Article ID: CBB757495306

Molecular Detector (Non)Technology in Mexico (January 2017)

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This paper discusses the introduction of fraudulent “molecular detector” (non)technology into Mexico. The case is used to argue that contemporary science and technology studies’ approaches to scientific policy-making make basic assumptions about the societies they operate in that are inconsistent with the Mexican context. This paper also argues that contrary to what happens in the so-called Global North, the relative power of Mexican science in government and policy circles is as much limited by its relatively weak position as much as it is by self-censorship and unrealized impact in the country’s fragile democracy. The case is also used to highlight the necessity for more politically involved scientific institutions in Mexico, as these become critical safeguards against incoming destabilizing technologies from more powerful nations into the local “peripheral” context.

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Authors & Contributors
Collins, Harry M.
Luis Humberto Fabila-Castillo
Spackman, Christy C. W.
deVries, Karen
Pereira, Maria do Mar
Cech, Erin A.
Concepts
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Expertise
Public policy
Equality
Science
Gender
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
Places
Brazil
United States
Mexico
Bhopal, India
Uruguay
Ukraine
Institutions
Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
University of the Republic
Disaster Management Institute (Bhopal India)
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