MAKING AN ECOLOGICAL TRAP: Capturing the Potentiality of iPS Cells in Japan.
Inspired by recent discussions of 'traps' among STS and anthropology scholars, this article explores how Japanese scientists capture iPS (induced pluripotent stem) cells to take advantage of their potentialities. Since iPS cells are tiny, unstable, and permeable, humans cannot intervene directly to...
| Publicado en: | Social Analysis Vol. 66; no. 2; pp. 23 - 43 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Berghahn Books
Jun2022
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=159488066&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 159488066 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 0155977X H9B jtl: Social Analysis issn: 0155977X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2022 vid: 66 iid: 2 pid: 1130 pub: Berghahn Books artinfo: ui: 159488066 10.3167/sa.2022.660202 ppf: 23 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.1MB tig: atl: MAKING AN ECOLOGICAL TRAP: Capturing the Potentiality of iPS Cells in Japan. aug: au: Wakana Suzuki affil: Senior Lecturer at Osaka University in Japan su: Japan Anthropology Commercialization Stem cells Scientists sug: subj: Anthropology Commercialization Japan Stem cells Scientists keyword: assemblage ethnography biotechnology cell microenvironment ecology potentiality stem cells traps assemblage ethnography biotechnology cell microenvironment ecology potentiality stem cells traps ab: Inspired by recent discussions of 'traps' among STS and anthropology scholars, this article explores how Japanese scientists capture iPS (induced pluripotent stem) cells to take advantage of their potentialities. Since iPS cells are tiny, unstable, and permeable, humans cannot intervene directly to transform their morphology and nature. Making a proper environment for their thriving--in other words, creating a trap--is the only way for humans to successfully harness and direct the cells' potentiality. Based on long-term fieldwork in one laboratory, I suggest that the technologies, institutions, and laws that mediate between humans and cells can be understood as a series of 'ecological traps'. Ultimately, iPS cells resist unilateral standardization and commercialization, forcing humans to adapt their own behaviors and governing systems to accommodate cells. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|