De-Gendering Neuro-Images: Contingencies in the Construction of Visualization Technologies and Their Use for Establishing Sex-Differences

Posted: 26 Jul 2011

See all articles by Britta Schinzel

Britta Schinzel

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: June 1, 2011

Abstract

In complex contexts and environments, it is necessary for scientific investigations, which respect the findings of gender studies, to withstand simplifications of gender and sex distinctions or non-distinctions. The severe consequences that may follow when such demands are disregarded will be made clear in this article. It will be demonstrated here for medical imaging technologies that these artifacts are not at all unique, reproducible or reliable, in any sense that can be claimed as objective.

Keywords: Feminist empiricism, Critical empiricism, Gendering, Medical imaging, fMRT images, Co-construction of gender and technology, Visual persuasiveness, De-gendering

Suggested Citation

Schinzel, Britta, De-Gendering Neuro-Images: Contingencies in the Construction of Visualization Technologies and Their Use for Establishing Sex-Differences (June 1, 2011). Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, Vol. 36, No. 2, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1895435

Britta Schinzel (Contact Author)

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?

Paper statistics

Abstract Views
449
PlumX Metrics