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Cover -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- A. Gender in the Design Processes of New Technologies -- Gendering the Technological Imagination -- Feminist Interventions in the Design Process -- Searching for Methodology -- Masks between the Visible and the Invisible -- B. Gender in Epistemological Foundations of Science and Technology -- Homunculus in the Hormones? -- Motherhood and Scientific Innovation -- Diffraction Patterns? -- Gender Research as Knowledge Resource in Technology and Engineering -- C. Reflecting Un/equal Conditions for Participation -- Can Women Engineers be 'Real Engineers' and 'Real Women'? -- Similar But Different? -- Gender Competence in Mathematics Teacher Education -- Contributors.

Introduction /Waltraud Ernst and Ilona Horwath --Feminist interventions in the design process /Els Rommes --Searching for methodology.Feminist technology design in computer science /Corinna Bath --Masks between the visible and the invisible /Cecile K.M. Crutzen --Homunculus in the hormones? /Rebecca Jordan Young --Motherhood and scientific innovation.The story of natural versus artificial baby food in the 19th century /Barbara Orland --Gender research as knowledge resource in technology and engineering /Lena Trojer --Can women engineers be "real engineers" and "real women"? Gender in/authenticity in engineering /Wendy Faulkner --Similar but different? Cognitive differences in the discussion of women in science and technology /Ilona Horwath, Nicole Kronberger, Markus Appel --Gender competence in mathematics teacher education /Andrea Blunck, Anina Mischau, Sabine Mehlmann.

Biographical note: Waltraud Ernst (PhD), Philosopher, teaches Gender Studies at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria. Her research interests are feminist philosophy of science and technology, epistemology, methods and concepts of gender studies. Ilona Horwath (PhD), Sociologist, is Assistant Professor at the Department of Women´s and Gender Studies, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria. Her research interests are gender and organization, gender in science and technology, and social research methods.

Biographical note: Waltraud Ernst (PhD), Philosopher, teaches Gender Studies at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria. Her research interests are feminist philosophy of science and technology, epistemology, methods and concepts of gender studies. Ilona Horwath (PhD), Sociologist, is Assistant Professor at the Department of Women's and Gender Studies, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria. Her research interests are gender and organization, gender in science and technology, and social research methods.

What role does gender play in scientific research and the development of technologies? This book provides methodological expertise, research experiences and empirical findings in the dynamic field of Science and Technology Studies. The authors, coming from computer science, social sciences, or cultural studies of science, discuss how to ask questions about gender and give examples for the application in interdisciplinary research, development and teaching. Topics range from the design of information and communication technologies, epistemologies of biology and chemistry to teaching mathematics and professional processes in engineering.

What role does gender play in scientific research and the development of technologies? This book provides methodological expertise, research experiences and empirical findings in the dynamic field of Science and Technology Studies. The authors, coming from computer science, social sciences, or cultural studies of science, discuss how to ask questions about gender and give examples for the application in interdisciplinary research, development and teaching. Topics range from the design of information and communication technologies, epistemologies of biology and chemistry to teaching mathematics and professional processes in engineering. Contributions by Anne Balsamo, Wendy Faulkner, Rebecca Jordan-Young, Barbara Orland, Els Rommes, and others

What role does gender play in scientific research and the development of technologies? This book provides methodological expertise, research experiences and empirical findings in the dynamic field of Science and Technology Studies. The authors, coming from computer science, social sciences, or cultural studies of science, discuss how to ask questions about gender and give examples for the application in interdisciplinary research, development and teaching. Topics range from the design of information and communication technologies, epistemologies of biology and chemistry to teaching mathematics and professional processes in engineering. Contributions by Anne Balsamo, Wendy Faulkner, Rebecca Jordan-Young, Barbara Orland, Els Rommes, and others.