Technoscience and Citizenship: Ethics and Governance in the Digital Society
Ana . Ed(S): Delgado
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Hardback. Editor(s): Delgado, Ana. Series: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology. Num Pages: 189 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 491.
This book provides insights on how emerging technosciences come together with new forms of governance and ethical questioning. Combining science and technologies and ethics approaches, it looks at the emergence of three key technoscientific domains - body enhancement technologies, biometrics and technologies for the production of space -exploring how human bodies and minds, the movement of citizens and space become matters of technoscientific governance. The emergence of new and digital technologies pose new challenges for representative democracy and existing forms of citizenship. As citizens encounter and have to adapt to technological change in their everyday life, new forms of conviviality ... Read more
This book provides insights on how emerging technosciences come together with new forms of governance and ethical questioning. Combining science and technologies and ethics approaches, it looks at the emergence of three key technoscientific domains - body enhancement technologies, biometrics and technologies for the production of space -exploring how human bodies and minds, the movement of citizens and space become matters of technoscientific governance. The emergence of new and digital technologies pose new challenges for representative democracy and existing forms of citizenship. As citizens encounter and have to adapt to technological change in their everyday life, new forms of conviviality ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
Series
The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology
Number of Pages
189
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319324128
SKU
V9783319324128
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About Ana . Ed(S): Delgado
Ana Delgado is a researcher at the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities at the University of Bergen, Norway. Her research interest has been on how biological objects are stabilized, legitimized and made public. Her work combines approaches from STS, political theory and social anthropology. She is currently doing research on digital biology, open science, and the emergence ... Read more
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