A Decolonial Plasticity? Diffracting Epigenetics to Reconnect Histories of the Body.
In this article, I aim to move plasticity away from "modern," or "Western" or "Euro-American," networks of knowledge. I look at biological plasticity as it is emerging from epigenetics as a way through which contemporary science and social theory is rediscovering the embeddedness, sensitivity, perme...
| Publicado en: | University of Toronto Quarterly Vol. 94; no. 2; pp. 183 - 202 |
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May2025
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