[genderstudies] The Postgenomic Family: Tomorrow at the Center for the Study of Women and Society at CUNY

[Cgrilo]

Center for the Study of Women and
Society<http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Centers-and-Institutes/Center-for-the-Study-of-Women-and-Society>
Wednesday,
December 5, 12-2pm
Room 6201, Sociology Lounge

*Alondra Nelson
The Postgenomic Family*


This presentation considers the status of the family after the genome. I
employ postgenomic as a temporal, technological, and symbolic marker that
signals the proliferation of the logics and techniques of genetic science.
At the same time, the postgenomic is an historical and socio-technical
juncture at which the family is remarkably flexible yet deeply intractable.
I take up a discussion of this paradox against the backdrop of kin-keeping
practices (e.g., genetic genealogy); novel forms of affiliation; and views
of kinship as both a health risk and a health resource.

http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Centers-and-Institutes/Center-for-the-Study-of-Women-and-Society/Center-Events


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