Deliberating Genome Research
Discursive Strategies and Performative Roles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12205705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brigitte Wieser (0000-0002-8594-1509, Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture, corresponding author), Bernhard Wieser (IFZ, Modern Biotechnology), Sandra Karner (0009-0005-8865-4766, IFZ, Modern Biotechnology) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 327-349 |
| Publication date | 2010-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science as Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-5431 • E-ISSN: 1470-1189 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09505430903281293 |
| OpenAlex | W2004973975 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 21 |
Lay participation in the deliberation of techno-scientific issues has become an important objective of policy making in many countries. Using the example of a series of Round Table discussions dealing with genome research allows us to analyse the ways in which the participants of this event construct their arguments during the discussion. Explaining the observed discursive strategies we focus on performative aspects of the deliberation process. In such a way it is taken into account how the setting of a given participatory process influences the ways in which participants are enrolled and enact their participation accordingly. In the analysed case, the setting was not taken as a given, but public participation and its discursive framework became itself subject to negotiation during the process. Hence, the discursive power of individual experiences and the legitimacy of personal interests as the argumentative basis were negotiated during the Round Table discussions. The participants only rarely grounded their statements in practical knowledge and individual experiences. Instead we saw them performing other discursive repertoires, e.g. drawing on societal benefits. Individual perspectives were often transcended and articulated in the form of super-individual arguments which endowed participants' statements with substantial discursive power and provided an alternative rationale for contributing to the deliberation without explicit reference to personal experiences. More broadly, the observed reluctance of the participants to speak-up for their personal interests can be seen as a result of a political culture that favours the advancement of de-individualised perspectives in public deliberation
Agency (philosophy · Construct (python library · Deliberation · Epistemology · Legitimacy · Negotiation · Performative utterance · Performativity · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Law · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |