Between the country and the laboratory: the dynamics of the production of knowledge at the Menopause Outpatients Clinic at Caism, Unicamp

This study investigates the practices involved in the production of knowledge about menopause at Caism, Unicamp, a reference center for public policies for women's health. Gynecological appointments and psychological support meetings were observed, and women and doctors were interviewed in order to identify what discourse circulates there and how different actors are brought in to ensure that the knowledge produced attains credibility and travels beyond the boundaries of the teaching hospital to become universal. The analysis is based on localized studies aligned with social studies of science and technology.Este estudo investiga as práticas de produção de conhecimento sobre a menopausa no Caism/Unicamp, centro de referência para políticas públicas em saúde da mulher. Foram realizadas observações de consultas ginecológicas, entrevistas com mulheres e médicos e observação de reuniões de apoio psicológico, buscando identificar os discursos que circulam no lugar e o processo de alistamento de diferentes atores para que os conhecimentos ali produzidos alcancem credibilidade e “viajem” além dos limites do hospital-escola, tornando-se “universais”. A análise baseia-se nos “estudos localistas”, alinhados aos estudos sociais de ciência e tecnologia21412831300This study investigates the practices involved in the production of knowledge about menopause at Caism, Unicamp, a reference center for public policies for women’s health. Gynecological appointments and psychological support meetings were observed, and women and doctors were interviewed in order to identify what discourse circulates there and how different actors are brought in to ensure that the knowledge produced attains credibility and “travels” beyond the boundaries of the teaching hospital to become “universal”. The analysis is based on localized studies aligned with social studies of science and technolog

Practices and disputes about the scientific-cultural: heritage Bertha Lutz's and the Brazilian Inspection Council on Artistic and Scientific Expeditions

This article is based on an extensive research that examined women's participation in scientific activities at the beginning of 20th century, in Brazil, and it focus mainly on the analysis of the naturalist Bertha Lutz's performance as representative of the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro in the Brazilian Inspection Council on Artistic and Scientific Expeditions, between 1939 and 1951. Working at this Council, Bertha had been involved with important discussions about the development of sciences and about the protection of Brazilian's environment, and took part in the process of formulating national scientific policies, consolidating an important participation in a group constituted mainly for scientists and intellectuals which, between the decades of 1930 and 1940, mobilized themselves against environmental degradation and for the protection of resources for the accomplishment of scientific researches in Brazil.Este artigo é fruto de uma ampla pesquisa que analisou a participação feminina em atividades científicas no início do século XX, no Brasil, baseando-se principalmente na análise da atuação da naturalista Bertha Lutz (1894-1976) como representante do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro no Conselho de Fiscalização das Expedições Artísticas e Científicas no Brasil, entre 1939 e 1951. Bertha envolveu-se em discussões importantes sobre o desenvolvimento das ciências e a preservação do meio ambiente brasileiro, e contribuiu com a definição de políticas científicas nacionais, consolidando uma participação importante em um grupo formado principalmente por cientistas e intelectuais que, entre as décadas de 1930 e 1940, mobilizavam- se contra a degradação do meio ambiente e a favor da viabilização de recursos para a realização de pesquisas científicas no país.31132

Mulheres em construção: o papel das mulheres mutirantes na construção de casas populares

O presente estudo buscou analisar o papel dos grupos sociais e das interações entre eles no processo de construção do artefato tecnológico 'casa popular', com destaque para o papel desempenhado pelas mulheres. O acompanhamento de um projeto habitacional em desenvolvimento e as informações coletadas de várias fontes revelaram que não apenas o artefato foi moldado pelas relações sociais, mas também que o processo construtivo por meio do mutirão provocou mudanças significativas nas relações anteriormente estabelecidas entre os moradores. Nesse contexto, alguns papéis sociais desempenhados pelas mulheres mutirantes foram alterados substancialmente: elas ocuparam a liderança nas negociações; assumiram o trabalho 'pesado' e 'perigoso' na obra e; construíram - juntamente com as casas - sua nova 'identidade feminina'

Women’s Role in the Social Construction of Popular Houses

This article aimed at investigating the role of relevant social groups and their interaction in the shaping of a technological artefact, namely, a social housing project in which the future residents are themselves responsible for the construction work. In particular, it focuses on the role of the women in the group of future residents. The close observation of the development of the process together with information from documents and interviews revealed that not only the final artefact is shaped by the social groups but also that the interaction between and within such groups are considerably modified during the process. In particular, the social role of women was significantly changed: they steadly and firmly took ever the leading roles; they assumed all sorts of “heavy” and “dangerous” work and, they built, together with the houses, a new female identity

Women's role in the social construction of popular houses

This article aimed at investigating the role of relevant social groups and their interaction in the shaping of a technological artefact, namely, a social housing project in which the future residents are themselves responsible for the construction work. In particular, it focuses on the role of the women in the group of future residents. The close observation of the development of the process together with information from documents and interviews revealed that not only the final artefact is shaped by the social groups but also that the interaction between and within such groups are considerably modified during the process. In particular, the social role of women was significantly changed: they steadly and firmly took ever the leading roles; they assumed all sorts of heavy and dangerous work and, they built, together with the houses, a new female identity.O presente estudo buscou analisar o papel dos grupos sociais e das interações entre eles no processo de construção do artefato tecnológico 'casa popular', com destaque para o papel desempenhado pelas mulheres. O acompanhamento de um projeto habitacional em desenvolvimento e as informações coletadas de várias fontes revelaram que não apenas o artefato foi moldado pelas relações sociais, mas também que o processo construtivo por meio do mutirão provocou mudanças significativas nas relações anteriormente estabelecidas entre os moradores. Nesse contexto, alguns papéis sociais desempenhados pelas mulheres mutirantes foram alterados substancialmente: elas ocuparam a liderança nas negociações; assumiram o trabalho 'pesado' e 'perigoso' na obra e; construíram - juntamente com as casas - sua nova 'identidade feminina'.58560