Problems of portrayal: Hidden Figures in the development of science educators

Nkrumah, Tara

doi:10.1007/s11422-021-10021-3

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“…If representation is low, it can "affect young people's career choices, leading to a mutual reinforcement of gender stereotypes," as Elena Makarova et al point out (2019, 2). Similar arguments are presented by Jocelyn Steinke (2005, 27), Carol Colatrella (2011, 8) and Tara Nkrumah (2021Nkrumah ( , 1336, all pointing to the significant influence of mass media and American popular culture on Western perceptions about who belongs in STEM-and who does not.…”

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“…A few steps into the room, she is mistaken for the custodian, an occupation which would constitute a more common relationship between Katherine and the present space. As a mathematician occupying one of the desks, Katherine stands out socially and visually-clothed in a colorful dress in an environment of men in white shirts (Nkrumah 2021(Nkrumah , 1344. Ruth, the only other woman in the room, advises Katherine to "do your work, keep your head down" (00:17:25), and directs her towards the desk in the back.…”

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“…In the film adaptation, this sense is shattered. What results is a very different image of the woman in question, who in the film is dependent on the White male savior (Nkrumah 2021(Nkrumah , 1347. The focus is therefore put on Al in what may be seen as one of the most dramatic scenes within the film-the destruction of the colored ladies' bathroom sign in the West Computing Group.…”

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Of Blackboards and Bathrooms: Space as Metaphor for Power Relations in Hidden Figures (2016)

Övermann

2023

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This paper examines the film Hidden Figures from a critical perspective which combines concepts of intersectionality, gatekeeping, and spatial analysis. Through its depiction of the space race in 1960s America, the film superficially focuses on outer space. Nevertheless, much can be gleaned about the inclusion and exclusion of groups and individuals within the inner space of the NASA campus. The analysis thus centers around two questions; the question of who cannot access spaces, privileges, and knowledge, as well as the question of who can. In emphasizing the role of gatekeeper, more attention is afforded to the male characters in the film, which have received little previous regard in comparison to the three Black female leads. In this paper, I argue that the White men’s range of movement and their degree of belonging at NASA stand in crucial relation and opposition to the Black heroines. Three characters have been chosen to exemplify this point; Katherine Johnson, Al Harrison, and Paul Stafford, who interact with one another in a triangular relation of inclusions and exclusions. Five locations have been selected to illustrate their interplay in terms of power and space; the West Computing Group, the Space Task Group, the bathroom, the hallway, and the home.

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Of Blackboards and Bathrooms: Space as Metaphor for Power Relations in Hidden Figures (2016)

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2023

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“…Weaving together critical theory and critical arts-based research to investigate racial equity in the peer review process, serves to extend the insight that lead editors can provide on the peer review process. Our use of these methodological approaches compliments our work in other studies where we have used ethnography (e.g., Lewis & Collins, 2001;Mutegi et al, 2019) and critical arts-based methods (Nkrumah, 2021) to explore issues of racial equity in science education.…”

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Exploring racial equity in the science education journal review process

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Mutegi

2022

Science Education

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Across a broad range of disciplines, research has found that inequity is systemic in the journal review process. Collectively, however, this study does not specifically examine racial inequity. Moreover, literature on the peer review process in science education, in particular, does not foreground equity as a subject of study. The present study aims to address this void by examining racial equity in the peer review process with a specific focus on journals in science education. Data are collected from lead editors of major science education journals through the form of interviews, focus groups, and critical arts‐based methods. The two research questions driving data collection are (a) In what ways does the science education journal peer review process promote racial equity? and (b) How are science education journal editors’ perceptions of racial inequity reflected in the peer review process? McNair and colleagues’ racial equity framework informs the explorations of journal review in science education from the lead editors’ perspectives. From our findings, we offer four suggestions for moving toward greater racial equity in the science education peer review process.

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“…136 More systematically, all companies emphasise their ongoing relationship with the organisation Black Engineer and Black Enterprise. This is especially the case around the Black Engineering Awards and Black Enterprise achievement lists, 137,138,139 which invoke ideas of 'Black excellence' in a space where this has not always been welcome, 140 and presenting these companies as driving forward Black success.…”

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Accessible, Transparent, Progressive: Conceptualising the Militarisation of Digital Space Through the Social Media Presence of Arms Manufacturers

Jester

2023

Millennium: Journal of International Studies

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Arms sales cause serious harm and the public is – on some level – aware of this, yet their sale continues apace. Militarisation is the engendering of support for war, broadly understood, and this includes the manufacture/sale of weapons. This article examines the Twitter feeds of three large US arms manufacturers: Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman (as part of a larger project where approximately 900 tweets were examined). It argues that productive tensions of exposure (knowing) and revelation (societal acknowledgement) engender militarisation within arms manufacturers’ Twitter feeds. It finds that arms manufacturers represent themselves as accessible/transparent through regular updates and high volumes of information. They also distract from the violence of their products by presenting themselves as drivers of human progress, which occurs in social, environmental and technological dimensions. Taken as a whole, the representations of accessibility and distracting content on social media function to facilitate the arms trade in this case.

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Problems of portrayal: Hidden Figures in the development of science educators

Cited by 4 publications

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Of Blackboards and Bathrooms: Space as Metaphor for Power Relations in Hidden Figures (2016)

Of Blackboards and Bathrooms: Space as Metaphor for Power Relations in Hidden Figures (2016)

Exploring racial equity in the science education journal review process

Accessible, Transparent, Progressive: Conceptualising the Militarisation of Digital Space Through the Social Media Presence of Arms Manufacturers

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