ABSTRACT:
In this article I write about the paper by Santos and Heerdt, published in the previous issue of the journal Ensaio. Valuing the unique experience of writing an article of this nature, I seek a productive dialogue with these authors, highlighting the paper’s contributions to the field, problematizing the issue of the production of meanings in Biology and its teaching based on feminist epistemologies. With a focus on the issues underlying the construction of Modern Science and its monumental characteristic, I deepen my reflection on the issue of subject-object and world-language relations, bringing into the text some of Bruno Latour’s ideas, in dialog with those of Dona Haraway, the latter being one of the references used by Santos and Heerdt. Based on this reflection, I discuss the results presented by Santos and Heerdt’s research, taking the discussion into the realm of teacher training. I conclude this dialogue by presenting possible implications for science teaching.
Keywords:
Feminist epistemologies; Teacher training; Monumental science