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Responsible Expertise

Governing the Uncertain Subjects of Biotechnology

Lynne Phillips

University of Windsor, Canada

Suzan Ilcan

University of Windsor, Canada

Viewing biotechnology as a lens through which to analyse new ways of governing populations, in this article we consider how the United Nations has globally communicated biotechnology’s risks, uncertainties and opportunities to develop and expand what we refer to as ‘responsible expertise’. We specifically examine the activities of UNESCO and the FAO to show how these organizations operate as agencies of rule by, on the one hand, marshalling expertise about biotechnology to identify populations ‘at risk’ and, on the other, capturing the imagination of people as responsible subjects with appropriate expertise to manage their own uncertain futures. As an orientation that engages both expert knowledge and moral judgement, the promotion of responsible expertise around the world signals a strategic shift in the UN’s efforts to tame bio-technology for the everyday decision-maker.

Key Words: appropriate biotechnology • global governance • morality • risk • science • uncertainty

Critique of Anthropology, Vol. 27, No. 1, 103-126 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X07073821
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