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GONZALEZ-DOMINGUEZ, Carlos  y  MONTES DE OCA, Ana Maruri. Experiences of the social world in the configuration of scientific vocations of female high school students. ESPACIO ABIERTO [online]. 2025, vol.34, n.3, pp.9-25.  Epub 04-Sep-2025. ISSN 1315-0006.  https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15609093.

This paper analyzes how representations of scientific vocations are configured in female high school students. According to Pierre Bourdieu (1990, 2007), representations are part of a social construction process that results in forms of thought and action, corresponding to specific social contexts. From this perspective, we analyze how the participation of female students who, for various reasons, contexts and structures, has been asymmetrical in relation to their gender counterpart; the interest is to investigate the configuration of scientific vocations and its repercussions in this asymmetrical reality. For this purpose, discussion groups were held with high school students of the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. The results allow us to identify situations and socio-historical conditions of our informants in which vocations can be configured for the participation of women in science. In this context, it is possible to distinguish different discourses that intertwine between being a woman and being a scientist, as well as the importance of the school and family environment in the configuration of meanings for the scientific vocation of the women participating in the aforementioned discussion groups.

Palabras clave : scientific vocation; social representations; women and science; discourse analysis; Pierre Bourdieu; habitus.

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