Ian Barns
Biographic Data
| ID | 762113 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ian Barns |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ian |
| FAMILY NAME | Barns |
| SIGNATURE | BARNS I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Murdoch University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Poststructuralism, Citizenship and Social Policy
Poststructuralism, Citizenship and Social Policy shows how poststructuralist ideas can be usefully applied in the areas of welfare, health, education and science and technology policy, making particular reference to the theme of citizenship. \n \nThe impact of poststructuralism on thinking in the social sciences and humanities over the last decade has been profound. However, to date, there has been little systematic analysis of the implications o…
Human redemption in (and of) the matrix of technological modernity
"What Do You Think about Genetic Medicine?" Facilitating Sociable Public Discourse on Developments in the New Genetics
An important aspect of any meaningful public discussion about developments in gene technology is the provision of opportunities for interested publics to engage in sociable public discourse with other lay people and with experts. This article reports on a series of peer group conversations conducted in late 1996 and early 1997 with sixteen community groups in Perth, Western Australia, interested in gene therapy technology. With the case of cystic…
Poststructuralism, Citizenship and Social Policy
Eschatological Hope and Ecological Justice
Ever since the publication of Lynn White’s essay criticizing Christianity as a primary source of the current environmental crisis there has been much theological debate about the ‘green credentials’ of Christianity. Within this rich and varied literature I believe that the most fruitful orthodox response has been to recover the doctrine of creation as an integral part of the story of salvation. That is to say, the doc-trine of creation is not jus…
Gene Technology Communication: Facilitating Public Deliberation of pST Gene Technology
This article reports the second phase of a three-year project on public perceptions of biotechnology, conducted in Perth, Western Australia. The purposes of this second phase were (1) to further develop a computer-based method for investigating public perceptions of biotechnology with individuals and to extend the method to focus groups, and (2) to report the perceptions of “interested publics” about the use of a genetically engineered pig growth…
Public attitudes to gene technology: The case of the MacGregor's® tomato
This paper reports the pilot phase of a three-year project, `Public perceptions of biotechnology', conducted in Perth, Western Australia. The purposes of this pilot investigation were (1) to develop a computer-based method for investigating public perceptions of biotechnology, and (2) to report the perceptions of four `interested publics' about the Flavr SavrTM/MacGregor's® tomato, a genetically engineered tomato. By `interested publics' we mean …
Problematic Publics: A Critical Review of Surveys of Public Attitudes to Biotechnology
This article discusses a range of recent major surveys of public attitudes toward biotechnology. The authors identify a number of problematic features of the surveys: the use of predominantly consumerist rather than civic conception of public discourse; the assumption of a unitary "general public," a "cognitive deficit" approach to public understanding of science; and the presumption of a politically neutral and instrumental ist model of science …
Manufacturing consensus: Reflections on the UK national consensus conference on plant biotechnology
Environment, democracy and community
A radical democratic polity might provide a discursive framework more supportive of a green political agenda than that provided by a liberal democracy. Four key themes of a radical democratic project are: the development of a richer public discourse involving a more active, participatory practice of citizenship; the inclusion of group difference within the public domain whilst at the same time maintaining a commitment to working towards ‘the comm…
Post-fordist people
Monstrous nature or technology: Cinematic resolutions of the ‘Frankenstein Problem’
"What Do You Think about Genetic Medicine?" Facilitating Sociable Public Discourse on Developments in the New Genetics
An important aspect of any meaningful public discussion about developments in gene technology is the provision of opportunities for interested publics to engage in sociable public discourse with other lay people and with experts. This article reports on a series of peer group conversations conducted in late 1996 and early 1997 with sixteen community groups in Perth, Western Australia, interested in gene therapy technology. With the case of cystic…
Monstrous nature or technology: Cinematic resolutions of the ‘Frankenstein Problem’
Manufacturing consensus: Reflections on the UK national consensus conference on plant biotechnology
Environment, democracy and community
A radical democratic polity might provide a discursive framework more supportive of a green political agenda than that provided by a liberal democracy. Four key themes of a radical democratic project are: the development of a richer public discourse involving a more active, participatory practice of citizenship; the inclusion of group difference within the public domain whilst at the same time maintaining a commitment to working towards ‘the comm…
Gene Technology Communication: Facilitating Public Deliberation of pST Gene Technology
This article reports the second phase of a three-year project on public perceptions of biotechnology, conducted in Perth, Western Australia. The purposes of this second phase were (1) to further develop a computer-based method for investigating public perceptions of biotechnology with individuals and to extend the method to focus groups, and (2) to report the perceptions of “interested publics” about the use of a genetically engineered pig growth…
Monstrous nature or technology: Cinematic resolutions of the ‘Frankenstein Problem’
Post-fordist people
Manufacturing consensus: Reflections on the UK national consensus conference on plant biotechnology
Environment, democracy and community
A radical democratic polity might provide a discursive framework more supportive of a green political agenda than that provided by a liberal democracy. Four key themes of a radical democratic project are: the development of a richer public discourse involving a more active, participatory practice of citizenship; the inclusion of group difference within the public domain whilst at the same time maintaining a commitment to working towards ‘the comm…
Public attitudes to gene technology: The case of the MacGregor's® tomato
This paper reports the pilot phase of a three-year project, `Public perceptions of biotechnology', conducted in Perth, Western Australia. The purposes of this pilot investigation were (1) to develop a computer-based method for investigating public perceptions of biotechnology, and (2) to report the perceptions of four `interested publics' about the Flavr SavrTM/MacGregor's® tomato, a genetically engineered tomato. By `interested publics' we mean …
Problematic Publics: A Critical Review of Surveys of Public Attitudes to Biotechnology
This article discusses a range of recent major surveys of public attitudes toward biotechnology. The authors identify a number of problematic features of the surveys: the use of predominantly consumerist rather than civic conception of public discourse; the assumption of a unitary "general public," a "cognitive deficit" approach to public understanding of science; and the presumption of a politically neutral and instrumental ist model of science …
Eschatological Hope and Ecological Justice
Ever since the publication of Lynn White’s essay criticizing Christianity as a primary source of the current environmental crisis there has been much theological debate about the ‘green credentials’ of Christianity. Within this rich and varied literature I believe that the most fruitful orthodox response has been to recover the doctrine of creation as an integral part of the story of salvation. That is to say, the doc-trine of creation is not jus…
Gene Technology Communication: Facilitating Public Deliberation of pST Gene Technology
This article reports the second phase of a three-year project on public perceptions of biotechnology, conducted in Perth, Western Australia. The purposes of this second phase were (1) to further develop a computer-based method for investigating public perceptions of biotechnology with individuals and to extend the method to focus groups, and (2) to report the perceptions of “interested publics” about the use of a genetically engineered pig growth…
Poststructuralism, Citizenship and Social Policy
"What Do You Think about Genetic Medicine?" Facilitating Sociable Public Discourse on Developments in the New Genetics
An important aspect of any meaningful public discussion about developments in gene technology is the provision of opportunities for interested publics to engage in sociable public discourse with other lay people and with experts. This article reports on a series of peer group conversations conducted in late 1996 and early 1997 with sixteen community groups in Perth, Western Australia, interested in gene therapy technology. With the case of cystic…
Poststructuralism, Citizenship and Social Policy
Poststructuralism, Citizenship and Social Policy shows how poststructuralist ideas can be usefully applied in the areas of welfare, health, education and science and technology policy, making particular reference to the theme of citizenship. \n \nThe impact of poststructuralism on thinking in the social sciences and humanities over the last decade has been profound. However, to date, there has been little systematic analysis of the implications o…
Human redemption in (and of) the matrix of technological modernity
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Environmental ethics (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Biology (3 works)