title: Bio-objects' political capacity: a research agenda.
abstract: This article explores the merits of foregrounding the dichotomy of politicization vs de-politicization for our understanding of bio-objects in order to study their production, circulation, and governance in European societies. By asking how bio-objects are configured in science, policy, public, and media discourses and practices, we focus on the role of socio-technical configurations in generating political relations. The bio-object thereby serves as an entry point to approach and conceptualize "the political" in an innovative way.
authors: Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. pieter.maeseele@ua.ac.be
authors: Pieter
authors: P
authors: Maeseele
authors: Kim
authors: K
authors: Hendrickx
authors: Vincenzo
authors: V
authors: Pavone
authors: Ine
authors: I
authors: Van Hoyweghen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D011634:Public Health; D012586:Science
references: Nature. 2012 May 30;485(7400):582
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