Disentrenching Experiment

The Construction of GM-Crop Field Trials As a Social Problem

Bibliographic Data

ID5337772
AuthorsChristophe Bonneuil (0009-0007-3463-4828, Centre A. Koyré d'Histoire des Sciences and INRA/TSV), Pierre-Benoit Joly (INRA/TSV), Pierre‐benoit Joly (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Claire Marris (0000-0002-9366-5567, INRA/TSV)
Year2008
Volume33
Issue2
Pages201-229
Publication date2008-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience Technology & Human Values (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0162-2439 • E-ISSN: 1552-8251
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0162243907311263
OpenAlexW2171855791
LanguageEN
Citations received49
References cited27

The paper investigates how field experimentation of genetically modified crops became central to the French controversy on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in recent years. Initially constructed in the 1980s as a cognitive endeavor to be preserved from lay interference, field trials of genetically modified crops were reconceived as "an intrusion in the social space," which had to be negotiated with actors from that space. In order to analyze this transformation, the authors suggest that it is necessary to develop an interpretive framework that combines theoretical perspectives from science and technology studies and the sociology of social problems, and emphasizes the importance of the way in which actors compete in a heterogeneous public space, to put forward alternative framings of problems. The authors present a detailed analysis of the interactions and conflicts between actors in diverse social arenas in order to better understand the dynamics of this sociotechnical controversy

Economics · Epistemology · Knowledge management · Political science · Sociology · Sociotechnical system · Computer Science · French Urban and Social Studies · Genetically Modified Organisms Research · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact

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