Genetic science and new digital technologies: science and technology studies and health praxis

Drawing from a range of disciplines and case studies, this volume examines the latest health and genetic technologies, explores the representation, communication, and internalization of health knowledge and reveals the economic and cultural inequalities that result from these technologies

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Weitere Verfasser: Sikka, Tina (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bristol Bristol University Press 2023
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Zusammenfassung:Drawing from a range of disciplines and case studies, this volume examines the latest health and genetic technologies, explores the representation, communication, and internalization of health knowledge and reveals the economic and cultural inequalities that result from these technologies
Beschreibung:Erscheinungsdatum der Online-Ausgabe: March 2024
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Front Cover -- Genetic Science and New Digital Technologies: Science and Technology Studies and Health Praxis -- Copyright information -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- The importance of STS -- Chapter outline -- References -- 1 Social and Behavioural Genomics and the Ethics of (In)Visibility -- Introduction -- Background and context -- Social and behavioural genomics -- Discriminate biopower -- The sociotechnic imaginary -- The sociotechnic imaginary of technological upgrades -- The sociotechnic imaginary of technological deletions -- Looking ahead -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 PureHealth: Feminist New Materialism, Posthuman Auto-Ethnography and Hegemonic Health Assemblages -- Introduction -- Case study: Purearth -- A note on method -- Feminist new materialism: agential cutting -- PureHealth - body normativity - immunity - neoliberalism -- The cut -- PureHealth - body normativity - immunity - neoliberalism -- Posthuman auto-ethnography: Purearth and CICT -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Ambivalent Embodiment and HIV Treatment in South Africa -- 'It's because we fought for ARVs together': HIV as a site of ongoing struggle -- Science and the struggle for HIV treatment in South Africa -- Research background -- Embodiment and new generation struggles -- The social lives of HIV and ARVs -- 'My treatment is killing me!': treatment fatigue, side effects and adherence -- The body in context: inequality and (un)employment -- HIV, ARVs and intra-activity: towards a fuller understanding of lives in action -- Conclusion -- Note -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 4 An 'Artificial' Concept as the Opposite of Human Dignity -- Introduction -- Problems with the 'artificial' concept -- Two meanings of 'artificial' -- Feeling latent risks and threats towards the 'artificial' -- Points to be discussed around AI and bioengineering
Dignity -- Controllability -- Legal authority -- The unconscious transformation of value -- Crossing the worlds -- Towards a sustainable future for humanity -- Role of academic research -- Prioritizing risk reduction and sustainable development goals -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 Health Praxis in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Diagnostics, Caregiving and Reimagining the Role(s) of Healthcare Practitioners -- Introduction -- Prospects for humanity in a technological medical ecology -- Communicating in the medical ecology: escaping the epistemic screen -- The medical 'pit crew': a rhetorical model for healthcare reform -- Rhetorical-deliberative praxis in the AI era -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6 Digital Health Technological Advancements and Gender Dynamics in STS -- Introduction -- Digital science and gender bias -- Penetration of medical technologies -- Big Data in public health -- Digital health knowledge economy -- Health technologies and gender dynamics -- Digital health and user education -- Data security -- Asymmetries in technological advancements -- Gender bias in science communication -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Automation in Medical Imaging: Who Gets What AI Sees? Insights from the Adopters' Perspective -- Introduction -- Some stylized facts on the automation of labour -- Medical imaging: an ideal target for automation? -- AI acceptance in context: hindering factors -- The interviews -- Patients' and clinicians' perspectives within an adoption system -- Patient's perspective -- Knowledge at stake: AI explainability and the black box environment -- Patients' and clinicians' perspective -- Trust bestowed to AI within an adoption system: dependence on task nature and the salience of human identity -- Clinician's perspective -- Approaching change in radiologists' identity -- Conclusion -- References
8 Robots for Care: A Few Considerations from the Social Sciences -- Introduction -- Why robots for care? -- The care crisis -- The improvement of efficiency -- The new potential robots offer -- There is a market -- The social sciences' contribution -- Robots as artefacts embedded in a network -- Understanding technology -- The effect of technological innovations -- The ethical debate -- About deception and interdisciplinarity -- About privacy and fragmentation -- The design process -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 Are Ovulation Biosensors Feminist Technologies? -- Introduction -- What do ovulation biosensors do? -- Feminism and ovulation tracking -- What happens when women 'do' ovulation biosensing? -- Skilling up: learning how to use the tools -- Making sense of the data -- Becoming the sensor -- Experimenting with ovulation biosensors -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Conclusion -- References -- Index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (vi, 240 Seiten)
ISBN:9781529223330
DOI:10.46692/9781529223330

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