Unearthing synthetic biology food futures and the changing 'nature' of production. A global ethnography of stevia ka'a he'e

“生物合成”或生产通常来自植物或动物的“天然”商品的复制品的突破性能力正在“细胞农业”或“实验室种植”食品的旗帜下塑造新的工业食品未来，在人，植物和“自然”概念之间开辟了一种新的政治。通过一个民族志之旅并列的多个“世界”的一种植物被称为甜菊-热门商品吹捧取代糖和解决全球肥胖流行病-这项原始的研究发掘了尖端的遗传技术，生计，知识，文化和政治经济纠缠在五个多方面的“承诺”甜菊。从可持续“绿色”商品的承诺;到神圣草药的承诺;到农村发展的小农民“经济作物”;到利润丰厚的企业“现金分子”;对于利用21世纪世纪“现金DNA”的承诺的竞赛，这项研究揭示了由于数字基因测序的技术突破而发生的多种转变，在合成生物学领域开发的合成和基因编辑。该奖学金的总体目标将是改变和建立在这一全球多地点的人种学研究（由ESRC全球政治经济学博士学位途径资助）进入8-章节书带观众在这个新的和复杂的地形之旅，通过‘世界‘和承诺（生物合成）甜菊暴露4惊人的‘不/连接‘的可持续性，真实性，所有权和正义。这本书将产生深远的影响，并为利益攸关方从政策制定者到农民到工业界，再到反对遗传资源开采的土著社区的使用。该奖学金还将使一系列公共和政策沟通和参与活动成为可能。主要研究成果将在联合国正在进行的新兴技术治理和政策进程中展示，将研究成果转化为影响破坏性创新和遗传资源开发“尖端”利益相关者生计的行动。该奖学金还将提供学术指导，以帮助塑造和建立研究（er）在建设和加快这一关键的新领域的调查广度。

The ground-breaking ability to 'biosynthesise' or produce replicas of 'natural' commodities normally derived from plants or animals is shaping new industrial food futures under the banner of 'cellular agriculture' or 'lab-grown' food, opening up a novel politics between people, plants and the very concept of 'naturalness'. Through an ethnographic journey juxtaposing the multiple 'worlds' of one plant known as stevia - the hot commodity touted to replace sugar and tackle the global obesity epidemic - this original research unearths the cutting-edge genetic technology, livelihoods, knowledges, cultures, and political economies entangled in five multi-faceted 'promises' of stevia. From the promise of a sustainable 'green' commodity; to the promise of a sacred medicinal herb; to a small farmer 'cash crop' for rural development; to a lucrative corporate 'cash molecule'; to the race to exploit the 21st century promise of 'cash DNA', this research exposes multiple transformations occurring as a result of the technological breakthroughs in digital genetic sequencing, synthesis and gene-editing developed in the field of Synthetic Biology.The overarching aim of this fellowship will be to transform and build on this globally multi-sited ethnographic research (funded by the ESRC Global Political Economy PhD pathway) into an 8-chapter book taking the audience on a journey across this new and complex terrain through the 'worlds' and promises of (biosynthetic) stevia exposing 4 striking 'dis/connects' on sustainability, authenticity, ownership and justice. The book will have far-reaching impact and uses for stakeholders from policymakers to farmers to industry to Indigenous communities fighting genetic resource extraction.The fellowship will also enable a range of public and policy communication and engagement activities. Key research findings will be presented at ongoing UN governance and policy processes over emerging technologies, translating the research into action affecting the livelihoods of stakeholders at the 'sharp end' of disruptive innovation and genetic resource exploitation. The fellowship will also provide academic mentoring to help shape and establish the research(er) in building and accelerating the breadth of this critical new field of enquiry.