Refractions through culture

The new genomics in Iceland

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2141386
AutoresArnar Árnason (0000-0003-0806-7560, University of Aberdeen), Bob Simpson (University of Aberdeen)
Ano2003
Volume68
Fascículo4
Páginas533-553
Data de publicação2003-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthnos (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0014-1844 • E-ISSN: 1469-588X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0014184032000160550
OpenAlexW2016924656
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas13

This paper explores the processes whereby complex scientific developments are rendered into locally intelligible idioms as part of strategies to incorporate a 'public' in decisions which may have profound implications in the longer term. We focus in particular on the recent developments in genetic technologies and take as our example the deCode biogenetic project in Iceland. We trace how the images and metaphors drawn upon by all sides of the debate created powerful resonances with Icelandic history and culture. We analyse these representations and the broader themes of ethnicity and nationalism which they invoke

Biology · Data science · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Focus (optics · Genome · Genomics · Icelandic · Linguistics · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · TRACE (psycholinguistics) · Anthropology · Computer Science · Genetics · History · Law · Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease · Philosophy · Polar Research and Ecology · Race, Genetics, and Society