Directed by: Safia Kessas
Overview
Four lectures. In "Rare ecstasy : embodiment and inquiry in the work of Barbara McClintock," Sharon Wyrrick discusses her performance work-in-progress "The McClintock Project," which examines issues of gender, art, science, and creativity. In "The social organization of bonobos," Amy Parish shares her research on the behavioral ecology of male-female and female-female interactions with the bonobos, the most female-dominant of the apes. In "Rachel Carson : making science public," Linda Lear shares her insights about Carson's work and her role as a woman within the scientific community. In "Scientific culture and scientific knowledge : a gendered perspective?" Margaret Palmer outlines her national project on curriculum reform related to gender and science, and addresses the current role of women scientists in the United States