Anna Wexler
Biographic Data
| ID | 930634 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Wexler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Wexler |
| SIGNATURE | WEXLER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6723-9038 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Navigating biosafety concerns within Covid-19 do-it-yourself (DIY) science
Non-establishment or do-it-yourself (DIY) science involves individuals who may not have formal training conducting experiments outside of institutional settings. While prior scholarship has examined the motivations and values of those involved in the subset of DIY science known as “DIY biology,” little research has addressed how these individuals navigate ethical issues in practice. The present study therefore aimed to understand how DIY biologis…
Ethical challenges in translating brain-computer interfaces
Neurofeedback as placebo
The use of placebo in clinical practice has been the topic of extensive debate in the bioethics literature, with much scholarship focusing on concerns regarding deception. While considerations of placebo without deception have largely centred on open-label placebo, this paper considers a different kind of ethical quandary regarding placebo without an intent to deceive—one where the provider believes a treatment is effective due to a direct physio…
Trading Vulnerabilities
Implanted medical devices—for example, cardiac defibrillators, deep brain stimulators, and insulin pumps—offer users the possibility of regaining some control over an increasingly unruly body, the opportunity to become part “cyborg” in service of addressing pressing health needs. We recognize the value and effectiveness of such devices, but call attention to what may be less clear to potential users—that their vulnerabilities may not entirely dis…
Covid‐19
The Covid‐19 pandemic has altered the shape of medicine, making in‐person interactions risky for both patients and health care workers. Now, before scheduling in‐person appointments or procedures, physicians are forced to reconsider if they are truly necessary. The pandemic has thus thrown into relief the difference between evidence‐based medical care and traditional aspects of care that lack a strong evidentiary component. In this essay, we demo…
Realizing Present and Future Promise of DIY Biology and Medicine through a Trust Architecture
The speed and scale of the COVID‐19 pandemic has highlighted the limits of current health systems and the potential promise of non‐establishment research such as “DIY” research. We consider one example of how DIY research is responding to the pandemic, discuss the challenges faced by DIY research more generally, and suggest that a “trust architecture” should be developed now to contribute to successful future DIY efforts
The Medical Battery in The United States (1870–1920)
This paper focuses on the history of a portable shock-producing electrotherapeutic device known as the medical battery (1870-1920), which provided both direct and alternating current and was thought to cure a wide variety of ailments. The product occupied a unique space at the nexus of medicine, consumerism and quackery: it was simultaneously considered a legitimate device by medical professionals who practiced electrotherapeutics, yet identical …
Yon Moso Twal Nan Bwa (A Piece of Cloth on Wood)
Tout sa m ap di ou, se yon istorik li ye. Gen pou ale nan kòmansman pou rive sou drapo a ... Manbo Ayizan Potko se gwo rèn Vodou—se li vin parèt avèk Vodou. Tout Lwa yo rete la avèk li men yo potko eklere. Yo pa konne kilès yo ye, kisa pou yo fè. Sa se lontan lontan. Yo tout rete kay Manbo Ayizan paske se li ki pi gwo, semanman tout oungan se li ki responsab pou gade moun nan djevo e ki konnen tout règleman pou sèvi mistè. L ap kouche moun, l ap …
Fictional Oungan
My active encounter with the ritual arts of Haitian Vodou occurred in narratives of aggression and protection recounted by clients in a mental health clinic serving Haitians in the Boston area. However, the objects referred to were not the public forms, such as sequinned flags, painted drums and veve, or ground drawings, usually emblematic of the ritual corpus. What emerged in these sessions were descriptions of wanga—instrumental objects and mat…
An Interview with Clotaire Bazile
Callaloo - Volume 20, Number 2, Spring 1997
The Flags of Clotaire Bazile
Callaloo - Volume 20, Number 2, Spring 1997
"David Brown's Review of "Santería Garments and Altars
Flying Colors
The Medical Battery in The United States (1870–1920)
This paper focuses on the history of a portable shock-producing electrotherapeutic device known as the medical battery (1870-1920), which provided both direct and alternating current and was thought to cure a wide variety of ailments. The product occupied a unique space at the nexus of medicine, consumerism and quackery: it was simultaneously considered a legitimate device by medical professionals who practiced electrotherapeutics, yet identical …
Flying Colors
"David Brown's Review of "Santería Garments and Altars
An Interview with Clotaire Bazile
Callaloo - Volume 20, Number 2, Spring 1997
The Flags of Clotaire Bazile
Callaloo - Volume 20, Number 2, Spring 1997
Fictional Oungan
My active encounter with the ritual arts of Haitian Vodou occurred in narratives of aggression and protection recounted by clients in a mental health clinic serving Haitians in the Boston area. However, the objects referred to were not the public forms, such as sequinned flags, painted drums and veve, or ground drawings, usually emblematic of the ritual corpus. What emerged in these sessions were descriptions of wanga—instrumental objects and mat…
Yon Moso Twal Nan Bwa (A Piece of Cloth on Wood)
Tout sa m ap di ou, se yon istorik li ye. Gen pou ale nan kòmansman pou rive sou drapo a ... Manbo Ayizan Potko se gwo rèn Vodou—se li vin parèt avèk Vodou. Tout Lwa yo rete la avèk li men yo potko eklere. Yo pa konne kilès yo ye, kisa pou yo fè. Sa se lontan lontan. Yo tout rete kay Manbo Ayizan paske se li ki pi gwo, semanman tout oungan se li ki responsab pou gade moun nan djevo e ki konnen tout règleman pou sèvi mistè. L ap kouche moun, l ap …
The Medical Battery in The United States (1870–1920)
This paper focuses on the history of a portable shock-producing electrotherapeutic device known as the medical battery (1870-1920), which provided both direct and alternating current and was thought to cure a wide variety of ailments. The product occupied a unique space at the nexus of medicine, consumerism and quackery: it was simultaneously considered a legitimate device by medical professionals who practiced electrotherapeutics, yet identical …
Covid‐19
The Covid‐19 pandemic has altered the shape of medicine, making in‐person interactions risky for both patients and health care workers. Now, before scheduling in‐person appointments or procedures, physicians are forced to reconsider if they are truly necessary. The pandemic has thus thrown into relief the difference between evidence‐based medical care and traditional aspects of care that lack a strong evidentiary component. In this essay, we demo…
Realizing Present and Future Promise of DIY Biology and Medicine through a Trust Architecture
The speed and scale of the COVID‐19 pandemic has highlighted the limits of current health systems and the potential promise of non‐establishment research such as “DIY” research. We consider one example of how DIY research is responding to the pandemic, discuss the challenges faced by DIY research more generally, and suggest that a “trust architecture” should be developed now to contribute to successful future DIY efforts
Trading Vulnerabilities
Implanted medical devices—for example, cardiac defibrillators, deep brain stimulators, and insulin pumps—offer users the possibility of regaining some control over an increasingly unruly body, the opportunity to become part “cyborg” in service of addressing pressing health needs. We recognize the value and effectiveness of such devices, but call attention to what may be less clear to potential users—that their vulnerabilities may not entirely dis…
Neurofeedback as placebo
The use of placebo in clinical practice has been the topic of extensive debate in the bioethics literature, with much scholarship focusing on concerns regarding deception. While considerations of placebo without deception have largely centred on open-label placebo, this paper considers a different kind of ethical quandary regarding placebo without an intent to deceive—one where the provider believes a treatment is effective due to a direct physio…
Navigating biosafety concerns within Covid-19 do-it-yourself (DIY) science
Non-establishment or do-it-yourself (DIY) science involves individuals who may not have formal training conducting experiments outside of institutional settings. While prior scholarship has examined the motivations and values of those involved in the subset of DIY science known as “DIY biology,” little research has addressed how these individuals navigate ethical issues in practice. The present study therefore aimed to understand how DIY biologis…
Ethical challenges in translating brain-computer interfaces
Computer Science (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Art (5 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · FLAGS register (4 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (2 works) · Alternative medicine (2 works)