Article ID: CBB000930694

How Could a Scientist Become a National Celebrity? Nationalism and Hwang Woo-Suk Scandal (2008)

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In Korea, scientific excellence has been perceived as one of the key elements of modern nation-building. Moreover, from the late 1990s to the early 2000s, the government represented biotechnology as the future engine of the economy. Hwang succeeded in representing himself as the hero of Korean science by appropriating the public eagerness for scientific achievement. However, he relied on nationalist rhetoric too often against criticisms, which eventually made a considerable part of the public turn skeptical about his integrity. Although various forms of techno-nationalism are still pervasive in Korea, Hwang's scandal has given a valuable chance for reflection on the relationship of science and nationalism. Keywords Hwang Woo-Suk - Scientific misconduct - Nationalism - Techno-nationalism - Science and nation-building

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Authors & Contributors
Mattson, Greggor
Wallach, Jennifer Jensen
Surman, Jan
Strasser, Bruno J.
Sonenberg, Nahum
Sinha, Jagdish N.
Concepts
Science and politics
Nationalism
National identity
Biotechnology
Technology and economics
Stem cells
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century, early
19th century
18th century
21st century
20th century
Places
United States
South Korea
North Korea
Russia
China
Yugoslavia
Institutions
East Asian Biosphere Reserve Network
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
Habsburg, House of
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
European Space Research Organisation
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