WSTC21H3 Lecture Notes - Josef Mengele, Sandra Harding, Feminist Theory
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Video: forgiving doctor mengele: eva and mariam kor= twins that underwent experiments at the hand of dr. Mengele in auschwitz during the second world war. Dr. mengele= nazi scientist interested in genetics and conducted research studies on twins that were deemed racially inferior by him and nazis alike: how science became a contested field in feminism. Lecture: post-wwii: scholars interested in social implications of science and technological studies, feminist scholars began to place gender in science and technology and understanding of gender in these fields, how these thinkers reconceptualize science and reconstruct notion of. Feminist standpoint epistemology: feminist perception in the study of knowledge, bringing in women"s perspective [standpoint] a morally and scientifically preferable ground. Deviant bodies: historical instances in which female bodies were reproduced through a scientific perspective particularly scientific objectivity, the difference between a deviant body and a normal body , authenticity of scientific knowledge. Authors try to deconstruct the scientific knowledge in which female bodies are recreated.
