studies, dagli anni Settanta del secolo scorso ha analizzato e discusso in maniera critica numerose tecnologie: riproduttive, ambientali, informatiche, di uso domestico o lavorativo. Le ricerche, condotte prevalentemente da studiose di varie discipline accomunate dall’interesse verso…
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Every Researcher Counts!
Four years of hard work on equality and diversity in research, excellent results! “Every Researcher Counts aims to change culture and practice and build capacity within HEI’s by embedding equality and diversity within the normal business of employing researchers and supporting their career development.” Examples of Every Researcher Counts resources: Actions for All – a reflection on all…
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Gender and Technology: new capabilities or old, masked prejudices?
AG About Gender – International Journal of Gender Studies Call for articles Gender and Technology: new capabilities or old, masked prejudices? Gender is pervasive in our societies, and, therefore, it also influences technology. The relationship between gender and technology has been a specific area of study since the 1980s. Initially, attention was focused on trying…
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Genre en séries: cinéma, télévision, médias
Le numéro Les séries euro-méditerranéennes à l’épreuve du genre, qui marque le lancement officiel de la revue Genre en séries: cinéma, télévision, médias est en ligne.Vous pouvez accéder au numéro à cette adresse: http://genreenseries.weebly.com/numeacutero-1.htmlIl suffit de cliquer sur le titre pour télécharger les PDF des articles. Le second volet du dossier séries qui paraîtra dans le numéro…
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Feminist Technosciences
ANNOUNCING A NEW BOOK SERIES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS Feminist Technosciences seeks to publish emerging, intersectional, cutting-edge feminist work in science and technology studies. As science and technology move to center stage in contemporary culture and politics, the need for new and multifaceted analyses becomes even more pressing. Early social and historical studies…
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Human geography and gender issues
The aim of Gender, Place and Culture is to provide a forum for debate in human geography and related disciplines on theoretically-informed research concerned with gender issues. It also seeks to highlight the significance of such research for feminism and women”s studies (source). Gender, Place and Culture is publishing a series of papers this year…
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Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience
Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience, is a new online peer-reviewed journal, the first issue of which will be launched in Spring 2015. The outcome of three years of collaborative research and planning among a ten-person editorial board, Catalyst will publish interdisciplinary feminist and queer science studies scholarship, theory-forward STS work, and theory-practice collaboration documentation and discussion. Nearly 75 scholars and writers have…
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Colloque international : (Trans)littéracie
“Pratiques et Parcours (trans)littéraciques : l’égalité fille-garçon en question”. La manifestation s’inscrit dans un cycle de manifestations internationales soutenues par l’UNESCO (Paris 2013, Rouen 2014, Bordeaux 2015) et dans le cadre de la Chaire UNESCO savoir-devenir. Info: http://espe.univ-rouen.fr/colloque-international-trans-litteracie.html
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Gender-neutral pronouns
‘Hen’ (a modified version of the Swedish words “han” and “hon,” which mean “he” and “she” respectively) is the “Three Letter Word Driving a Gender Revolution” … hen, the new Swedish gender-neutral pronoun introduced at two Stockholm nurseries in 2012. Today hen is frequently used by Swedish children and adults alike. Now other European countries…
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7e Congrès international des recherches féministes dans la francophonie
24 au 28 août 2015 – Montréal Les propositions de communications sont acceptées jusqu’au 15 novembre, et doivent se faire en ligne : http://cirff2015.uqam.ca/ Priorité sera donnée aux propositions de colloques / ateliers (une à 4 séances), mais les “communications libres” sont également possibles.
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Our debt to Christine Delphy
“The ‘Invention’ of French Feminism Seen From Outside” 11-09-2014 Rita Bencivenga in conversation with the Los Angeles-based American artist Andrea Bowers, who works in a variety of media including video, drawing, and installation. As a feminist and social activist, Bowers’ work often invokes contemporary political issues, American history, and protest. IN SITU -1 : MUR…
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Feminisms, Power and Pedagogy
Feminisms, Power and Pedagogy: 10th Biennial Conference of the Gender and Education Association University of Roehampton 24-26 June 2015 The tenth international biennial conference of the Gender and Education Association, Feminisms, Power and Pedagogy, will be hosted by the School of Education, the Centre for Educational Research in Equalities, Policy and Pedagogy (CEREPP) and the Paulo…
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Penser Créer Agir les féminismes
Appel à contributions : Penser Créer Agir les féminismes. De la révolution des savoirs au changement social Après Québec (1996), Dakar (1999), Toulouse (2002), Ottawa (2005), Rabat (2008) et Lausanne (2012), c’est Montréal qui accueillera en août 2015 le 7e Congrès international des recherches féministes dans la francophonie. Organisé conjointement par l’Institut de recherches et d’études féministes (IREF), le…
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From ‘Digital Humanities’ to a Humanities of the Digital
The conference will analyze this special focus through an interdisciplinary lens, addressing the theme through keynote speakers, garden sessions, workshops, and parallel sessions: • The ‘digital’ as a social imaginary: exploring historical continuities and ruptures in social and cultural practices in the era of digital cultures. • The digital within the humanities: new methods and…
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Media and Gender
The purpose of the book is to review some of the most significant scholarly contributions and to propose new directions related to knowledge and action towards expanding women’s human right to communicate. Coming from Latin America, Asia, Africa, Europe and North America, authors are experts in the issues of the agenda and have been involved…
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ATGender spring conference
Setting a New Agenda for the Equality Policies “ATGENDER has established a tradition of organizing Spring Conferences dedicated to research and teaching/learning in Women’s, Gender and Feminist Studies, but also to activism, policy making, and dissemination of information. Following the successful ATGENDER conferences in Belgium(Brussels 2010), the Netherlands(Utrecht 2011), Hungary(Budapest 2012),and Sweden(Gothenburg 2013) the turn has now come…
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ATGENDER Spring Conference
Final program of the ATGENDER Spring Conference: “A new agenda for gender equality policies”, June 25-27, 2014, Barcelona (English & Catalan) This time, under the title «A new agenda for gender equality policies», the conference calls for focus in the political field, because today more than ever, we need to forge links to progress in gender equality policies throughout…
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Premier Congrès des études de genre en France, 3-5 septembre 2014
L’Institut du genre organise à l’ENS de LYON le “Premier Congrès des études de genre en France” Toutes les informations sont disponibles sur le site: http://genrelyon2014.sciencesconf.org/ L’inscription en ligne sur le site est gratuite ET obligatoire, avant le 30 juin 2014. Objectifs A l’heure où la pertinence et la légitimité scientifiques des études de genre sont enfin reconnues en France,…
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Heteronormativity between construction and reproduction
AG About Gender – International Journal of Gender Studies Special issue on: Heteronormativity between construction and reproduction. Edited by: Emanuela Abbatecola (Università degli Studi di Genova), Luisa Stagi (Università degli Studi di Genova). Deadline 31st October 2014. http://www.aboutgender.unige.it/ojs The heterosexual norm traces invisible boundaries in biographical trajectories. It affirms who you may or may not be,…
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Prospettive sugli studi di genere nel contesto francofono
Una “tavola rotonda” sugli studi di genere in Belgio, Canada (Quebec), Francia e Svizzera, a cura di Rita Bencivenga, è stata pubblicata sulla rivista About Gender, Rivista Internazionale di Studi di Genere. Un breve estratto del testo: A conclusione di questa seconda tavola rotonda, è importante sottolineare gli aspetti positivi che emergono dalle testimonianze. Innanzitutto…
