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Drawing on such process thinkers as Whitehead, Deleuze and
Stengers, Innovation and Biomedicine develops a powerful framework
for the analysis of Biomedical Innovation. With its sustained focus
on the Pre-Exposure Prophylactic pill (PrEP) for the prevention of
HIV infection, the volume explores the ethical, medical and
political elements entailed in the pill's testing through offshore
randomized control trials (RCTs). To this end, the key concept of
'eventuation' is elaborated and deployed in the scrutiny of the
'gold standard' status of RCTs, the role of ethics in RCTs, and the
enactment of the PrEP pill as a singular entity. Further, the
authors engage with affective, topological and virtual dimensions
to show how PrEP's eventuation also allows for new scientific and
ethical questions to be crafted. Innovation and Biomedicine is a
major contribution to science and technology studies, medical
sociology, and the multi-disciplinary study of HIV.
With its focus on the offshore randomized control trials of a
Pre-Exposure Prophylactic pill (PrEP) for preventing HIV infection,
the volume develops a sustained analysis of the complex, virtual
and topological dimensions of the expectations, ethics and evidence
that surround the innovation of PrEP.
A compelling examination of French sculptor Auguste Rodin from the
perspective of his enthusiastic American audience This exhibition
catalogue explores the American reception of French artist Auguste
Rodin (1840-1917), from 1893, when his first work entered a US
museum, to the present. Its trajectory reaches from the collecting
frenzy of the early twentieth century-promoted by philanthropist
Katherine Seney Simpson and performer Loie Fuller-to important
museum acquisitions of the 1920s and 1930s. From there, it
traverses the 1950s, when Rodin's reputation flagged, through to
the artist's revival and recognition in the 1980s. Rodin's
promoters include a dynamic cast of characters, each of whom played
a crucial role in cementing his status. The book traces this story
through approximately 50 sculptures and 20 drawings that cover
Rodin's most iconic subjects and themes. They demonstrate his
dexterity across media-his virtuosity in plaster, terracotta,
bronze, and marble-as well as his expressive, colorful drawings,
some of them relatively unknown, sparking new appreciation for his
work and delight for readers. Distributed for the Clark Art
Institute Exhibition Schedule: Clark Art Institute, Williamstown,
MA (June 18-September 18, 2022) High Museum of Art, Atlanta
(October 21, 2022-January 15, 2023)
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