Biological citizenship
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Recent papers in Biological citizenship
This essay is concerned with processes of transformation of ‘citizenship’ towards its acquisition due to a biological condition, rather than due to nationality. First, I will explore Nguyen’s notion of ‘therapeutic citizenship’ in... more
In recent years, there has been an intense debate about the concept of “biological” or “genetic citizenship.” The growing literature on this topic mostly refers to the importance of patients’ associations, disease advocacy organizations,... more
RESUMEN: La conformación de asociaciones de pacientes que usan el cannabis medicinal y su articulación política en la segunda década del siglo XXI generó una controversia sobre las propiedades terapéuticas de dicha planta que tiene como... more
Les soins palliatifs et l’accompagnement des mourants s’inscrivent dans le mouvement plus large d’individualisation de la mort. Centrée sur la notion d’autonomie, la mort idéale se veut aujourd’hui discrète, inconsciente et hygiénique.... more
This paper analyzes the distinction between Western and post-socialist biological citizenship, formulated by Rose and Novas in terms of “active” versus “passive” biological citizenship projects, in order to propose a refinement of the... more
This article charts the diverse pathways through which austerity and other policy shifts associated with neoliberalism have come to be embodied globally in ill-health. It combines a review of research on these processes of embodiment with... more
Essay concerned with the extent of plastic surgery in Brazil and the use of women's bodies in public clinics to develop new surgical techniques which are used on wealthy patients in private clinics.
Corpus begins with the argument that traditional disciplines are unable to fully apprehend the body and embodiment and asserts that critical study of these topics urgently demands interdisciplinary approaches. The collection’s 13... more
Globalization via the digital age is upon us, demanding a new ethics and an intercultural awareness while the dialectics of globalism and cyberspace mandate a committed reflection on what the synthesis between the digital realm and global... more
El presente artículo busca comprender las prácticas socio-materiales que fueron produciendo la emergencia de la agrupación de familiares de pacientes psiquiátricos (AFAPs), en contigüidad con las transformaciones de las políticas públicas... more
La transformation du sang placentaire en une précieuse source de cellules souches a donné naissance à partir des années 1990 à une industrie globale de conservation de sang de cordon ombilical faisant désormais concurrence à un... more
This paper explores the challenges faced by unhoused women in accessing general and reproductive health care services in Santa Cruz, CA. Semi-structured interviews with women experi- encing houselessness were conducted in Santa Cruz, CA... more
Resumen La alta prevalencia de tuberculosis (TB) en Bolivia ha sido preocupación tanto del Servicio Nacional de Salud como de la burocracia sanitaria internacional. A partir de una etnografía de encuentros médicos realizada en Bolivia... more
‘Unsuspecting young South African women are heading overseas to donate their eggs to infertile couples and earn a free international holiday in the process. But, at what cost?’ This was the voice-over during a news show in South Africa in... more
This article critically analyses biological citizenship in terms of how it instates an ideal human subject drawn expressly from Western liberal discourse. Through an analysis of health promotion booklets directed at people living with HIV... more
In this paper, I shall present the theoretical view on the reliability democracy as presented in Prijić Samaržija’s book Democracy and Truth (2018), and examine its validity through the case of the division of epistemic labour in the... more
In contemporary processes of citizenship, parents and other caregivers often must make claims to the state on behalf of children with disabilities. In this article, we draw from data on the Omnibus Autism Proceedings (OAP), which were a... more
Bringing Forth the Body P.Currah & M.J.Casper Distributed Reproduction M.Murphy Multiculturalist White Supremacy and the Substructure of the Body D.Rodriguez Materializing Hope: Racial Pharmaceuticals, Suffering Bodies, and Biological... more
Drawing upon fieldwork data collected among a group of Tibetan graduates who attended an internationally linked English training program that dramatically and fundamentally altered their life trajectories, this study argues that
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