Bridging Cultures: An Anthropological Study of the Centre d'Etude du Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH)

保罗·拉比诺教授正在巴黎的人类多形态研究中心(CEPH)接受酵母人工克隆和DNA分型创新技术方面的培训。他正在接受生物学方法方面的培训，以使他能够研究CEPH和两个相关机构：Genethon是一个组织来快速识别疾病基因的高科技机构，以及法国防治肌病协会(AFM)，这是一个与肌病有关的“疾病小组”。总而言之，CEPH-Genethon-AFM体现了一种独特的科学工作形式，从一开始就将科学、社会和技术联系在一起。鉴于CEPH在其科学和技术产出方面具有很强的竞争力，它的成功提出了一个问题，即它将社会关切与尖端技术相结合的承诺与科学进步之间可能存在什么联系。这种复杂的体制是可行的，对于科学政策研究来说，找出原因是至关重要的。拉比诺教授的培训和研究旨在利用人类学和历史学方法解决这个问题。

Professor Paul Rabinow is undertaking a Professional Development Fellowship at the Centre d'Etude du Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH) in Paris receiving training in the innovative techniques of Yeast Artificial Cloning and DNA typing. He is undertaking this training in biological methods in order to enable him to study CEPH and two related institutions: Genethon, a high-tech facility organized to rapidly identify disease genes and the Association Francaise Contre les Myophathies (AFM), a `disease-group' concerned with the myopathies. Taken together, the CEPH-Genethon-AFM embody a distinctive form of doing science, one which links science, society and technology from the start. Given that the CEPH has been more than competitive in its scientific and technical output, its success poses the question about what the connection might be between its commitment to integrating social concerns with cutting edge technology and scientific advance. This institutional complex works and it is essential for science policy studies to find out why. Professor Rabinow's training and research are designed to address the issue using anthropological and historical methods.