Reordering Life Hilgartner Stephen Associate Professor Cornell University
Reordering Life Hilgartner Stephen Associate Professor Cornell University How the regimes governing biological research changed during the genomics revolution, focusing on the Human Genome…
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Reordering Life Hilgartner Stephen Associate Professor Cornell University
How the regimes governing biological research changed during the genomics revolution, focusing on the Human Genome Project.The rise of genomics engendered intense struggle over the control of knowledge. Hilgartner focuses on the Human Genome Project (HGP)--the symbolic and scientific centerpiece of the emerging field--showing how problems of governance arose in concert with new knowledge and technology. In Reordering Life, Stephen Hilgartner examines the "genomics revolution" and develops a novel approach to studying the dynamics of change in knowledge and control.
Beyond illuminating genomics, Reordering Life sheds new light on broader issues Using a theoretical framework that analyzes "knowledge control regimes," Hilgartner investigates change in how control was secured, contested, allocated, resisted, justified, and reshaped as biological knowledge was transformed.