Anthropology 316EG - Reproductive and Genetic Tech

Fall
2016
01
4.00
Jacquelyne Luce
F 01:15PM-04:05PM
Mount Holyoke College
97375
Shattuck Hall 318
jluce@mtholyoke.edu
97386,97375
This seminar will focus on emerging innovations in the development, use and governance of reproductive and genetic technologies (RGTs). How do novel developments at the interface of fertility treatment and biomedical research raise both new and enduring questions about the'naturalness' of procreation, the politics of queer families, the im/possibilities of disabilities, and transnational citizenship? Who has a say in what can be done and for which purposes? We will engage with ethnographic texts, documentaries, policy statements, citizen science activist projects, and social media in order to closely explore the diversity of perspectives in this field.
Prereq: 8 credits in gender studies or anthropology.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.