Gender, Epistemology, Life sciences and Biopolitics
Life sciences and material sciences are mostly considered to be purely objective fields of science – while the initial motivation of research as a prefigured act during the production of knowledge stays out of focus.
The conference “Gender, Epistemology, Life Sciences, and Biopolitics” aims to deal with the complexity and inter-relationship of life science and its role and function within society. A critical view of a scientific creation of truth and the ambivalent relation between bioethics and biopolitics is important as well as analyzing the danger of re-naturalization of gender by creating objectivity in science. Scientific myths and myths about science need to be discussed as well as the relations between them. A closer look at the blind spot in the public perception reveals much about society's preconceptions.
Call for Papers
The conference is organised by a group of students and graduates of Gender Studies at the University of Bochum.