L'Oréal and «Us»
Reasons to Communicate about Spanish Female Scientists
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https://doi.org/10.52712/issn.1850-0013-546Keywords:
feminist dissemination, social communication of science, science technology and gender (STG), L'Oréal For Women in Science (FWS), Spanish female scientistsAbstract
This article aims to analyze the scientific communication initiative Nosotras, Biocientíficas españolas. Published by L'Oréal (2002) after Margarita Salas won the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Prize, this book compiles the testimonies of hundreds of women dedicated to life sciences research in Spain and accounts for the confluence, interests and values present in the communication of science within a techno-scientific society. Based on an analysis of the L'Oréal publication, this article proposes a qualitative methodology and reflects on what makes science communication feminist.
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