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oapen-20.500.12657-619372024-03-27T14:14:41Z Birthing Techno-Sapiens Davis-Floyd, Robbie Maternity services, technology thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VF Family and health::VFX Parenting: advice and issues::VFXB Pregnancy, birth and baby care: advice and issues thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology This ground-breaking book challenges us to re-think ourselves as techno-sapiens—a new species we are creating as we continually co-evolve ourselves with our technologies. While some of its chapters are imaginary, they are all empirically grounded in ethnography and richly theorized from diverse disciplines. The authors go far beyond a techno-optimism vs. techno-pessimism stance, stretching our thinking about birthing techno-sapiens to consider not only how our cyborgian reproductive lives are constrained and/or enabled by technology but are also about emotions and spirit. The world of reproductive health care and particularly that of genetic engineering is developing exponentially, and current challenges are vastly different from those of a decade ago. The book is provocative, intended to generate debate, ideas, and future research and to influence ethical policy and practice in human techno-reproduction. It will be of interest across the social sciences and humanities, for reproductive scholars, bioethicists, techno-scientists, and those involved in the development and delivery of maternity services. 2023-03-20T10:13:46Z 2023-03-20T10:13:46Z 2021 book 9780367535445 9780367535438 9781003082422 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/61937 eng Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003082422 10.4324/9781003082422 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb d84f1bbc-f963-4825-ad13-5d763ea3aa79 9780367535445 9780367535438 9781003082422 Routledge open access
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This ground-breaking book challenges us to re-think ourselves as techno-sapiens—a new species we are creating as we continually co-evolve ourselves with our technologies. While some of its chapters are imaginary, they are all empirically grounded in ethnography and richly theorized from diverse disciplines. The authors go far beyond a techno-optimism vs. techno-pessimism stance, stretching our thinking about birthing techno-sapiens to consider not only how our cyborgian reproductive lives are constrained and/or enabled by technology but are also about emotions and spirit. The world of reproductive health care and particularly that of genetic engineering is developing exponentially, and current challenges are vastly different from those of a decade ago. The book is provocative, intended to generate debate, ideas, and future research and to influence ethical policy and practice in human techno-reproduction. It will be of interest across the social sciences and humanities, for reproductive scholars, bioethicists, techno-scientists, and those involved in the development and delivery of maternity services.
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