A suggestion to use insights from women’s studies as input in design of industrial ecologies

• As can be expected from a field termed Industrial Ecology its’ focus is on the exchanges commonly understood as constituents of industry or, put in other words, of production. This evokes the classical gender studies observation, regarding epistemological effects in science, from the cultural construction of male and female spheres. Ultimately, IE refers to the human interaction with the planet. Can a sufficient degree of validity be retained if the system boundaries, are positioned so that they set “production” apart from “reproduction”? What might take place in culturally “feminine” zones that is integral to the activities of an industrial system? With Evelyn Fox Keller one might ask, if the tables should be turned: Under what circumstances can analytical boundaries be applied that, separate production from reproduction and public from private? The chapter reviews IE and gender studies scholarly writing through examples that demonstrate topics, themes and concerns in the respective fields. 

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Genusstudier (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Other Social Sciences -- Gender Studies (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Industrial ecology

care

private-public divide

exergy

descriptive-prescriptive divide

gender studies

feminist theory of science

Industriell design

Industrial Design

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