A hero's journey: young women among males in forestry education

Follo, Gro Irene

doi:10.1016/s0743-0167(02)00006-2

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“…The toilers, all men, are pictured working with these tools, and they are definitely men's tools. As Follo (2002), researching women in forestry has pointed out, using a power saw is very much considered a 'male' competence.…”

Section: Masculinity In Practical Forest Work -Loggingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Doing Rural Masculinity – From Logging to Outfield Tourism

Brandth¹,

Haugen²

2005

Journal of Gender Studies

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This article deals with the issue of stability and change in rural masculinity by studying how masculinity changes when work changes. Logging, which used to form a basis for the construction of masculinity in peripheral areas, is in the process of being replaced by new types of work brought about by the commodification of natural and cultural resources. Hunting, fishing and adventures in the wilderness as products are grounded in the traditional competences of rural men, but include elements of service work that go beyond masculine rural knowledge and networks, and introduce features of femininity and urbanity. When urban customers enter places and activities that used to be central for the identification of the rural masculine, rural men seek new places and challenges where 'real rural masculinity' may be expressed.

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Section: Masculinity In Practical Forest Work -Loggingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Doing Rural Masculinity – From Logging to Outfield Tourism

Brandth¹,

Haugen²

2005

Journal of Gender Studies

120

106

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“…Traditionally, such tools have been seen as men's tools, demanding physical strength (axe) and technical skills (power saw). As Follo (2002) has pointed out, using a power saw is considered a male competence, and the initial trial for a woman who wants to enter into forestry work is to get it started. One advertisement for chain saws shows the forest worker having his lunch break, sitting among the felling with his lunch box and thermos bottle.…”

Section: (Forestry) Work Dignifies the Manmentioning

confidence: 99%

Text, Body, and Tools

Brandth

Haugen

2005

Men and Masculinities

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This article explores processes by which masculinities change, using examples from the Norwegian forestry industry. Forestry has traditionally been one of the most masculine rural work activities and an arena where hegemonic rural masculinity is expressed. The study is based on mediations of masculinity in a forestry magazine covering a period of twenty years. Using text, body, and tools as an analytic scheme, pictures of temporal variations of, and relations between, "traditional" and "new" types of masculinity are described. Even though practical, physical work in the forest is a basis for rural hegemonic masculinity, other types of work with new cultural influences (organizational and expert work) lead to "dialogical" masculinities, which open up for more flexible boundaries and cultural borrowing. This might be important to secure the future viability of rural industries and communities, especially if the recruitment of women is desirable.

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“…Within the academic genealogy constructed for the Forestry Department at Virginia Tech, only one female (Copenheaver) was present out of the 122 individuals in the lineages. This paucity of females, although certainly not unexpected for the historical portions of the genealogies, seems to contradict claims that gender attitudes do not prevent women from entering and succeeding in the forestry profession (Follo, 2002). Instead, it validates the importance of role models for younger women entering traditionally male-dominated fields.…”

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The Academic Roots of Forestry Programs: A Case Study from Virginia Tech

Copenheaver

Nelson

Goldbeck

2009

Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education

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Constructing academic genealogies involves the practice of creating family trees based on doctoral advisors, that is, the advisor–graduate student relationship replaces the father–son relationship. Forestry academic genealogies document the historical development of forestry and quantify the contributions of other disciplines. In this study, the authors researched the academic genealogies of all the tenured faculty members in the Forestry Department at Virginia Tech. The resulting academic genealogies included 122 individuals and individual family trees varied in length from 19 generations spanning 360 years to two generations spanning 8 years. The interdisciplinary history of forestry was demonstrated by the high number of non‐forestry doctorates earned and the genealogies included individuals trained in agricultural economics, agronomy, botany, civil engineering, ecology, environmental engineering, environmental science, chemistry, economics, horticulture, medicine, plant physiology, political science, recreation, and soils. In contrast to academic genealogies from other disciplines, most early American forestry programs hired faculty members who lacked doctorates, instead of hiring European‐trained foresters, and these gentlemen went on to train doctoral students and develop forestry research programs, even though they lacked doctorates themselves.

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A hero's journey: young women among males in forestry education

Cited by 28 publications

References 3 publications

Doing Rural Masculinity – From Logging to Outfield Tourism

Doing Rural Masculinity – From Logging to Outfield Tourism

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