Engineering genders by Ellen van Oost
Dr.ir. Ellen van Oost teaches Gender and Technology at the University of Twente
The “work floor experience” within the field of engineering. Why and how do successful male and female engineers have had to negotiate their identities in certain ways? Ellen van Oost makes the link between the role of gender identities and success in technology and engineering. Which are the mechanics of different strategies in a cultural context saturated with symbolic relations between gender and technology?
Lecture in English
Entrance free