Doctoral Dissertation Research: Genetically Modified Vegetables: Transgenic Agriculture, Contested Knowledge, and Democratic Practice

博士论文研究：转基因蔬菜：转基因农业、有争议的知识和民主实践

• 批准号: 1324382
• 负责人: Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan
• 金额: $ 1.17万
• 依托单位: Yale University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1324382&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Genetically; Modified

Project Overview This STS Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant will support research to examine how scientific knowledge claims about transgenic (i.e., genetically modified) food crops are produced and contested, and how different knowledge claims and associated interests clash at informal and formal sites of democratic functions. The project will focus on the development of policies concerning transgenic vegetables in India. Intellectual MeritThe researcher will use a combination of ethnographic methods (participant-observation, semi-structured interviews, and life history information) and archival research; multiple sites will be studied including vegetable farms in west India, transgenic research labs of private seed companies in west India, and anti-transgenic non-governmental organizations in New Delhi. Key issues concerning transgenic vegetables are to be addressed in the study including knowledge production about conservation and safety, deliberative decision-making, and questions concerning national food security and food sovereignty. Broader ImpactsThe results of this study will illuminate how democracy works in practice, with particular attention towards the convergence or divergence of policy making for transgenic food crops from the standpoint of the ideals of participation and accountability. The study can inform policies concerning food security and food sovereignty by uncovering how difficult political questions are actually negotiated in the lives of participants in science and democracy.

项目概述这项STS博士论文改进补助金将支持研究，以审查关于转基因(即，转基因)粮食作物的科学知识主张是如何产生和竞争的，以及不同的知识主张和相关利益如何在民主职能的非正式和正式地点发生冲突。该项目将重点关注印度转基因蔬菜相关政策的制定。智力价值研究人员将使用人种学方法(参与者观察、半结构化访谈和生活史信息)和档案研究相结合的方法；将研究多个地点，包括西印度的蔬菜农场、西印度私营种子公司的转基因研究实验室，以及新德里的反转基因非政府组织。有关转基因蔬菜的关键问题将在研究中解决，包括关于保护和安全的知识生产、慎重决策以及涉及国家粮食安全和粮食主权的问题。更广泛的影响这项研究的结果将阐明民主在实践中是如何运作的，特别是从参与和问责的理想观点出发，特别关注转基因粮食作物政策制定的趋同或分歧。这项研究可以通过揭示在科学和民主参与者的生活中实际上是如何谈判困难的政治问题来为有关粮食安全和粮食主权的政策提供信息。