Taking social and anthropological consequences of genome editing seriously
(2018) ARRIGE Kick-off Meeting (Inserm) — Location: Paris (22.March.2018)
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- The recent advances in genome editing are raising new ethical and societal challenges to define the articulation of science advances and its perception on the public at large. It is asking for a citizen epistemology in Sheila Jasanoff words. As a member of Inserm bioethical committee and member of Arrige I would like to raise the anthropological and societal impact of these technologies beyond the wouah and behk effect for the public at large since these issues have a biopolitical impact that affects the way science is socially perceived and the mutation of our norms. I will thus question the bioethical norms we have as insufficient to address the new ontological challenges the power of Crisper 9 and genome editing techniques are confronting us too in terms of responsibility to future generations, but also in terms of commodification of our genome. I will conclude by questioning the link between start up science companies and democracy today.
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Botbol-Baum, M. (2018). Taking social and anthropological consequences of genome editing seriously. ARRIGE Kick-off Meeting (Inserm), Paris. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/98226