With the aim of promoting scientific careers and their developments in the central region of the country, the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) was part of the 2023 Job Fair in Lonquimay, La Pampa. The activities carried out by the Exhibitions and Conferences Team of the Directorate of Institutional Relations included samples “Women in Science and Technology” and “Space 360: As if You Were There,” In addition to the participation of scientific teams from the Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences (INCITAP, CONICET-UNLPam) and the Institute of Historical and Social Studies (IEHSOLP, CONICET-UNLPam), both from La Pampa, who discussed and exchanged experiences with and with the students.
the sample ““Women in Science and Technology” It is a virtual learning space that allows you to explore the scientific work, developments and motivations of researchers who provide the tools and knowledge to break down gender-related constraints, with the aim of encouraging careers in science and technology. Thus, “The Flight of the Crow” and “Mapping” have an audiovisual record for women scientists in their workplaces: as is the case with Laura de Oro, a CONICET researcher at INCITAP (CONICET-UNLPam) specializing in soil degradation and wind erosion.
The Council researcher, along with a team of Fernando Avila and Michaela Berger, shared with high school students the importance of wind erosion in the semi-arid region as a human-accelerated process. “Soil degradation results in physical, chemical and biological changes in the soil, generating pollution for human health,” says Laura de Oro. “The ability to study and understand the variables that control this process allows us to have scientific information to support it.” Policy decisions and improvement of management practices, taking into account the conservation of soil resources and human health as a preventive principle.
For her part, Dolores Arrizabalaga, PhD Fellow of IEHSOLP and CONICET-UNLPam, accompanied the career fair in Lonquimai and shared the main lines of the Institute’s research in history, economics, sociology, anthropology, political science and geography as well. Such as her work on public science and technology policies in northern Patagonia: this is a comparative work of the experiences of the National University of La Pampa and the National University of Comahue from 1958 to 2007.
These activities seek to stimulate the scientific and technological inclinations of young people, encourage their interest through recreational experiences, and enhance openness to questions related to the life and problems of each region of the country. “The ability to disseminate the different practices and knowledge that have arisen in our work to produce scientific knowledge in a clear and contextual way allows us to reduce the gap between knowledge generation and society,” says the Oro researcher.
The day culminated in the appreciation of the scientific team for its commitment to science and technology Regional Responsible for the Municipality of Lonquimay, La Pampa.
Women in science and technology It is a traveling exhibition that seeks to share the importance of science and technology in each region of Argentina from a gender perspective, as well as to stimulate scientific careers and critically address inequalities, barriers and obstacles in academic life. What does a girl who wants to be a researcher have to face? This is reflected in the story of Amanda, a girl who wants to pursue a scientific career related to mathematics or engineering.
The exhibition is also concerned with “history” in order to reconstruct the biographies of the first and famous scientists, technologists, inventors, and pioneers of science, technology, and knowledge in general. Finally, “Transcendence” highlights women who are pioneers in their fields, who transcended their fields, opened discussions on gender issues and inhabited new reflections that paved the way for new generations.
finally, 360 degree space: as if you were there He called for immersive experience through virtual reality helmets, allowing researchers’ work to be visualized and represented in the field and in the laboratory.
Watch Laura de Oro’s video on mapping here
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