| ID | 124958 |
| Title Proper | Citizens in the commons |
| Other Title Information | blood and genetics in the making of the civic |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Reddy, Deepa S |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This essay is based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted with the Indian community in Houston, as part of a National Institutes of Health and the National Human Genome Research Institute-sponsored ethics study and sample collection initiative entitled 'Indian and Hindu Perspectives on Genetic Variation Research'. Taking a cue from my Indian interlocutors who largely support and readily respond to such initiatives on the grounds that they will undoubtedly serve 'humanity' and the common good, I explore notions of the commons that are created in the process of soliciting blood for genetic research. How does blood become the stuff of which a civic discourse is made? How do idealistic individual appeals to donate blood, ethics research protocols, open-source databases, debates on approaches to genetic research, patents and Intellectual Property regulations, markets and the nation-state itself variously engage, limit or further ideas of the common good? Moving much as my interlocutors do, between India and the USA, I explore the nature of the commons that is both imagined and pragmatically reckoned in both local and global diasporic contexts |
| `In' analytical Note | Contemporary South Asia Vol.21, No.3; 2013: p.275-290 |
| Journal Source | Contemporary South Asia Vol.21, No.3; 2013: p.275-290 |
| Key Words | Ethnographic Fieldwork ; Indian Community ; National Institute Of Health - NIH ; National Human Genome Research Institute - NHGR ; Humanity ; Common Goal ; Variation Research ; Genetic Research ; Medical Research ; India ; USA ; Commons ; Blood Donation ; Exchange ; Market Relations ; Indians in Diaspora ; Citizenship ; Public Goods |