the tenth edition of The Campus Party, takes place from Tuesday at the Anhembi Exhibition Pavilion, in São Paulo, and the astronomer in são paulo, Duília de Mello, who works on projects at Nasa, however, is concerned with the lack of investments in science and with the absence of women in the area on that account.
"it Is a crisis that Brazil is going. It is already happening to the evasion of the jinn. Happens every day the “brain drain”, as we call it. I’m worried because Brazil needs investment in science, technology and innovation," he said in a lecture held on Thursday, 02 February.
Duília de Mello graduated in Astronomy at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) – which it considers the best of Brazil to the field – and was one of the speakers at the third day of the event. The astronomer is one of the scientists who work with the Hubble telescope for almost 20 years. She is also one of the people responsible for the discovery of the blue bubbles, star clusters formed out of galaxies and also discovered the supernova SN 1997D.
"I have invested my life doing a phd and not from a society which valued this. This is a shame because Brazil is a country that is in need of scientists," he said, during his talk at the Campus Party in ensuring that the success in the international only happened because he did not give up the dream even when the investment in research were cut in 1995. Duília went to the outside after receiving a letter from the National Council of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq) advising that the investments for the newly doctors would drop by 50%.
feminism is the agenda present at the Campus Party and several affiliations for the performance of women in the areas of science and technology were brought to the lectures during the third day.
According to information from the organization of the event, the percentage of women was 3% and today it is higher at 36%.
But, according Buh D’angelo, a member of the Infopreta, innovation and technology business that hires only black women, things need to improve a lot to reach the ideal.
"we play the role of activist," said the militant, who also gave the talk on Thursday. She is specialized in electronics, industrial automation and robotics. "The first time I came here, I was at the door. People have to see this."
For Duília, the participation of women in the technology industry is still a problem. "It is not that the girl should do science because it’s cool, but because she likes, because she is competent, because she wants to do", and even according to her, the ideal is that there is a reference to the child "because, if she does not see an example, it is intimidating. You have to see women successful to see that you can be too," she said.
During the Campus Party, several ciberfeministas fighting for the empowerment of women, promoted the incentives for women in the career of Information Technology (IT).
The advocacy of women to occupy more leadership and respect in the area of IT brings together groups that want to discuss and empower girls to participate in more of the projects and flee from the stereotype that girls only take part in the event to fantasiarem so sensual, performing cosplay.
The curator Cristiana de Oliveira is one of the members of the group Arduladies. that creates projects with Arduíno, a small electronic circuit board controlled by software.
"I have worked with a team of 160 people, and only two women," reveals the reality that, according to standby, switch gradually after events such as the Campus Party.
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