Gendered hegemony and its contradictions among Finnish university physicists
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12231024 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Annalisa Sannino (0000-0003-1470-3666, University of Helsinki), Jenny Vainio (University of Helsinki, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 505-522 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Gender and Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-0253 • E-ISSN: 1360-0516 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09540253.2015.1045455 |
| OpenAlex | W1669564110 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 25 |
This article addresses the issue of gender imbalance in Finnish universities in the domain of physics as a historical and dialectical phenomenon. Drawing from the Gramscian notion of hegemony and the activity-theoretical notion of contradiction, this paper analyses gendered hegemonic and contradictory forces steering physicists’ careers. This article argues that hegemony is to be seen as a historical and dialectical process rather as a status quo; it introduces methodological tools for analysing the maturity of hegemonic struggles in empirical data and envisions future developments for more gender-balanced academic communities. The empirical analysis of this article is based on interview data with 36 Finnish university physicists. A discourse-analytical framework is utilised to disclose hegemonic and contradictory forces as manifested in the data. This study shows that instances of resistance are present in the activities of the interviewed physicists even though consent to the prevailing hegemonies still persists
Contradiction · Dialectic · Empirical research · Epistemology · Hegemonic masculinity · Hegemony · Masculinity · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Status quo · Critical and Liberation Pedagogy · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · Gender Studies · Law · Political theory and Gramsci
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |