کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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952751 | 927538 | 2011 | 9 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
This article examines the reflexive, biosocial nature of genomic meaning making around race, drawing on discourse analysis of 732 articles on genomics and race published from the years 1986–2010, in-depth interviews with 36 of the world’s most elite genomics researchers, interviews with 15 critics, policymakers, and trainees involved in debates over race, and participant observation at a core genotyping facility that specializes in ancestry estimation. I reveal how biomedical researchers identify with, value, and make sense of the taxonomies they construct. My analysis goes beyond a consideration of instrumental rationales to analyze the experiential and political motivations that shape how researchers get involved in racial ethical dilemmas. I theorize taxonomic practice as a reflexive form of biosociality, a conscious shaping of social notions about biology and race to produce a future that researchers themselves want to live in. I demonstrate how reflexive biosociality paradoxically leads researchers to advance social explanations for race while investing in genomics as a solution to racial quandaries.
► Genomic elites align their taxonomies with their ethical values on race.
► Genomicists use minority inclusion, self-identification, and social epidemiology to promote antiracism in research.
► Researchers biosocialize around their own racial ideas, interpreting personal struggles through the lens of their research.
► They practice a reflexivity in which they define race based on the kind of future they want for themselves and their kin.
Journal: Social Science & Medicine - Volume 73, Issue 7, October 2011, Pages 1019–1027