Davies, G;
(2011)
Playing dice with mice: building experimental futures in Singapore.
New Genetics and Society
, 30
(4)
433 - 441.
10.1080/14636778.2011.606175.
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Abstract
This short paper adds to debates on the unfolding spaces and logics of biotechnological development bought together in the 2009 special issue of New Genetics and Society on 'Biopolitics in Asia'. Though an unlikely comparison between the development of the genomic sciences and the building of gambling casinos in the city state of Singapore, it reflects on the nature of political and technological investments in this South-East Asian city. It argues that Western expectations of a link between scientific practices, and civic epistemologies linked to democratic decision-making, are replaced by a rather different future orientation to scientific experimentation, economic investment and social development in Singapore.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Playing dice with mice: building experimental futures in Singapore |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14636778.2011.606175 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2011.606175 |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | bioeconomy, biocapital, biopolitics, experimental futures, Singapore, developmental state, science, biopolotics |
| UCL classification: | UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1316646 |
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