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 * TOPICAL AREA? || DATASETS? || SOCIAL THEORETICAL QUESTIONS? || WHYNOW? || HOW PREPARED? || BIAS? || FIELDSOF WORK? || FUNDERS ||
 * Feminist Technology/Gendered technology: technology which may enforce gender roles //or// promote equality. || //Feminist Technology –// edited by Linda Layne and others; research on stereo-typically feminine technologies || Do certain technologies enforce gender roles? Do certain technologies oppress women? Do some technologies engender equality? || Even though women are far closer to being treated equally to men than they have been in the past, there are still gendered technologies which are not thought of immediately when one thinks of feminism and may be causing effects we aren’t aware of. || I am not very prepared for this, but it interests me. Sophomore year I had Linda Layne as a professor and I found her book very though-provoking. || I am female, so that is a clear point of bias. || Teacher, designer, || Institute for Research on Women and Gender, The American Association of University Women ||
 * Sustainable Design and permaculture – designing things to enhance and sustain life || Case studies of permaculture; research of current sustainable designs; access to projects currently going on at NYSERDA; || Can people have a positive effect on the environment? What would a positive effect be? Is any effect positive? || The world is rapidly becoming aware of the effects of climate change, and many people want to make a difference to preserve a human-habitable planet. || Most of my knowledge of this is from the class I took last semester: Sustainability Problems. I am interested and I am currently working at NYSERDA, so I have some knowledge of things that people are doing to be more energy-efficient. || I’ve taken a class in sustainability and most of my PDI classes had a stress on sustainability as well. I grew up with parents who also care about such things, but I have little experience with permaculture or horticulture. || Designer, teacher, || The permaculture research institute, the permaculture association, NYSERDA ||
 * Naturopathic Medicine: a practice which emphasizes prevention and natural healing without the use of pharmaceuticals || Interviews with NDs, their patients; Naturopathic medical research; || Is it healthier to follow naturopathic medicine than conventional medicine? Where do they differ? How are they similar? || There is controversy over big-pharmaceuticals, whether prescription drugs are over-prescribed or unhealthy, just so that the corporations make more money. || I know almost nothing about this, but I would love to learn more about it, if only because I don’t like the idea of conventional medicine and prescription drugs. I think it focuses too much on cures and too little on prevention and healthy living. || I have never enjoyed going to the doctor, so that could be a point of bias || Naturopathic doctor, teacher || The Avon foundation for women, The National Patient Safety Foundation ||