Life in the cryo-kennel: The ‘exceptional’ life of frozen pet DNA
Life in the cryo-kennel: The ‘exceptional’ life of frozen pet DNA
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冷冻狗舍中的生活：冷冻宠物 DNA 的“非凡”生活
作者：
C. Kroløkke
本文采用女权主义科学技术研究的视角来研究冷冻宠物 DNA 的低温活力是如何被潜在化和激活的。这是通过根据经验对两家基因宠物保存公司 PerPETuate 和 ViaGen Pets 的营销材料和在线展示进行前景化来实现的。虽然冷冻保存对宠物主人的吸引力在于能够使生物物质重新复活并重新缠绕到未来（旧）宠物身上，但宠物 DNA 的保存是通过爱、同一性、纯洁和亲属关系的逻辑来实现的。这篇文章展示了保存的狗的 DNA 如何从保存特殊种类的狗的救援话语转变为以人文主义亲属关系叙述保存的宠物 DNA 的亲属保存话语。该研究探讨了宠物 DNA 保存和培养从亲属到品牌的关联方式，涉及人与动物冷冻界面，呼吁学术界关注保存生物材料以供未来使用的新兴业务。
This article employs a feminist science and technology studies perspective to investigate how the cryo-vitality of frozen pet DNA is potentialized and animated. This is accomplished by empirically foregrounding the marketing material and online presence of two genetic pet preservation companies: PerPETuate and ViaGen Pets. While the allure of cryopreservation for pet owners is situated in light of the ability to re-animate and re-entangle biological matter into future (old) pets, the preservation of pet DNA is potentialized through the logics of love, sameness, purity, and kinship. The article shows how preserved dog DNA moves from a rescue discourse in which exceptional kinds of dogs are preserved to a preservation-of-kin discourse in which the preserved pet DNA is narrated in humanist kinship terms. Exploring the ways that pet DNA preservation and culturing is articulated from kin(d) to brand, the study speaks to the human-animal cryo-interface calling for scholarly attention to the emergent businesses in preserving biological material for one’s future use.