Biotechnology Education And Life Politics

Author : Pádraig Murphy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134592852

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Biotechnology, Education and Life Politics by Pádraig Murphy Pdf

What should individuals and society do when genetic screening becomes widely available and with its impact on current and future generations still uncertain? How can our education systems around the world respond to these developments? Reproductive and genetic technologies (RGTs) are increasingly controversial and political. We are entering an era where we can design future humans, firstly, by genetic screening of "undesirable" traits or indeed embryos, but perhaps later by more radical genetic engineering. This has a profound effect on what we see as normal, acceptable and responsible. This book argues that these urgent and biopolitical issues should be central to how biology is taught as a subject. Debate about life itself has always been at the forefront of connected molecular, genetic and social/personal identity levels, and each of these levels requires processes of communication and debate, what Anthony Giddens called in passing life politics. In this book Pádraig Murphy opens the term up, with examples from field research in schools, student responses to educational films exploring the future of RGTs, and science studies of strategic biotechnology and the lab practices of genetic screening. Life political debate is thoroughly examined and is identified as a way of connecting mainstream education of biology with future generations. Biotechnology, Education and Life Politics will appeal to post-graduates and academics involved with science education, science communication, communication studies and the sociology of education.

Author : G. Bruce Doern,Michael J. Prince
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442611542

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Three Bio-realms by G. Bruce Doern,Michael J. Prince Pdf

Biotechnology has become one of the most important issues in public policy and governance, altering the boundaries between the public and the private, the economic and the social, and further complicating the divide between what is scientifically possible and ethically preferred. Given the importance of biotechnology in shaping relations between the state, science, the economy, and the citizenry, a book that explores the Canadian biotechnology regime and its place in our democracy is timelier than ever. Three Bio-Realms provides the first integrated examination of the thirty-year story of the democratic governance of biotechnology in Canada. G. Bruce Doern and Michael J. Prince, two recognized specialists in governance innovation and social policy, look at particular 'network-based' factors that seek to promote and to regulate biotechnology inside the state as well as at broader levels. Unmatched by any other book in its historical scope and range, Three Bio-Realms is sure to be read for years to come.

Author : Nikolas Rose
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0691121915

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The Politics of Life Itself by Nikolas Rose Pdf

But today normality itself is open to medical modification.

Author : Tatyana Novossiolova
Publisher : Springer
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319510040

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Governance of Biotechnology in Post-Soviet Russia by Tatyana Novossiolova Pdf

This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the governance of biotechnology in post-Soviet Russia. The rapid advancement of the life sciences over the past few decades promises to bring tremendous benefits, but also raises significant social, ethical, legal, and security risks. Nations’ adaptability to the twin challenges of attempting to secure the benefits while reducing the risks and threats is a large and still burgeoning governance challenge. Here, Novossiolova cuts across several sets of literature, bringing together elements of the anthropological study of culture; history of science and technology; management and international governance; and Soviet history and politics. Due to its multidisciplinary approach, in-depth analysis, accessible style, and extensive reference list, this text offers invaluable insights into the normative dimensions of the governance of biotechnology, unpacking both the formal and intangible attributes and artefacts of biotechnology policy and practice in Russia.

Author : Lynton Keith Caldwell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429721939

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Biocracy by Lynton Keith Caldwell Pdf

Biocracy, a term invented by physiologist Walter Bradford Cannon, refers to the influence of biological science on society and its public policies. Beginning with the prophetic essay “Biopolitics: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy,†this book addresses various aspects of the relationships among the life sciences, society, and government. Included in the topics considered are some of the more critical issues of our time: the social responses to life science innovations; health and homeostasis as social concepts; the relationship between history and biology and that between the life sciences and the law; biocratic interpretations of ethical behavior and biopolitical conflicts; and the options, risks, and international consequences of biotechnology. Caldwell’s book is a collection of articles that he wrote on this subject over a period of twenty-five years. Of the ten chapters, four have previously appeared in scholarly journals but have undergone extensive editorial revisions appropriate to this publication. The remaining six chapters have been presented at various professional meetings but have not hitherto been available in print.

Author : Nathan Van Camp
Publisher : P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Editions Scientifiques Internationales
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Biopolitics
ISBN : 2875742817

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Redesigning Life by Nathan Van Camp Pdf

This book brings together a philosophical analysis of life, politics, and technology with a biopolitical critique of the way genetic enhancement technologies have been dealt with in liberal moral and political philosophy. Inspired by the work of Heidegger, Arendt, and Stiegler, the author outlines a responsible biopolitics of genetic technologies.

Author : C. Pierce
Publisher : Springer
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137027832

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Education in the Age of Biocapitalism by C. Pierce Pdf

Biocapitalism, an economic model built on making new commodities from existing forms of life, has fundamentally changed how we understand the boundaries between nature/culture and human/nonhuman. This is the first book to examine its implications for education and how human capital understandings of education are co-evolving with biocapitalism.

Author : H. W. Doelle,Stefan Rokem,Marin Berovic
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biotechnology
ISBN : 1848267185

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Social, Educational and Political Aspects of Biotechnology by H. W. Doelle,Stefan Rokem,Marin Berovic Pdf

Author : Sheila Jasanoff
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400837311

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Designs on Nature by Sheila Jasanoff Pdf

Biology and politics have converged today across much of the industrialized world. Debates about genetically modified organisms, cloning, stem cells, animal patenting, and new reproductive technologies crowd media headlines and policy agendas. Less noticed, but no less important, are the rifts that have appeared among leading Western nations about the right way to govern innovation in genetics and biotechnology. These significant differences in law and policy, and in ethical analysis, may in a globalizing world act as obstacles to free trade, scientific inquiry, and shared understandings of human dignity. In this magisterial look at some twenty-five years of scientific and social development, Sheila Jasanoff compares the politics and policy of the life sciences in Britain, Germany, the United States, and in the European Union as a whole. She shows how public and private actors in each setting evaluated new manifestations of biotechnology and tried to reassure themselves about their safety. Three main themes emerge. First, core concepts of democratic theory, such as citizenship, deliberation, and accountability, cannot be understood satisfactorily without taking on board the politics of science and technology. Second, in all three countries, policies for the life sciences have been incorporated into "nation-building" projects that seek to reimagine what the nation stands for. Third, political culture influences democratic politics, and it works through the institutionalized ways in which citizens understand and evaluate public knowledge. These three aspects of contemporary politics, Jasanoff argues, help account not only for policy divergences but also for the perceived legitimacy of state actions.

Author : Robert H. Blank,Samuel M. Hines Jr.,Odelia Funke,Joseph Losco,Patrick Stewart
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781784411077

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Politics and the Life Sciences by Robert H. Blank,Samuel M. Hines Jr.,Odelia Funke,Joseph Losco,Patrick Stewart Pdf

This book examines the development of biopolitics as an academic perspective within political science. It reviews the work of the leading proponents of this perspective and presents a comprehensive view of biopolitics as a framework to structure political inquiry.

Author : Ratna Ghosh,Ali A. Abdi
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781551305318

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Education and the Politics of Difference by Ratna Ghosh,Ali A. Abdi Pdf

Despite decades of multicultural education policies, cultural minorities and the peoples of the First Nations continue to be marginalized in Canadian schools. In Education and the Politics of Difference, authors Ratna Ghosh and Ali A. Abdi expose the problematic constructions of difference in schooling contexts, where differences are either treated as surface issues that do not affect the lives of learners, or superficially celebrated in terms that do not question power relations in schools and society. This revised and expanded second edition engages the broad theories of multicultural and inclusive education, and provides case studies of Canadian multicultural education policies, such as the unique situation of Aboriginal education. With this discussion of how differences of race, class, gender, sexuality, and other differences are viewed - particularly in a post-9/11 world - this book extends the possibilities of a more open-minded global understanding and appreciation of difference. The book closes with a discussion of the future of multicultural and inclusive education, envisioning a school system where difference is normalized and seen as a fundamental human trait essential for social and human well-being.

Author : Stephen Gough
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135085278

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Education, Nature, and Society by Stephen Gough Pdf

Environmental issues continue to divide opinion, sometimes in extreme ways. Almost everyone agrees that education has a role to play in ensuring the future of humanity on Earth. Some think we should all learn to leave a minimal environmental footprint; others argue that education should promote economic growth, because only growth can generate the capital needed to develop solutions to environmental problems. Advocates on each side often find the views of their opponents simply incredible, giving rise to accusations of bad faith or poor science. This book explores the foundations of the debate by examining human interrelations with Nature. It takes an educational perspective, but also draws on evidence from anthropology, economics, ecology, policy sciences and natural history. The case presented is that any coherent view of the purposes and potential of education requires a theory of human society in the natural world. For such a theory, education (and, more broadly, learning) must be more than an instrument for the achievement of personal or policy goals. Rather, it is an integral, continuing and necessary component of personal and policy development. On this basis, a novel approach to curriculum design and implementation is outlined.

Author : Doogab Yi
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226216119

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The Recombinant University by Doogab Yi Pdf

The advent of recombinant DNA technology in the 1970s was a key moment in the history of both biotechnology and the commercialization of academic research. Doogab Yi’s The Recombinant University draws us deeply into the academic community in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the technology was developed and adopted as the first major commercial technology for genetic engineering. In doing so, it reveals how research patronage, market forces, and legal developments from the late 1960s through the early 1980s influenced the evolution of the technology and reshaped the moral and scientific life of biomedical researchers. Bay Area scientists, university administrators, and government officials were fascinated by and increasingly engaged in the economic and political opportunities associated with the privatization of academic research. Yi uncovers how the attempts made by Stanford scientists and administrators to demonstrate the relevance of academic research were increasingly mediated by capitalistic conceptions of knowledge, medical innovation, and the public interest. Their interventions resulted in legal shifts and moral realignments that encouraged the privatization of academic research for public benefit. The Recombinant University brings to life the hybrid origin story of biotechnology and the ways the academic culture of science has changed in tandem with the early commercialization of recombinant DNA technology.

Author : Susan Walsh,Barbara Bickel,Carl Leggo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317801375

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Arts-based and Contemplative Practices in Research and Teaching by Susan Walsh,Barbara Bickel,Carl Leggo Pdf

This volume presents a scholarly investigation of the ways educators engage in artistic and contemplative practices – and why this matters in education. Arts-based learning and inquiry can function as a powerful catalyst for change by allowing spiritual practices to be present within educational settings, but too often the relationship between art, education and spirituality is ignored. Exploring artistic disciplines such as dance, drama, visual art, music, and writing, and forms such as writing-witnessing, freestyle rap, queer performative autoethnograph, and poetic imagination, this book develops a transformational educational paradigm. Its unique integration of spirituality in and through the arts addresses the contemplative needs of learners and educators in diverse educational and community settings.

Author : Brigid Freeman,Simon Marginson,Russell Tytler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317663669

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The Age of STEM by Brigid Freeman,Simon Marginson,Russell Tytler Pdf

Across the world STEM (learning and work in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) has taken central importance in education and the economy in a way that few other disciplines have. STEM competence has become seen as key to higher productivity, technological adaptation and research-based innovation. No area of educational provision has a greater current importance than the STEM disciplines yet there is a surprising dearth of comprehensive and world-wide information about STEM policy, participation, programs and practice. The Age of STEM is a state of the art survey of the global trends and major country initiatives in STEM. It gives an international overview of issues such as: STEM strategy and coordination curricula, teaching and assessment women in STEM indigenous students research training STEM in the graduate labour markets STEM breadth and STEM depth The individual chapters give comparative international analysis as well as a global overview, particularly focusing on the growing number of policies and practices in mobilising and developing talent in the STEM fields. The book will be of particular interest to anyone involved in educational policy, those in education management and leaders in both schooling and tertiary education. It will have a wider resonance among practitioners in the STEM disciplines, particularly at university level, and for those interested in contemporary public policy.