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- Title
Taking Roles in Interdisciplinary Collaborations: Reflections on Working in Post-ELSI Spaces in the UK Synthetic Biology Community.
- Authors
Balmer, Andrew S.; Calvert, Jane; Marris, Claire; Molyneux-Hodgson, Susan; Frow, Emma; Kearnes, Matthew; Bulpin, Kate; Schyfter, Pablo; Mackenzie, Adrian; Martin, Paul
- Abstract
Based on criticism of the "ethical, legal and social implications" (ELSI) paradigm, researchers in science and technology studies (STS) have begun to create and move into "post-ELSI" spaces. In this paper, we pool our experiences of working towards collaborative practices with colleagues in engineering and science disciplines in the fi eld of synthetic biology. We identify a number of diff erent roles that we have taken, been assumed to take, or have had foisted upon us as we have sought to develop post- ELSI practices. We argue that the post-ELSI situation is characterised by the demands placed on STS researchers and other social scientists to fl uctuate between roles as contexts shift in terms of power relations, aff ective tenor, and across space and over time. This leads us to posit four orientations for post-ELSI collaborative practices that could help establish more fruitful negotiations around these roles.
- Subjects
SOCIOTECHNICAL systems; ENGINEERING; SOCIAL scientists; SYNTHETIC biology; SCIENCE
- Publication
Science & Technology Studies, 2015, Vol 28, Issue 3, p3
- ISSN
2243-4690
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.23987/sts.55340