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NETWORKING IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
>> THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE
>>
>> Ermoupolis of Syros, Greece
>> July 6-9, 2007
>>
>> Call for papers
>>
>>
>> The Commission Women in Science of the

International Union for
>> History and Philosophy of Science/Division of

History of Science and
>> Technology is organizing a conference to honor the

25th anniversary
>> of the Commission's establishment. The conference

explores the
>> importance of networking in science and technology

from a gender
>> perspective, taking as indubitable that networks

and professional
>> connections play an important role in the

development of both.
>> Historically participation in professional

organizations and other
>> scientific networks have been long ago recognized

as the most
>> essential part in the advancement of science and in

technological
>> development. However, networking for women arose

partly out of
>> women's experiences of being shut out of the "old

boys" networks.
>> Women have also found that much of the important

transfer of
>> information takes place outside the office, the

workshop or the
>> laboratory, at golf games, at lunches or dinners

and at sporting
>> events. As a response, there seems to be a tendency

in some
>> disciplines for women to organize in women's

network and to remain
>> away from the "mainstream" networking. The

emergence of online
>> technology and networking, of modern ways of

scientific
communication
>> and knowledge exchange led also to a growing class

of 'information
>> poor' who have been excluded, among other things,

due to gender.
>> Women are particularly seen only as 'consumers' of

information and
>> Internet services.
>> The conference aims to a sociological and

historical understanding
of
>> the role of scientific networks to women's

professional careers and
>> the role of gender to the establishment and

maintaining of networks
>> in science and technology. We encourage

contributions on topics such
>> as: gender and networking in engineering, women's

positioning in
>> networks among different disciplines, gender

differences in
>> networking in physical sciences and humanities,

women's ways of
>> networking in science and technology, women's

contributions to
>> communication technologies, academic networking,

gender politics of
>> networking.
>>
>> The venue of the conference is the Ermoupolis

Seminars in Syros, a
>> Cycladic island in Greece. The Ermoupolis Seminars

constitute an
>> important institution in Greece. For the last 23

years they have
been
>> organized by the National Hellenic Research

Foundation
>> <http://www.eie.gr/>http://www.eie.gr/ in

collaboration to the
>> Scientific Foundation of Cyclades. The topics vary

and cover
>> interesting and current themes in history, social

sciences, and
>> humanities. The seminars last for two weeks each

year and take place
>> at the historical building of the Town Hall of

Cyclades and the
>> Industrial Museum of Ermoupolis, the capital of

Syros. The
>> commission's meeting is held from the 6th to the

9th of July, 2007.
>>
>> Abstracts of contributed papers are due March 15,

2007. You could
>> send your abstract either electronically or via

mail to
>>
>> Dr. Annette B. Vogt, President of the Commission

Women in Science of
>> the DHST/IUHPS
>> Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
>> Boltzmannstr. 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
>>
>>

<mailto:vogt@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de>vogt@???
>>
>> or
>>
>> Maria Rentetzi, Secretary of the Commission Women

in Science of the
>> DHST/IUHPS
>> Assistant Professor, National Technical University

of Athens
>> Amarisias Artemidos 40-D2, 151 24 Marousi, Athens

Greece
>> <mailto:mrentetz@vt.edu>mrentetz@???
>>





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