V01
Promises and practices of biotechnologies
- Convenors:
-
Dawn Goodwin (Lancaster University)
Gordon Walker (Lancaster University)
- Chair:
- Neil Stephens
- Location:
- Bowland North Seminar Room 4
- Start time:
- 25 July, 2018 at 13:00
- Session slots:
- 1
Promises and practices of biotechnologies.
Panel V01 at conference EASST2018: Meetings: Making Science, Technology and Society Together.
https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst2018/p/6993
Short abstract:
Genomic research, genome testing in healthcare, and the creation of biobanks are rich sites for STS investigation. This panel exposes the frameworks in which genomic practices are situated and how these frameworks configure identities, social relations, and manage uncertainties and expectations.