Knowing New Biotechnologies - Social Aspects of Technological Convergence (Hardcover)

The areas of personal genomics and citizen science draw on - and bring together - different cultures of producing and managing knowledge and meaning. They also cross local and global boundaries, are subjects and objects of transformation and mobility of research practices, evaluation and multi-stakeholder groups. Thirdly, they draw on logics of 'convergence': new links between, and new kinds of, stakeholders, spaces, knowledge, practices, challenges and opportunities. This themed collection of essays from nationally and internationally leading scholars and commentators advances and widens current debates in Science and Technology Studies and in Science Policy concerning 'converging technologies' by complementing the customary focus on technical aspirations for convergence with the analysis of the practices and logics of scientific, social and cultural knowledge production that constitute contemporary technoscience. In case studies from across the globe, contributors discuss the ways in which science and social order are linked in areas such as direct-to consumer genetic testing and do-it-yourself biotechnologies. Organised into thematic sections, 'Knowing New Biotechnologies' explores: * ways of understanding the dynamics and logics of convergences in emergent biotechnologies * governance and regulatory issues around technoscientific convergences * democratic aspects of converging technologies - lay involvement in scientific research and the co-production of biotechnology and social and cultural knowledge.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Genetics and Society
Release date:	March 2015
First published:	2015
Editors:	Matthias Wienroth • Eugenia Rodrigues
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	204
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-02293-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Professional & Technical > Biochemical engineering > Biotechnology > General
LSN:	1-138-02293-4
Barcode:	9781138022935

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