Time and the structuring of ritual performance in the xenotransplantation debate.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Bickford, Julia; Mather, Charles; Fleising, Usher
- Source
- Public Understanding of Science; Jul2005, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p235-247, 13p
- Subject
- TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.
BIOTECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE & society
TECHNOLOGY
TIME
RESEARCH
HUMAN beings
NATURE
- Language
- ISSN
- 09636625
Focuses the role of ritual performance as a means of resolving the advancements in biotechnology that provoke fundamental questions about the relationship of humans to the natural world, uniting the organic with the socio-moral aspects of science, technology and regulatory policy. Examination of the transcripts of several United States’ Secretary's Advisory Committee on Xenotransplantation meetings; Use of time by scientists to structure ritual performance in a way that guides public policy and attitudes toward xenotransplantation; Risks of xenotransplantation and possible effects on the relationship of human and nature.