Prague Journal

Tuesday, May 17, 2005.

This afternoon, Alena and Marcela, both from the Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences, and Karen, the PhD student from Minnesota, joined me for a presentation at the Woodrow Wilson Center of the American Embassy. Karen provided the title of our panel: “Reflections on the Role of Gender in the Formation of Expertise: Perspectives from the Entrepreneurial and Scientific Spheres.” I spoke about women entrepreneurs, Alena spoke about women and men entrepreneur partnerships, Marcela spoke about gender inequities in science, and Karen spoke about the research she has started on the formation of expert networks on gender in the Czech Republic. I started the presentation by putting stones that I had collected in Israel in a Czech country cap and passing them out, explaining that the stones were like businesses: each an identifiable stone yet distinguishable from each other. My research involves looking at the qualitative differences, as opposed to counting the stones, or the businesses. Marketa, the Cultural Affairs Director from the US Embassy, told Rick that she was moved by the stones from the holy land in the traditional Czech hat.

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