The Body and the State - Session Four | The New School for Social Research

Finally, part four of The New School for Social Research series on The Body and the State - BUYING AND SELLING THE BODY.

The Body and the State - Session Four - Part 1
BUYING AND SELLING THE BODY

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Market forces have profound impacts on our idea of the body and how it is or should be treated. How do these forces operate, and how do they affect legislation with regard to the body? How do these forces differ in different social and cultural contexts? What is the impact of globalization on policy concerning bodies in the marketplace?

Moderator: Katayoun Chamany, Associate Professor, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts

BODY PARTS
What factors are at work in allowing and policing sperm and egg donation, blood donation, organ trade, and market in body parts?

Intimate Markets in Biological Spaces
• Michele Goodwin, Everett Fraser Professor in Law, University of Minnesota

The Body of the Enemy: Organ Theft During Wartime, Conflict and Political Chaos
• Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Chancellor's Professor in Medical Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley; Director, Organs Watch

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS: GENES AND DNA
Who owns our genes? How is biological information controlled and used?

Perversion and Forensic Science: Fraudulent DNA Testimonies and the Danger of Bio Banks
• Renata Salecl, Centennial Professor of Law, London School of Economics; Senior Research, Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Body in Research: the Different Lives of Specimens and Data
• Pilar Ossorio, Associate Professor of Law and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin Law School

SEX TRAFFICKING/PROSTITUTION
Why and how do different governments respond to the sex trade both within their borders and transnationally? What are the arguments to legalize and regulate prostitution?

States of Contradiction: Ten Ways to Do Nothing About Trafficking While Pretending To
• Carole S. Vance, Associate Clinical Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

The Body and the State - Session Four - Part 2
BUYING AND SELLING THE BODY

Market forces have profound impacts on our idea of the body and how it is or should be treated. How do these forces operate, and how do they affect legislation with regard to the body? How do these forces differ in different social and cultural contexts? What is the impact of globalization on policy concerning bodies in the marketplace?

Moderator: Katayoun Chamany, Associate Professor, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts

PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
New products and technologies are continuously reshaping our conceptions of what is or is not a "normal" body, and their acceptability is governed differently in different countries. What is the role of the pharmaceutical industry concerning the testing and marketing of pharmaceuticals in the U.S. and elsewhere?

Evidence and Insecurity in the Global Clinical Trial
• Adriana Petryna, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania

Property, Rights, and the Constitution of Contemporary Indian Biomedicine: Notes from the Gleevec Case
• Kaushik Sunder Rajan, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Chicago

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