The value of bio-objects and policy discourses in Europe
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چکیده
What is the value of bio-objects? In a series of texts (primarily published in the Croatian Medical Journal) new entities, identified and/or produced by new technology, have been analytically defined as bio-objects. Bio-objects derive from innovative knowledge, they are generated through a “bio-objectification” process, and continuously negotiated in the intersection of science, politics, and society (1,2). Identification and construction of bio-objects are conducted in a variety of practices and discourses inside and outside of scientific laboratories, and configured in science, policy, and media. Information-over-loaded knowledge landscapes (KL) are in turn characterized by open-source distribution, and are both depoliticizing and (re-)politicizing the content and function of bio-objects (3,4). In this article, the focus is on the value of bio-objects, and includes an inquiry into the history of the changeable value of bioobjects as a scientific and economic project in Europe.
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