Research Note
Concepts of “Bio-Capital” in STS
2019 Volume 17 Pages 37-54
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2019 Volume 17 Pages 37-54
Life science have not only brought various benefits but also capitalized our “life” in the current knowledge society. This capitalization of “life” has been developed according to the rapid progress of current biotechnology and pro-patent policy in USA around 1970s to 1980s. In the current researches of science & technology studies (STS), those mechanism and politics of capitalization of “life” has been discussed with a concept so-called “bio-capital”. Particularly, narratives and politics concerning “biocapital” attracted researchers’ interests.
Under this situation, this paper tries to overview previous studies related to “bio-capital” after mid 2000s in the STS field. Through this reviewing, I will examine the future discussion points and further directions.
