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The (In)visible Witnesses Project
Investigating gendered representations of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians on UK television
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Last Updated
December 19, 2013

Project dissemination

Media presentations

  1. A You Tube video about the project is available online at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCJRf_-CydI

  2. Details of an iTunes U feature exploring the images of scientists is available online at: http://itunes.open.ac.uk/r/at8Ypq.

Reports, research Briefings and book chapter

  1. Whitelegg, E., Carr, J., and Holliman, B. (2013) Using creative media literacy skills to raise aspirations in STEM, (Research Report). Milton Keynes, The Open University.
    Available for download here.

  2. Whitelegg, E., Carr, J. and Holliman, R. (2013) Drawing on young people’s media literacy skills to explore gendered representations of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. (Research Briefing). Available to download here

  3. Carr, J., Whitelegg, E., Holliman, R., Scanlon, E., and Hodgson, B. (2009). (In)visible Witnesses: Drawing on young people’s media literacy skills to explore gendered representations of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Research Report Series No. 9 for UK Resource Centre of Women in Science, Engineering and Technology, Bradford, UK. UKRC: Bradford Available at: http://oro.open.ac.uk/12008

  4. Carr, J., Whitelegg, E., Holliman, R., Scanlon, E. and Hodgson, B. (2009). Investigating gendered representations of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians on UK children’s television, in Holliman, R., Whitelegg, E., Scanlon, E., Smidt, S. and Thomas, J. (eds.) Investigating science communication in the information age: Implications for public engagement and popular media, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

  5. Whitelegg, E., Holliman, R., Carr, J., Scanlon, E. and Hodgson, B. (2008). (In)visible Witnesses: Young people's views of images of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians on UK children's television from a gender perspective (Research Briefing). UK Resource Centre of Women in Science, Engineering and Technology, Bradford, UK. Available at: http://oro.open.ac.uk/10684

  6. Whitelegg, E., Holliman, R., Carr, J., Scanlon, E. and Hodgson, B. (2008). (In)visible Witnesses: Investigating gendered representations of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians on UK children’s television. Research Report Series for UKRC No. 5. UKRC: Bradford. Available at: http://oro.open.ac.uk/10681

Conference presentations and papers

  1. Whitelegg, E. Building girls’ self-concept in physics, Institute of Physics Science Communicators meeting ‘Is their equality in the way we communicate?’, 21st June 2013, IOP, London. (Whitelegg presented)

  2. Holliman, R., Whitelegg, E. and Carr, J. (2010, September 7). Researching media literacy to inform practice: Reflections on children’s contributions to an understanding of gender and scientists on BBC television, invited paper presented at the ‘STEM and Equal Opportunities in TV Drama Formats’ MINTiFF Network Conference, Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Berlin. (Holliman and Whitelegg presented)

  3. Whitelegg E., Carr, J., Holliman, R., with Hodgson, B. and Scanlon, E. (2009), Exploring Gendered Stereotypes on Science Television with Children and Young People: Towards a classroom application, European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) Istanbul, 31 August-4 September. (Whitelegg presented)

  4. Whitelegg E., Holliman, R., Carr, J., Scanlon, E. and Hodgson, B. (2009), Invisible Witnesses: Gendering of Science on TV, 'Changing research landscapes to make the most of human potential 10 years of EU activities in Women and Science and Beyond', EU Commission, Prague,14-15 May. (Whitelegg presented)

  5. Holliman, R., Whitelegg, E. and Carr, J. (2008). Investigating gendered representations of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians. Symposium presented at the 10th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference—Bridges to the future, Malmö, Lund and Copenhagen, 25-27 June. (Holliman, Whitelegg and Carr presented)

  6. Carr, J., Whitelegg, E., Holliman, R., Scanlon, E. and Hodgson, B. (2008) The (In)visible Witnesses Project: Working with children and young people to explore gendered discourses of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), proceedings of the 7th Conference of the Discourse, Power, Resistance Series, Manchester Metropolitan University, 18 - 20 March. Abstract available online at: http://www.esri.mmu.ac.uk/dpr_08/abstracts_08/index.php.  (Carr presented)

  7. Whitelegg, E., Holliman, R., Carr, J., Scanlon, E. and Hodgson, B. (2008) Representations and influences of science and engineering on TV for children: Findings from the (In)visible Witnesses project, 3rd Annual UKRC Conference: ‘Raising the Profile of Women in the SET Professions within the Media – Creating New Partnerships’, London, 12th March (Whitelegg presented, Carr ran workshop)

  8. Whitelegg, E., Holliman, R., Carr, J., Scanlon, E. and Hodgson, B. (2008) Representations and influences of science on children’s TV: initial findings from the Invisible Witnesses project, presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Science Education, Liverpool, 3rd-5th January. (Whitelegg presented)

  9. Whitelegg, E., Holliman, R., Carr, J., Scanlon, E. and Hodgson, B. (2007) Representations and influences of science on TV: initial findings from the Invisible Witnesses project, invited presentation at the BA Festival of Science, York, 13th September. (Whitelegg presented)

  10. Whitelegg, E., Holliman, R., Scanlon, E. Hodgson, B., and Allgaier, J. (2007) Invisible Witnesses? Investigating presence, representation and media influence of female and male scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians on UK television ,Gender @ Work meeting, Tenerife, 18th April. (Whitelegg presented)

  11. Whitelegg, E., Holliman, R., Scanlon, E. Hodgson, B., and Allgaier, J. (2007) Invisible Witnesses project, OU/UKRC Research Conference March 2007 (Holliman and Whitelegg presented.)

  12. Whitelegg, E. Holliman, R. Allgaier, J. Hodgson, B. and Scanlon, E. (2006) ‘Invisible witnesses? How scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians are represented on UK television’, proceedings of the 12th GASAT Conference – Challenging and Changing the Status Quo, University of Brighton, 3-8 September. (Whitelegg presented)

  13. Whitelegg, E. Holliman, R. Allgaier, J. Hodgson, B. and Scanlon, E. (2006) Invisible Witness? Project, PAWS Seminar, ‘Science Outside the Box’, 4th December (Holliman and Whitelegg presented.)

  14. Whitelegg, E., Holliman, R., Scanlon, E. Hodgson, B., and Allgaier, J. (2006). 'Invisible Witnesses: How science and scientists are represented on television'. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Conference, Warwick University, 6-9 September. Available online at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/163639.htm; (Whitelegg presented)

  15. Holliman, R., Whitelegg, E., Allgaier, J., Hodgson, B., and Scanlon, E. (2006). 'Invisible witnesses? - Representations of women scientists, engineers and technologists on UK terrestrial television'. Proceedings of the 9th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference - Scientific culture for global citizenship, Seoul, South Korea, 17th-19th May. (Holliman presented)

 
 
The illustrations used on this website were drawn by young people who participated in the project. They drew these images in response to being asked to 'draw a scientist'