Article ID: CBB505002828

In the Circulation Sphere of the Biomolecular Age: Economics and Gender Matter (2022)

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Schwerin, Alexander von (Author)


Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Volume: 45
Issue: 3
Pages: 355-372


Publication Date: 2022
Edition Details: Issue theme: Embracing Ambivalence and Change
Language: English

This contribution draws attention to the circulation of materialities and persons as a central feature in the constitution of experimental cultures. The protein and ribosome research at the Max Planck Society (MPG)—with a main focus on the research conducted by Brigitte Wittmann-Liebold at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics—serves as an example to highlight some of the central conditions that determined the material circulation in molecular biology: the very organizational framework of gender and economics. In doing so, this contribution argues for a historical narrative that stresses the conditions facilitating the circulation of technologies, materials, and personnel. Histories of this kind contribute to an integrated view of the scientific, technological, social, political, economic, and cultural specificities of experimental cultures.

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Article Lara Keuck; Kärin Nickelsen (2022) Introduction: Embracing Ambivalence and Change. Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte (pp. 291-300). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Elizabeth A. Musgrove
Williams, Cody Tyler
Doyle-Raso, John
Dietmar Steverding
Allison Michelle Witucki
Roberto Taramelli
Concepts
Molecular biology
History of science, as a discipline
Science and gender
Historiography
Science and society
Science and economics
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
Early modern
20th century, late
Places
Eurasia
Uganda
Netherlands
Latin America
Australia
Institutions
Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin
Annales school
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