Critiques from within. A modest proposal for reclaiming critique for responsible innovation

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ID15736005
AuthorsA Mann (0000-0001-6347-9520, University of St.Gallen, corresponding author), Luca Chiapperino (0000-0002-7071-7555, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine)
Year2023
Volume10
Issue1
Publication date2023-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Responsible Innovation (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2329-9037 • E-ISSN: 2329-9460
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23299460.2023.2249751
OpenAlexW4386901132
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited62

The anything-but-neutral relations between science, technology and society, at the core of science and technology studies, have led to the development of different repertoires of critique. None of them fitted the configurations in the biomedical practices we came to study. There, biomedical experts presented us with an analysis of the power relations perpetuated through the mainstream practices in their fields and had built socio-material alternatives to the common forms of practicing biomedicine. The paper suggests conceptualising critical observations voiced by experts embedded into socio-material alternatives as 'critique from within' yielding collateral goods and bads. Rather than asking how to foster responsibility conditions in RI, the paper suggests modestly reclaiming critique by articulating already existing forms of responsibility practices developed by experts themselves and analysing the ambivalent effects they engender

Ambivalence · Biomedicine · Collateral · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Generative grammar · Mainstream · Political science · Power (physics · Responsible Research and Innovation · Social science · Sociology · Technoscience · Biomedical and Engineering Education · Biomedical Ethics and Regulation · Biotechnology and Related Fields · Engineering · Law · Psychology

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