We, Other Utopians

Recombinant DNA, Genome Editing, and Artificial Life

Eva Šlesingerová

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Routledge
25 September 2023

Illness & addiction: social aspects; Sociology; Medical sociology; Genetics (non-medical); Medical anthropology

Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

We, Other Utopians is the first book to analyze the topics of genome editing/recombinant DNA on the basis of ethnographic research in the post-communist context. The book focuses on the topics of human DNA editing and genome repair on two levels. First, inspired by texts analyzing the concept of life and the body in general, it conceptually and analytically works with various approaches to engineered life and embodiments from the perspective of anthropology, sociology, and science and technology studies. Second, it presents an analysis of artificial life, and biotechnological embodiments on concrete technologies – genome editing, recombinant DNA, and biological computing.

The book explores the theme of genome editing based on ethnographic research conducted at a biochemical laboratory in the Czech Republic. The fieldwork was carried out from 2017 to 2019, mainly in a lab focusing on DNA damages and genomic risk of complex diseases or genetic vulnerabilities like breast cancer, infertility, and ageing. Recombinant DNA is understood here as the exchange of DNA strands to produce and design new nucleotide sequence arrangements to heal or enhance human bodies and health in the future. The book analyzes various economies of hope, hype, expectations, politics, and poetics of false promises and better or worse predictions from the point of view of sociology, anthropology, and science and technology studies.

By: Eva Šlesingerová
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367608033
ISBN 10: 0367608030
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
Pages: 122
Publication Date: 25 September 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eva Šlesingerová is an anthropologist and sociologist. She has focused on different areas of research and academic interest: body, genomics, AI technologies, robots and biotechnological art and experiments. She teaches courses like Anthropology and Technology, Kinship or Research in Art. Her publications include texts in journals like Social Science Information, Body & Society or Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy.