GUEDES, R. S.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8579122211664275; GUEDES, Raquel da Silva.
Abstract:
This work is the result of the project " Women in Engineering : Studies of
History , Science and Technology " developed as a student PIBIC/UFCG-2012-
2013 . This project aimed to promote research to identify women who were part of
the Polytechnic School of Paraíba as students and / or teachers . The Polytechnic
School of Paraiba was the first institution of higher education in Campina Grande-
PB to consolidate. Founded in 1952 with the Civil Engineering course , had its first
expansion with the creation of courses in Electrical Engineering (1963 ) and
Mechanical Engineering (1966 ) . The creation and consolidation of this institution
of higher education occurred at a time of growth in the city of Campina Grande
and also built in this town of thought and imagination of the modern city. The
Polytechnic was recognized in the late fifties as one of the best higher education
institutions in the Northeast , thus attracting an audience of students at his most
masculine but also a female audience . The challenge of this research was to
investigate the participation of women at the Polytechnic , in an era where women
were little involved in public space and restricted their presence in the area of
technological knowledge and engineering , an area regarded as culturally
masculine. In our research we use as basis the documentation of the Polytechnic
School of Paraíba, located in the General Archives of the Federal University of
Campina Grande ( UFCG ), and use of oral history methodology for conducting
interviews with former students and / or teachers Polytechnic whose collaboration
allows us to advance in knowledge of issues of everyday Polytechnic in the period
surveyed , and also examine women's participation in engineering courses.
