“Bringing gender into science – and back!” Historical and ethnographic perspectives on sex development research (S06)

Subject Area History of Science
Social and Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology
Term since 2024
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 515637292
 

Project Description

This project considers the history of science and feminist science studies, assuming that knowledge of sex development is not an issue for the life sciences alone but is also shaped by normative presumptions about gender, which influence biological theories and concepts of sexual differences.
DFG Programme Collaborative Research Centres
Subproject of SFB 1665:  Sexdiversity - Determinants, meanings and implications of sex diversity in sociocultural, medical and biological landscapes
Applicant Institution Universität zu Lübeck
Project Heads Dr. Birgit Stammberger; Professor Dr. Heiko Stoff