Kristin´s adventures in wonderlab/ Recombinant DNA technology, biotechnological utopias and techno-futures

ŠLESINGEROVÁ, Eva. Kristin´s adventures in wonderlab/ Recombinant DNA technology, biotechnological utopias and techno-futures. In Přednáška, Faculty of Fine Art, Brno University of Technology CR. 2019.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Kristin´s adventures in wonderlab/ Recombinant DNA technology, biotechnological utopias and techno-futures

Autoři

ŠLESINGEROVÁ, Eva (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Přednáška, Faculty of Fine Art, Brno University of Technology CR, 2019

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Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Vyžádané přednášky

Obor

50400 5.4 Sociology

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/19:00111800

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova česky

bioart; život; biomoc; tělo; inženýrství života

Klíčová slova anglicky

bio art; life; biopower; body; life engineering

Štítky

rivok

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Anotace

V originále

The topic of genome editing (CRISPR/Cas9) echoes the general context of studies of science and technology, which have become imbued with analyses of visions of the future, “those creatures of the future tense,” when exploring the expectations, speculations, visions, hopes, prophecies, promises, and potentials as well as hype, pessimism, fear, and concerns in connection with recombinant DNA technologies. Specifically considering CRISPR/Cas 9 technology, the rhetoric about revolution, new promises, new breakpoints for humankind, and also fears and concerns have emerged recently. Using examples from ethnographic research, I will present analyzes of the recombinant DNA technologies context, specifically relations among scientists, their emotions and their utopian visions in connection with living “techno-others”, more-than-human companions. The talk shows the outcomes and initial results of an ethnographic study I conducted in a biochemical laboratory in the Czech Republic during 2017 and 2019 (under the project Artificial Life/Anthropological and Sociological Analysis of Life Engineering). The laboratory is focused on repair and recombinant DNA technologies and perspectives.