Genetic Science and New Digital Technologies: Science and Technology Studies and Health Praxis

by Miquel Domènech (Contribution by), Núria Vallès-Peris (Contribution by), Anamika Gulati (Contribution by), Stephan Struve (Contribution by), Ana Tomicic (Contribution by)

Overview

From health tracking to diet apps to biohacking, technology is changing how we relate to our material, embodied selves.

Drawing from a range of disciplines and case studies, this volume looks at what makes these health and genetic technologies unique and explores the representation, communication and internalization of health knowledge.

Showcasing how power and inequality are reflected and reproduced by these technologies, discourses and practices, this book will be a go-to resource for scholars in science and technology studies as well as those who study the intersection of race, gender, socio-economic status, sexuality and health.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529223316
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	11/28/2023
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Tina Sikka is Reader in Technoscience and Intersectional Justice in the School of Arts and Cultures at Newcastle University.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Social and Behavioural Genomics and the Ethics of (In)Visibility - Daphne Oluwaseun Martschenko

2. PureHealth: Feminist New Materialism, Posthuman Auto-Ethnography and Hegemonic Health Assemblages - Tina Sikka

3. Ambivalent Embodiment and HIV Treatment in South Africa - Elizabeth Mills

4. An ‘Artificial’ Concept as the Opposite of Human Dignity - Kazuhiko Shibuya

5. Health Praxis in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Diagnostics, Caregiving and Reimagining the Role(s) of Healthcare Practitioners - Kevin Cummings and John Rief

6. Digital Health Technological Advancements and Gender Dynamics in STS - Anamika Gulati

7. Automation in Medical Imaging: Who Gets What AI Sees? Insights from the Adopters’ Perspective - Filomena Berardi and Giorgio Vernoni

8. Robots for Care: A Few Considerations from the Social Sciences - Miquel Domènech and Núria Vallès-Peris

9. Are Ovulation Biosensors Feminist Technologies? - Joann Wilkinson and Celia Roberts

Conclusion

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Wide-ranging in its theoretical and substantive bases, this timely collection provides a fix for the curious about what biomedicine is, can and should be in the age of digital transformation." Catherine Montgomery, University of Edinburgh

"Conceptually sophisticated and empirically rich, this excellent collection of essays engages with one of the most pressing questions of our time: how to centre ethics, justice and care in the analysis and application of new health technologies." Maria Fannin, University of Bristol