Between postcolonial studies, feminism and science studies

an interview with Sandra Harding

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53727/rbhc.v14i2.464

Keywords:

feminist epistemology , standpoint theory , gender and science , Sandra Harding(1935- ), women’s studies

Abstract

The interview discusses the trajectory of American philosopher Sandra Harding, Professor Emerita at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In the interview, Harding reflects on her trajectory, as well as the challenges she had to face to push the boundaries of science studies in developing her pioneering work on standpoint theory, feminist epistemology, and gender and science that has been so influential in shaping our understanding of the history of science.

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Author Biography

Luana Fonseca da Silva Rocha, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)/ Doutoranda no Departamento de História, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

luanafsr@ufmg.br

References

HARDING, S. G. (org.). Feminism and methodology: social science issues. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987.

HARDING, S. G. (org.). The ‘racial’ economy of science: toward a democratic future. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993.

HARDING, S. G. Is science multicultural? Postcolonialisms, feminisms, and epistemologies. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998.

HARDING, S. G. (org.). The feminist standpoint theory reader. Londres: Routledge, 2004.

HARDING, S. G. (org.). The postcolonial science and technology studies reader. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011.

HARDING, S. G. Objectivity and diversity: another logic of scientific research. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2015.

HARDING, S. G. The science question in feminism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986.

HARDING, S. G. Whose science? Whose knowledge?: thinking from women’s lives. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991.

HARDING, S. G.; FIGUEROA, R. (orgs.). Science and other cultures. Londres: Routledge, 2003.

HARDING, S. G.; HINTIKKA, M. (orgs.). Discovering reality: feminist perspectives on epistemology, metaphysics, methodology, and philosophy of science. Londres: Springer, 1983.

HARDING, S. G.; NARAYAN, U. (orgs.). Decentering the center: philosophies for a multicultural, postcolonial and feminist world. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000.

MEDINA, L. R. Centers and peripheries in knowledge production. Londres: Routledge, 2015.

Published

2021-12-08

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Interviews