Governing anticipatory technology practices. Forensic DNA phenotyping and the forensic genetics community in Europe
Forensic geneticists have attempted to make the case for continued investment in forensic genetics research, despite its seemingly consolidated evidentiary role in criminal justice, by shifting the focus to technologies that can provide intelligence. Forensic DNA phenotyping (FDP) is one such emergi...
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| description | Forensic geneticists have attempted to make the case for continued investment in forensic genetics research, despite its seemingly consolidated evidentiary role in criminal justice, by shifting the focus to technologies that can provide intelligence. Forensic DNA phenotyping (FDP) is one such emerging set of techniques, promising to infer external appearance and ancestry of an unknown person. On this example, I consider the repertoire of anticipatory practices deployed by scientists, expanding the concept to not only focus on promissory but also include epistemic and operational aspects of anticipatory work in science. I explore these practices further as part of anticipatory self-governance efforts, attending to the European forensic genetics community and its construction of FDP as a reliable and legitimate technology field for use in delivering public goods around security and justice. In this context, I consider three types of ordering devices that translate anticipatory practices into anticipatory self-governance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af49baa274df4ae4ad8a7b1160f200bc2023-09-19T15:22:17ZengTaylor & Francis GroupNew Genetics and Society1463-67781469-99152018-04-0137213715210.1080/14636778.2018.14699751469975Governing anticipatory technology practices. Forensic DNA phenotyping and the forensic genetics community in EuropeMatthias Wienroth0Newcastle UniversityForensic geneticists have attempted to make the case for continued investment in forensic genetics research, despite its seemingly consolidated evidentiary role in criminal justice, by shifting the focus to technologies that can provide intelligence. Forensic DNA phenotyping (FDP) is one such emerging set of techniques, promising to infer external appearance and ancestry of an unknown person. On this example, I consider the repertoire of anticipatory practices deployed by scientists, expanding the concept to not only focus on promissory but also include epistemic and operational aspects of anticipatory work in science. I explore these practices further as part of anticipatory self-governance efforts, attending to the European forensic genetics community and its construction of FDP as a reliable and legitimate technology field for use in delivering public goods around security and justice. In this context, I consider three types of ordering devices that translate anticipatory practices into anticipatory self-governance.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2018.1469975anticipatory practiceforensic dna phenotypinggovernanceordering device |
| spellingShingle | Matthias Wienroth Governing anticipatory technology practices. Forensic DNA phenotyping and the forensic genetics community in Europe New Genetics and Society anticipatory practice forensic dna phenotyping governance ordering device |
| title | Governing anticipatory technology practices. Forensic DNA phenotyping and the forensic genetics community in Europe |
| title_full | Governing anticipatory technology practices. Forensic DNA phenotyping and the forensic genetics community in Europe |
| title_fullStr | Governing anticipatory technology practices. Forensic DNA phenotyping and the forensic genetics community in Europe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Governing anticipatory technology practices. Forensic DNA phenotyping and the forensic genetics community in Europe |
| title_short | Governing anticipatory technology practices. Forensic DNA phenotyping and the forensic genetics community in Europe |
| title_sort | governing anticipatory technology practices forensic dna phenotyping and the forensic genetics community in europe |
| topic | anticipatory practice forensic dna phenotyping governance ordering device |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2018.1469975 |
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