Gênero, saber e poder: mulheres nas engenharias da Universidade Federal do Pará

Abstract

The objective of this research is to understand and explain gender issues and their implications, involving specialized knowledge and power, with readings in the unequal relations between men and women in the field of engineering. With cut at the Federal University of Para (UFPA), more precisely in the courses of Civil Engineering and Mining Engineering and Environment, as evidenced in this study because crowding the major and minor are females respectively. Because it is a field that has historically been occupied mostly by men, we should also consider that women make to this option face professional challenges that permeate social and cultural relations between the sexes. Thus, we seek to also understand the motivations and influences that lead them to choose the area of engineering, as well as the difficulties they face, the strategies they use to stay in this field, and their perspectives on the profession. The investigation adopted for the research combined literature, statistical, and documentary photography, with semi-structured interviews addressing female students and teachers of the two selected engineering courses, which, through oral history, could share their experiences in daily academic and professional. The results of the research associated with the relevant theory has shown that although increasing the inclusion of women in engineering courses of UFPA, most of them make the choice by chance, justified by the lack of guidance or education because where the courses are available, it gives them another option They are still limited in their autonomy and freedom of choice, for speech linked to power relationships that subtly mark the professional field, if they involve the engineering environment of the female nature.