The textures of globalization: biopolitics and the closure of xenotourism

Autor:	Nik Brown, Peta S. Cook, Mike Michael, Gavin Kendall
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Sociology of scientific knowledge Health (social science) Health Policy Medical tourism Environmental ethics Health tourism Issues ethics and legal aspects Globalization Individualism Politics Genetics Sociology Social science Closure (psychology) Biopower
Zdroj:	New Genetics and Society. 30:101-114
ISSN:	1469-9915 1463-6778
DOI:	10.1080/14636778.2011.552303
Popis:	In this paper, we explore the tensions around a recent controversial development in medical tourism: xenotourism in Mexico. We take this bioendeavor – now ceased – to be emblematic of the global character of contemporary biomedicine, providing insights into the production and operation of scientific knowledge. We explore this through what we call the “textures of globalization”: the anxiety regarding the extent to which Mexico was understood as an (in)appropriate venue for the generation of novel knowledge on xenotransplantation, and as a location for xenotourism. These tensions, which oscillated between calls for individual freedom (choice) and global regulation (standardization), ultimately led to the closure of xenotourism in Mexico.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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