Ignacia Arteaga Pérez
Biographic Data
| ID | 204160 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ignacia Arteaga Pérez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ignacia Arteaga |
| FAMILY NAME | Pérez |
| SIGNATURE | PÉREZ I A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Anthropology Department, University College London, London, UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Learning to See Cancer in Early Detection Research
This article explores how scientists learn to detect 'pre-cancer', a new diagnostic category defined by the risk of developing the titular disease. This process entails the observation of 'raw signals' that stand for potential molecular and metabolic changes in animal and human tissues and their validation as 'candidate biomarkers'. I draw on ethnographic fieldwork conducted alongside a multidisciplinary group of researchers-physicists, biologist…
Disjunctive belongings and the utopia of intimacy: Violence, love and friendship among poor urban youth in neoliberal Chile
The paper analyses practices of intimacy among youth in a poor, crime-ridden neighbourhood of Santiago. It argues that their sense of belonging to their neighbourhood and broader society is disjunctive: they inhabit the nation-state without complying with expectations of proper citizenship. Similarly, they dwell in their neighbourhood without identifying with it. Instead, they turn to intimate relations with friends and lovers as spaces of belong…
Learning to See Cancer in Early Detection Research
This article explores how scientists learn to detect 'pre-cancer', a new diagnostic category defined by the risk of developing the titular disease. This process entails the observation of 'raw signals' that stand for potential molecular and metabolic changes in animal and human tissues and their validation as 'candidate biomarkers'. I draw on ethnographic fieldwork conducted alongside a multidisciplinary group of researchers-physicists, biologist…
Disjunctive belongings and the utopia of intimacy: Violence, love and friendship among poor urban youth in neoliberal Chile
The paper analyses practices of intimacy among youth in a poor, crime-ridden neighbourhood of Santiago. It argues that their sense of belonging to their neighbourhood and broader society is disjunctive: they inhabit the nation-state without complying with expectations of proper citizenship. Similarly, they dwell in their neighbourhood without identifying with it. Instead, they turn to intimate relations with friends and lovers as spaces of belong…
Learning to See Cancer in Early Detection Research
This article explores how scientists learn to detect 'pre-cancer', a new diagnostic category defined by the risk of developing the titular disease. This process entails the observation of 'raw signals' that stand for potential molecular and metabolic changes in animal and human tissues and their validation as 'candidate biomarkers'. I draw on ethnographic fieldwork conducted alongside a multidisciplinary group of researchers-physicists, biologist…
Social science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Biology (1 works) · Citizenship (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Criminology (1 works) · Data science (1 works) · Ecology (1 works) · Engineering (1 works) · Engineering ethics (1 works)