Génétique en ligne : déterritorialisation des régulations de santé publique et formes de développement commercial
Since the early 2000’s, anybody can buy genetic tests, directly sold on the Internet. These tests provide information about one’s susceptibilities to some diseases and/or about one’s ancestry. This article deals with a new e-market, whose scientific basis (validity of the tests) and status (as medic...
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| author | Pascal Ducournau Claire Beaudevin |
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| description | Since the early 2000’s, anybody can buy genetic tests, directly sold on the Internet. These tests provide information about one’s susceptibilities to some diseases and/or about one’s ancestry. This article deals with a new e-market, whose scientific basis (validity of the tests) and status (as medical devices or consumer goods) are currently controversial. On one hand, the article describes the tests and the advertisement and marketing strategies used by the companies (we made an inventory of about 40); on the other hand, it discusses the entanglement of these strategies with the global context of “healthism” and emphasis put on individuals’ empowerment regarding health decisions — “individualized biopolitics”. In addition, this article broaches the new kind of biosocial ties appearing in these tests’ wake: some users indeed gather online on the basis of genetic proximity put forward by their results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-78c31939218344819d695faeb86d36d22024-02-14T14:40:48ZfraAssociation Anthropologie Médicale Appliquée au Développement et à la SantéAnthropologie & Santé2111-5028310.4000/anthropologiesante.777Génétique en ligne : déterritorialisation des régulations de santé publique et formes de développement commercialPascal DucournauClaire BeaudevinSince the early 2000’s, anybody can buy genetic tests, directly sold on the Internet. These tests provide information about one’s susceptibilities to some diseases and/or about one’s ancestry. This article deals with a new e-market, whose scientific basis (validity of the tests) and status (as medical devices or consumer goods) are currently controversial. On one hand, the article describes the tests and the advertisement and marketing strategies used by the companies (we made an inventory of about 40); on the other hand, it discusses the entanglement of these strategies with the global context of “healthism” and emphasis put on individuals’ empowerment regarding health decisions — “individualized biopolitics”. In addition, this article broaches the new kind of biosocial ties appearing in these tests’ wake: some users indeed gather online on the basis of genetic proximity put forward by their results.https://journals.openedition.org/anthropologiesante/777personalized genomicsgenetic susceptibilityancestrybiopoliticsbiosociality |
| spellingShingle | Pascal Ducournau Claire Beaudevin Génétique en ligne : déterritorialisation des régulations de santé publique et formes de développement commercial Anthropologie & Santé personalized genomics genetic susceptibility ancestry biopolitics biosociality |
| title | Génétique en ligne : déterritorialisation des régulations de santé publique et formes de développement commercial |
| title_full | Génétique en ligne : déterritorialisation des régulations de santé publique et formes de développement commercial |
| title_fullStr | Génétique en ligne : déterritorialisation des régulations de santé publique et formes de développement commercial |
| title_full_unstemmed | Génétique en ligne : déterritorialisation des régulations de santé publique et formes de développement commercial |
| title_short | Génétique en ligne : déterritorialisation des régulations de santé publique et formes de développement commercial |
| title_sort | genetique en ligne deterritorialisation des regulations de sante publique et formes de developpement commercial |
| topic | personalized genomics genetic susceptibility ancestry biopolitics biosociality |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/anthropologiesante/777 |
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