Dear FEAST Members,
Just writing to make list members aware of the national, right-wing
attack on University of Oregon historian of science Mark Carey and his
collaborators for their call for considering questions of gender in the
science/sociology of glacier research. Their essay "Glaciers, Gender and
Science" in the journal Progress in Human Geography has come under
attack in prominent conservative national media,like FOX news, the Wall
Street Journal, National Review, New York Post, Washington Free Beacon,
Daily Caller, etc. These public attacks have been accompanied by an
outpouring of hate mail sent directly to the researchers. These attacks
are targeting not only feminist science research related to climate
change, but the National Science Foundation which funded Carey's
research. This is something all feminist scholars, but especially
philosophers of science, should be following. Please disseminate widely.
See Mark's email below.
Bonnie
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Dr. Bonnie Mann
Head and Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1295
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541-346-5549
Author:
Sovereign Masculinity: Gender Lessons from the War on Terror (Oxford
University Press, 2014)
Women's Liberation and the Sublime: Feminism, Postmodernism,
Environment (Oxford University Press, 2006)
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Subject: esfaculty: ENVS faculty member (me) under attack by right-wing
media
Date: 2016/03/12 23:48
From: Mark Carey <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi everyone,
It is (sadly) a regular occurrence these days that climate scientists
come under attack by the conservatives. Researchers are thrust into the
national spotlight, personally attacked, and ridiculed in national
right-wing media. It's never based on anything substantive and never
about the actual research, and many climate scientists say it can
actually be good in the long run to be among those attacked so publicly.
Some of our colleagues here at the UO and in ENVS have been through it,
as most of you know.
Now it's my turn.
Over the last week, I have been the victim of a vicious and far-reaching
international anti-academic and terribly sexist attack based on false
information, misrepresentations, and lies. What started on climate
skeptic/denier blogs moved to prominent conservative national media,
like FOX news, the Wall Street Journal, National Review, New York Post,
Washington Free Beacon, Daily Caller, etc. Gawker has been a voice of
reason in all this, interestingly.
The onslaught against my coauthors (including M Jackson graduate student
in Geography, Sandro Antonello postdoc in the Honors College, and former
ENVS/Honors College undergraduate student Jaclyn Rushing) and me is
regarding our recent article that analyzes the history of glaciology
from a feminist theory perspective. M and I presented this work a year
ago in an ENVS brown bag. The article, "Glaciers, Gender, and Science,"
appeared in the journal Progress in Human Geography a couple months ago
(https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__phg.sagepub.com_content_early_2016_01_08_0309132515623368.abstract&d=BQICAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=Oo4TCJF8pXcsWPDC7Sy8bdP2IJ6ZbST0v2xdYtuNH80&m=4sXvbEvI3Yb1V648NBuGEMwDaNE1dXaiQw5x5Flu1ZU&s=dzyGjskEchCjZnbv-Q7iqGRt9DgOURLc6dHZM_qWq24&e= ).
Much of the recent media, blog, and social media attention contains lies
that the National Science Foundation paid $700,000 for me to write one
article -- a figure that is simply preposterous and based on nothing as
30 seconds on my webpage demonstrates.
I have received a steady stream of hate emails for a week, about 2-3 per
hour, which yesterday finally dropped off. But then last night I
understand Mike Huckabee was complaining about feminist glaciology
researchers at the University of Oregon on national television, bringing
their false claims about our NSF glacier research squarely into the
presidential campaign.
Fortunately, Science magazine reached out to me for an interview.
Yesterday Science posted the interview, titled "Author of 'feminist
glaciology' study reflects on sudden appearance in culture wars," noting
that I am the "latest target of conservative-leaning bloggers
questioning federally funded research." Here is the link:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.sciencemag.org_news_2016_03_qa-2Dauthor-2Dfeminist-2Dgeology-2Dstudy-2Dreflects-2Dsudden-2Dplace&d=BQICAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=Oo4TCJF8pXcsWPDC7Sy8bdP2IJ6ZbST0v2xdYtuNH80&m=4sXvbEvI3Yb1V648NBuGEMwDaNE1dXaiQw5x5Flu1ZU&s=D6zGekB1Uy3P4JioX5j_-7FUWdN0LzkDCfqKqJc4Ld0&e=
Beyond myself, my coauthors, and NSF, the University of Oregon has also
been falsely implicated in the untrue accusations, misinformation, and
gross distortion of reality in these attacks.
So, you might be asked about this now that I'm center stage in national
media, and I encourage you to please respond to anyone asking by
referring them to my Science interview, rather than letting the lies win
the day.
And if you find yourself moved to offer positive words to the onslaught
of hate emails and international attacks against us, then please feel
free to reach out to Sandro, M, Jaclyn, and me with any support amidst
the vitriol.
Thank you so much.
Mark
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Mark Carey
Associate Dean
Associate Professor of History
Robert D. Clark Honors College
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
(541) 346-8077
Office: Chapman Hall 320A
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