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Feminists and Science : Critiques and Changing Perspectives in India

By: Krishna, Sumi (Ed).
Contributor(s): Chadha, Gita (Ed).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Los Angeles Sage 2017Description: xliii;329p. 8.5x5 pb.ISBN: 9789381345191.Subject(s): Feminism and science - India | Feminism - IndiaDDC classification: 305.420954 Summary: Feminists and Science, volume 2, critiques the relationship between science, gender and patriarchies in the Indian context from a multi-disciplinary perspective. This volume addresses the complexity of local knowledge and the politics of knowledge-making, interrogates how creativity and the practices of science are gendered, explores the methodologies of doing science differently and moves towards a more inclusive pedagogy. It draws upon the experience of how science and technology has impacted Indian women, going beyond the problems of women scientists in institutions, and offers a pioneering contribution to both science and women’s studies.
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Book Book Social Science Book 305.420954/Kri/Cha (Browse shelf) Vol 2 Checked out to Bishal Kumar Dey (341) 07/05/2022 23918
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Feminists and Science, volume 2, critiques the relationship between science, gender and patriarchies in the Indian context from a multi-disciplinary perspective. This volume addresses the complexity of local knowledge and the politics of knowledge-making, interrogates how creativity and the practices of science are gendered, explores the methodologies of doing science differently and moves towards a more inclusive pedagogy. It draws upon the experience of how science and technology has impacted Indian women, going beyond the problems of women scientists in institutions, and offers a pioneering contribution to both science and women’s studies.

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