| Titre : | Racial taxonomy in genomics. (2011) |
| Auteurs : | BLISS (Catherine) : USA. Brown University. Africana Studies. Providence. RI. |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 73, n° 7, 2011) |
| Pagination : | 1019-1027 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Race ; Canada ; Homme ; Amérique ; Amérique du Nord |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS C7GR0x9s. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. This article examines the reflexive, biosocial nature of genomic meaning making around race, drawing on discourse analysis of 732 articles on genomics and race published from the years 1986-2010, in-depth interviews with 36 of the world's most elite genomics researchers, interviews with 15 critics, policy-makers, and trainees involved in debates over race, and participant observation at a core genotyping facility that specializes in ancestry estimation. I reveal how biomedical researchers identify with, value, and make sense of the taxonomies they construct. My analysis goes beyond a consideration of instrumental rationales to analyze the experiential and political motivations that shape how researchers get involved in racial ethical dilemmas. I theorize taxonomic practice as a reflexive form of biosociality, a conscious shaping of social notions about biology and race to produce a future that researchers themselves want to live in. I demonstrate how reflexive biosociality paradoxically leads researchers to advance social explanations for race while investing in genomics as a solution to racial quandaries. |
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