Publication: Microbiopolítica en Antropología cultural y Etnología
europea: Un intento de aproximación a las contribuciones
microbianas a la producción del conocimiento
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Wolf, Meike
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Murcia: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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El artículo retoma, a través del concepto de microbiopolítica esbozado por
Heather Paxson, una línea de recepción biopolítica dentro del marco
disciplinario de la antropología cultural y la etnología europea, para indagar qué
prácticas y políticas se fundamentan en la intervención médica regulada en el
seno de la relación de interacción entre hombres y microbios. La idea de
microbiopolítica se funda tanto en diagnósticos científico-naturales como
etnográficos que ponen el foco en la contribución de micoorganismos a procesos
de enfermedad y salud, evolución, cuerpos y prácticas del cuerpo. Basándose en
el supuesto de que virus y hombres se encuentran en estrechas relaciones
recíprocas unos con otros, se toma el ejemplo del virus influenza1
para discutir
de qué manera toman parte los virus en la configuración de los cuerpos humanos
así como en la producción de conocimiento científico. En la comparación entre microbiopolítica y biopolítica se muestra que ambas perspectivas se basan en la
premisa de que los procesos del cuerpo y de la vida se convierten en objeto de
órdenes de poder y de conocimiento y de que, por eso, hay intervenciones
políticas posibles que ofrecen un punto de partida. Sin embargo, ambas
perspectivas se diferencian en qué procesos de la vida son considerados
relevantes, en qué relaciones pueden ser problematizados y qué potenciales les
son atribuidos. Para una microbiopolítica de las enfermedades infecciosas lo que
ocupa el primer plano no es tanto el potencial patógeno de microorganismo, sino
más bien el biosocial.
ABSTRACT The article takes up, through the concept of microbiopolitics outlined by Heather Paxson, a line of biopolitics reception within the framework of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology, to investigate what policies and practices are based on medical regulated intervention in relationship within the interactions between men and microbes. The idea of microbiopolitcs is based on both natural-sciences diagnostics and ethnographic studies, putting the focus on the contribution of microorganism on disease processes and health, development, bodies and body practices. Based on the assumption that viruses and men are in close mutual relationships with one another, we take the example of the influenza virus, in order to discuss how viruses take part in the configuration of human bodies, as well as the production of scientific knowledge. In the comparison between microbiopolitics and biopolitics is shown that both perspectives are based on the premise that the body processes and life becomes the subject of orders of Power and Knowledge, and because of that, they are political interventions, which provide a starting point. However, they differ both perspectives in which processes of life are considered relevant, in which relationships they can be problematized and which potentials can be attributed to them. For a microbiopolitics of infectious disease which takes the spotlight is not much potential pathogenic microorganism, but the biosocial.
ABSTRACT The article takes up, through the concept of microbiopolitics outlined by Heather Paxson, a line of biopolitics reception within the framework of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology, to investigate what policies and practices are based on medical regulated intervention in relationship within the interactions between men and microbes. The idea of microbiopolitcs is based on both natural-sciences diagnostics and ethnographic studies, putting the focus on the contribution of microorganism on disease processes and health, development, bodies and body practices. Based on the assumption that viruses and men are in close mutual relationships with one another, we take the example of the influenza virus, in order to discuss how viruses take part in the configuration of human bodies, as well as the production of scientific knowledge. In the comparison between microbiopolitics and biopolitics is shown that both perspectives are based on the premise that the body processes and life becomes the subject of orders of Power and Knowledge, and because of that, they are political interventions, which provide a starting point. However, they differ both perspectives in which processes of life are considered relevant, in which relationships they can be problematized and which potentials can be attributed to them. For a microbiopolitics of infectious disease which takes the spotlight is not much potential pathogenic microorganism, but the biosocial.
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