Doctoral Dissertation Research: A Sociological Analysis of the Production of Scientific Knowledge: Race and Molecular Genetics

博士论文研究：科学知识生产的社会学分析：种族和分子遗传学首席研究员：Orville le生态首席研究员：Catherine bliss新社会研究学院在人类基因组计划之后，科学家们正在设计新的策略来对人类进行分类，并再次讨论“种族”一词作为生物学概念的可行性。这项研究提出了一个问题：自从绘制人类基因组图谱以来，科学家们对种族做了些什么？分子遗传学领域的新制度安排如何影响所提出问题和所作解释的变化？今天‘’‘’生物种族话语的生产者是否共享一套影响他们工作的价值观和概念？该项目审查了所有表达有关种族分子辩论观点的出版物。首先，本文的概念、术语和论点将被编码并分析其合流、变异和一致性的模式。其次，将分析实验室、监管机构、资助机构、制药公司、科学媒体和DNA指纹公司的机构配置，以确定其塑造种族话语的能力。最后，辩论的所有参与者——撰写了相关出版物的科学家、研究人员和分析人士——将接受采访。这些访谈将引出科学家们在讨论中提出的价值观和概念，并帮助我们理解他们自己的动机和对他们所做工作的看法。分子遗传学正迅速成为生物科学的主导范式；因此，这项研究将阐明高度相关的种族讨论。此外，这项研究将促进未来社会学与自然科学之间的联系。访谈将为共同负责人提供一个机会，与那些定义当今种族的主要遗传学家建立关系。这些关系将鼓励学科之间的对话和建设性的批评。她将把研究结果报告给国立人类基因组研究所‘’‘’伦理、法律和社会影响（ELSI）研究项目，希望能形成批评性的论述和明确的政策。

Doctoral Dissertation Research: A Sociological Analysis of the Production of Scientific Knowledge: Race and Molecular GeneticsPrincipal Investigator: Orville LeeCo-Principal Investigator: Catherine BlissNew School for Social ResearchIn the wake of the human genome project, scientists are devising new strategies to classify humans and are once again debating the term ""race"" for its viability as a biological concept. This research asks: What are scientists doing with race since the mapping of the human genome? How do new institutional arrangements in the field of molecular genetics affect changes in the questions asked and the interpretations made? Do the producers of today''''s biological racial discourse share a certain set of values and conceptualizations that influence their work? The project examines all publications expressing views pertaining to the molecular debate over race. First, the concepts, terms, and arguments of this discourse will be coded and analyzed for patterns of confluence, variance, and consistency. Second, the institutional configuration of laboratories, regulatory bodies, funding agencies, pharmaceutical companies, science media, and DNA fingerprinting corporations will be analyzed for its capacity to shape this discourse on race. Finally, all participants in the debate - scientists, researchers and analysts who have authored relevant publications - will be interviewed. The interviews will draw out values and conceptualizations that scientists bring to the discourse and help us understand their own motivations for and perceptions of the work they do. Molecular genetics is fast becoming a dominant paradigm of biological science; therefore, this research will illuminate highly pertinent discussions of race. Additionally, this research will promote future ties between sociology and the natural sciences. Interviews will provide an opportunity for the co-PI to form relationships with the leading geneticists who are defining race today. These relationships will encourage dialogue and constructive critique between disciplines. The co-PI will report her findings to the National Human Genome Research Institute''''s Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program in the hope that a critical discourse and lucid policy may be formulated.