80-224 Race, Gender and Science

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

In this course, we will focus on the interplay between science, technology, medicine, on the one hand, and race gender on the other. Taking up a series of controversial issues and cases from the past and the present, we will consider the implications of developments in the life sciences for politics, social identity, and cultural belonging. In our readings and discussions, we will examine the roles of science, technology, and medicine in defining and redefining race and gender the ways in which cultural beliefs about race and gender have influenced scientific research and the development of knowledge and the efforts by individuals and social movements to challenge scientific institutions and assert new claims about identity, difference, and inequality.

Prerequisites: none listed

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