ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the nature of present-day surveying education vis-à-vis women, incorporating ethnographic insights where appropriate. Surveying is especially ‘bad’, as a similar situation pertains in education and practice in the fields of architecture and town planning; indeed, many women believe that surveying is actually ‘better’ than these areas. Some replies were extremely enlightening and reflected the values of certain aspects of the surveying subculture. The representation of women in the different areas of surveying education will now be discussed in a similar sequence to the summary of the range of surveying courses. Whilst some see it as a sign of equality and progress for a woman to go into a technological professional area, it may be a dead end. As one land surveyor explained to me, ‘the countryside has all been mapped, nowadays they are more likely to be asked to survey changes to street layouts in urban areas’.
