Congress of Women in Science and Technology

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Graphic design of the 14th national FiNuT congress.

The Congress of Women in Science and Technology ( FiNuT for short ) is an autonomous congress that has been taking place every year for four days on the Ascension weekend for more than 35 years and is organized by and for women in science and technology.

history

With the first congress (meeting at the time) in Aachen in 1977, the natural scientist and technician movement began in Germany. Many ideas and approaches that are common (and institutionalized) practice today in promoting women in science and technology were developed by women at the congress. In addition, many formal and informal networks and organizations have emerged at the congresses, for example the German Association of Female Engineers , the Association of Women in Science and Technology (NUT) eV and the magazine Koryphäe - Medium for Feminist Science and Technology .

The congress took place for the first time as a meeting of women in science and technology , then initially every six months and later annually in different cities. About 40 women attended the first meeting. The number of participants rose very quickly, peaking in the early 1990s with 700–800 participants. In the 2000s the number of participants had leveled off at between 300 and 400. For many years the congress was located at universities and colleges and the preparatory groups were anchored in universities.

Since 2010 the event has been taking place on a much smaller scale in conference houses.

subjects

The topics range from the exchange of experiences and specialist lectures to political discussions. Each congress has a key topic that is selected by the preparatory group (for example, “Sustainable provision”, “Tide change”, “Knowledge creates resistance”). In addition, there are usually events on the following topics:

Participants and Chronicle

The participants come from all over the German-speaking area, but some also come from outside of Germany. The spectrum of participants ranges from pupils to pensioners, and from professors to craftsmen.

Congress Chronicle
meeting time place number title Main topics Documentation ISBN
1. June 16-19, 1977 Aachen 60
2. January 6-8, 1978 Hamburg 200
3. 1978 Frankfurt am Main 150
4th February 9-11 in 1979 Goettingen 270
5. 1979 Stuttgart
6th 1980 Darmstadt 80
7th 1981 Hanover 250
8th. 1982 Berlin 230
9. 1983 Aachen
10. 1984 Stuttgart
11. 1985 to water
12. 1986 Oldenburg (Oldenburg)
13. 1987 gain
14th 1988 Goettingen 500
15th 1989 Bonn 500
16. 1990 Muenster
17th 1991 Kiel 500
18th 1992 Bremen 700 Lesbians - Racism and Anti-Semitism
19th 1993 Berlin 700
20th 1994 to water 300
21st May 25-28, 1995 Karlsruhe Women under National Socialism and criticism of science and technology Women under National Socialism and criticism of science and technology ISBN 3-9804855-0-1
22nd May 16-19, 1996 Braunschweig approx. 480 Communication and information society Effects of nuclear policy ISBN 3-9804855-8-7
23. 8-11 May 1997 Hanover about 500 Work (dreams) - life (dreams) Schoolgirl projects ISBN 3-9804855-7-9
24. May 21-24, 1998 Mainz about 400 Europe makes women Decision-making and design options in the "new" Europe ISBN 3-933611-24-5
25th May 13-16, 1999 Darmstadt 400 Added value for women - a balance sheet at the end of the millennium Added value for women - a balance sheet at the end of the millennium ISBN 3-933611-25-3
26th 1st - 4th June 2000 Hamburg about 400 Flowing borders Migration and water ISBN 3-933611-26-1
27. 24.-27. May 2001 Vienna 400 Knowledge_schaf (f) t resistance ISBN 3-85286-100-4
28. May 9-12, 2002 kassel about 400 Everything under one roof Adding splinters to the whole and a variety of perspectives ISBN 3-933611-28-8
29 29.5. - 1.6.2003 Berlin 350 standard: deviation Standard and deviation ISBN 3-929120-18-6
30th 2004 Winterthur 500 no limits !?
31. 5th-8th May 2005 Bremen 230 tide change Internationalization and women's spaces ISBN 3-8142-0995-8
32. 2006 Cologne Balance area: justice
33. 2007 Luneburg Sustainable provision
34. 2008 Bonn
Go-know-go , go-know-go , go-know-go!
35. 2009 trier safety
36. 2010 Altenkirchen Renaming
for the conference		 On-line
37. 2012 Altenkirchen energy transition On-line
38. 2013 Altenkirchen On-line
39. 2014 Altenkirchen On-line
40. 2015 Altenkirchen On-line
41. 2016 Altenkirchen On-line
42. 25-27 May 2017 Berlin feminist_4.0 Celebratory conference for the 40th anniversary in the German Museum of Technology Berlin (DTMB) ISBN 978-3-89376-182-1
43. 10-13 May 2018 Darmstadt On-line
44. May 30th - June 2nd 2019 Darmstadt Women do business: women's businesses - women's cooperatives - women's projects On-line

Design and process

“Autonomous” means that there is no association or club behind the congress. At every congress there is a plenum where all congress participants are entitled to vote. The preparatory group for a congress is determined by this plenary two years in advance at the congress. The preparatory group organizes the congress independently and on its own responsibility, but is bound by the democratically made resolutions of the previous congresses.

The congress thrives on the large number of events offered, which can be lectures, workshops, excursions, exhibitions, group meetings and much more. As a rule, a call for paper for the congress is sent out in October of the previous year . The congress begins on Thursday with the opening plenum and ends with the closing plenum on Sunday.

literature

  • Helene Götschel : The history of the congress of women in natural science and technology 1977 to 1989. Series of publications / NUT - Women in natural science and technology eV, Volume 8, 2002, Talheimer, Mössingen-Talheim, ISBN 3-89376-095-4 .
  • Documentation of the congresses for women in science and technology was published by FiT-Verlag (for example Kassel 2002 ISBN 3-933611-28-8 ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nut.de Association appearance women in natural science and technology NUT eV
  2. ↑ FiNuT conference - history. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h FiNuT - documentation. Accessed January 30, 2020 .