REPRESENTAÇÕES DE GÊNERO NA ATIVIDADE CIENTÍFICA: UMA ANÁLISE EM FILMES DE FICÇÃO CIENTIFICA / GENDER REPRESENTATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY: AN ANALYSIS IN SCIENCE FICTION FILMS

Abstract

The distancing and dissociation of the female gender from the internal processes of Science has been the focus of several research. Actions that collaborate to distance women from scientific activity need to be carefully analyzed to break with the established fallacy. Understanding the potential that cinema must present information, including scientific, to the general public, it is important to understand how the gender issue has been portrayed in these works. Thus, in this study, 14 science fiction films were selected to investigate gender representations in scientific activities. The analysis of the material was based on the film analysis proposed by Vanoye and Goliot-Leté, associated with the analysis thematic categorical of Bardin. The categories were elaborated a priori and posteriori of watching the films. It was possible to verify the predominance of a mixed science, where men and women participate in the process of producing scientific knowledge. However, the female image, for the most part, appears as secondary and minority. It is considered that the results of this study are relevant in the sense of generating reflections and possible developments for other research that contribute to problematize the insertion of the female gender in doing Science.