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33. Dynamics of Knowledge: Bioeconomy and Health
Organized by: Maria Conceicao da Costa, State University of Campinas (Universidade Estadual de Campinas); Renan Leonel da Silva, University of Sao Paulo; Susanne Lettow, Freie University of Berlin
Social Studies of Science have been focused on the study of new relationships between health and new technologies. Advances have compounded the perception of the subject, multiplying the controversies and uncertainties: during the last century, changes
in the epidemiological profile contributed to the emergence of new diseases and new perceptions on environmental and behavioral risks. In some areas of the sciences, sociological research played an important role in analyzing the implications of the use
of scientific knowledge in contemporary society. The field of 'Life Sciences', for example, has a curious 'fluidity' in its disciplinary boundaries, especially over the last thirty years. Its intellectual analysis and its technological content have
changed rapidly since the 1980s. The "bios" has evolved towards the production of different technologies of intervention in the biological and intellectual life of human beings. At the end of the twentieth century, production of biological knowledge was
changing radically, reproducing new bases and research methods different from the pre-1980 stage. In this sense, the increase in the interactions between biological research and its implications for social life, and biotechnology, emerge as the theme for
sociological analysis. This is evident in the amount of work produced in the field since the 1980s. Some fields of science are quite controversial, and at the same time point to a field of research with a robust market and present issues related to
ethics and governance. From this perspective, we propose to discuss the relationship between bioeconomy and health, to allow a deeper understanding of some new technologies and of society.
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