Genetics as social practice : transdisciplinary views on science and culture

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Author:

Prainsack, Barbara, editor.

ISBN:

9781409455486

9781409455493

9781472407184

Physical Description:

xv, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Theory, technology and society

Theory, technology and society.

Contents:

Geneticising Life: A Collective Endeavour and its Challenges / CREATING IDENTITIES -- Will Personal Genomic Information Transform One's Self? / The Changing Self: Philosophical Concepts of Self and Personal Identity in a Post-clinical Age of Genetics / Ancestry Testing and DNA: Uses, Limits -- and Caveat Emptor / GEN-BOOK Stories: Artistic Explorations of Genealogy and Identity / SHARING KNOWLEDGE -- The Latent Figure Protocol -- A Photo-essay / Consequences of Sequences, Codes and Messages: Artistic and Scientific Readings of Chromosomes in an Era of Consumerism / The Ethics of Patenting in Genetics: A Second Enclosure of the Commons? / PARTICIPATING IN THE SOCIAL LABORATORY -- Understanding Participation: The 'Citizen Science' of Genetics / LabouringMe, LabouringUs / Making Responsible Life Plans: Cultural Differences in Lay Attitudes toward Predictive Genetic Testing for Late-Onset Diseases / Genetic Responsibility Revisited: Moral and Cultural Implications of Genetic Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease

Subject Term:

Genetics -- Social aspects.

Genomics -- Social aspects.

Sociobiology.

Science and civilization.

Genetic Techniques -- ethics.

Added Author:

Werner-Felmayer, Gabriele,

Electronic Access:

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Summary

Recent debate about the ethical and regulatory dimensions of developments in genetics has sidelined societal and cultural aspects, which arguably are indispensable for a nuanced understanding of the complexities of the topic. Regulatory and ethical debates benefit from taking seriously this 'third dimension' of culture, which often determines the configurations and limits of the space within which scientific, ethical and legal debate can take place. To fill this gap, this volume brings together contributions exploring the mutual relationships between genetics, markets, societies and identities in genetics and genomics. It draws upon the recent transdisciplinary debate on how socio-cultural factors influence understandings of 'genetics2.0' and shows how individual and collective identities are challenged or reinforced by cultural meanings and practices of genetics. This book will become a standard reference for everyone seeking to make sense of the controversies and shifts in the field of genetics in the second decade of the twenty-first century.