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Biotechnology and the Politics of Plants explores the mysterious
phenomenon of 'apomixis', the ability of certain plants to
'self-clone', and its potential as a revolutionary tool for
agriculture and enhancing food security, that may soon be a
reality. Through historical anthropological and ethnographic study,
Matt Hodges traces the development of the CIMMYT Apomixis Project,
a prominent frontier research initiative, and its reinvention as a
leading public-private partnership. He analyzes the fast-moving
historical transition from public sector, mixed plant breeding
approaches grounded in genetics, to a contemporary era of
agricultural biotechnology and genomics where PPPs are a leading
format, and explores how social contexts of research shape how
knowledge is produced, as well as what remains 'unknown', and
constrain the development of an 'Apomixis Technology'. The chapters
present an inventive approach informed by the anthropology of time,
science and technology studies, and dialogue with the work of
Gilles Deleuze, Paul Rabinow, Hannah Arendt, Andrew Pickering, and
Eduardo Viveiros de Castro. Hodges outlines novel ways of
integrating notions of history and becoming, and considers how
apomixis offers up an alternative image of thought to theoretical
concepts such as the well-known 'rhizome'. The book makes a
valuable contribution to both the growing social scientific
literature on genomics and biotechnology, and recent
anthropological debates on time and history.
Biotechnology and the Politics of Plants explores the mysterious
phenomenon of 'apomixis', the ability of certain plants to
'self-clone', and its potential as a revolutionary tool for
agriculture and enhancing food security, that may soon be a
reality. Through historical anthropological and ethnographic study,
Matt Hodges traces the development of the CIMMYT Apomixis Project,
a prominent frontier research initiative, and its reinvention as a
leading public-private partnership. He analyzes the fast-moving
historical transition from public sector, mixed plant breeding
approaches grounded in genetics, to a contemporary era of
agricultural biotechnology and genomics where PPPs are a leading
format, and explores how social contexts of research shape how
knowledge is produced, as well as what remains 'unknown', and
constrain the development of an 'Apomixis Technology'. The chapters
present an inventive approach informed by the anthropology of time,
science and technology studies, and dialogue with the work of
Gilles Deleuze, Paul Rabinow, Hannah Arendt, Andrew Pickering, and
Eduardo Viveiros de Castro. Hodges outlines novel ways of
integrating notions of history and becoming, and considers how
apomixis offers up an alternative image of thought to theoretical
concepts such as the well-known 'rhizome'. The book makes a
valuable contribution to both the growing social scientific
literature on genomics and biotechnology, and recent
anthropological debates on time and history.
Most die-hard BYU Cougar fans attribute their love of the program
to more than just wins and losses. BYU teams and athletes are
unique because of the standards required to wear a Cougar uniform
and the faith that they represent. Written by authors with over 25
years of combined experience covering BYU sports, this book tells
the stories of nine Cougar sports greats who came to BYU as
non-members of the LDS faith. Each young man excelled as an athlete
in his own right, but gained far more than just an athletic career
and a degree while in Provo. Read the conversion stories of BYU
greats Ty Detmer, Curtis Brown, Scott Collie, Sete Aulai, Tom
Holmoe, Corby Eason, Kresimir Cosic, Robbie Bosco and Shaun Nua, as
told in their own words.
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