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In this book, Kean Birch analyses the co-construction of markets and natures in the emerging bio-economy as a policy response to global environmental change. The bio-economy is an economic system characterized by the use of plants and other biological materials rather than fossil fuels to produce energy, chemicals, and societal goods. Over the last decade or so, numerous countries around the world have developed bio-economy strategies as a potential transition pathway to a low-carbon future. Whether this is achievable or not remains an open question, one which this book seeks to answer. In addressing this question, Kean Birch draws on over ten years of research on the bio-economy around the world, but especially in North America. He examines what kinds of markets and natures are being imagined and constructed in the pursuit of the bio-economy, and problematizes the idea that this is being driven by neoliberalism and the neoliberalization of nature(s). .

Technology—Sociological aspects. --- Science and Technology Studies.

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Donna Haraway est une figure majeure du féminisme contemporain. Biologiste, philosophe et historienne des sciences, ses recherches interrogent les mythes contemporains. Héritière de la tradition marxiste, elle questionne les effets de pouvoir des grandes divisions catégorielles propres à la Modernité : nature et culture, animal et humain, homme et femme, organique et technique, biologique et social, sujet et objet...Célèbre pour la façon dont elle a détourné le "cyborg", Haraway a ouvert la voie à un féminisme post-humain, insolent et geek qui rompt avec une certaine tradition essentialiste et technophobe. Le cyborg devient ce personnage tragique et ambigu qui incarne nos conditions matérielles d'existence comme nos devenirs politiques. Donna Haraway nous invite à expérimenter d'autres points de vue, d'autres manières de voir, à construire des politiques de coalitions, d'alliances et de coévolutions inédites. Les extensions technologiques, les espèces animales « domestiques », les primates, ou encore les êtres génétiquement modifiés comme la souris Oncomouse, sont autant de compagnons de route avec qui nous partageons le monde et qui sans cesse nous interpellent et nous engagent. Cette perspective est pleinement exprimée dans son texte "Les promesses des monstres", pour la première fois traduit en français dans le présent volume ; promesses accompagnées d'une dizaine de contributions autour de l'oeuvre de Donna Haraway écrites par des philosophes, des historiens ou des sociologues situés dans différents champs et traditions de pensée.

Technology --- Human animal relationships --- Sociological aspects --- Haraway, Donna Jeanne --- Cyborgs --- Feminism --- Philosophy --- Haraway, Donna Jeanne, --- Human-animal relationships --- Technology - Sociological aspects --- Cyborgs - Philosophy --- Haraway, Donna Jeanne, - 1944 --- -Technology - Sociological aspects --- -Technology --- Haraway, Donna Jeanne, - 1944-

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This book analyses the social contexts in which programmers design neuroimaging software used in brain studies. It shows that in the same way people engage in everyday communication, programmers are involved in a series of communicative processes to realize the negotiations and discussions generated by software development. In this way, highly technical activities such as computer code writing are also underpinned by values, preferences, and power relations. At the same time, the book sheds new light on scientists’ increasing dependence on software. On the one hand, many scientific tasks can no longer be performed without the help of computational technologies. On the other hand, most scientists have only superficial computing knowledge. As a result, inequalities emerge whereby some scientists take the most strategic methodological decisions whereas other scientists can only rely on the technical help provided by user-friendly computer applications.

Neurosciences. --- Technology—Sociological aspects. --- Science and Technology Studies. --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Neuroscience --- Medical sciences --- Nervous system

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This collected volume analyses labelling as a political and economic operation. It gathers contributions that focus on various domains, including the agri-food sector, the construction sector, eco-labelling, retail, health public policies and the energy sector, considering the use of labels for various objectives, such as providing legal and technical data on consumption products, certifying their quality, and indicating the approval of professional or political authorities. These practices are tied to both public and private interventions that make civic concerns visible and aim to govern them. The book considers ‘labelling the economy’ as an operation that introduces political questions into the economic realm, while also importing economic modes of reasoning into governance interventions. In doing so, the book considers the sociotechnical apparatus on which any label relies as a nexus where economic and political considerations are brought together.

Labels. --- Grade labeling --- Labeling --- Labelling --- Price labels --- Grading --- Packaging --- Standardization --- Technology—Sociological aspects. --- Science and Technology Studies.

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“After decades of research on dysfunctional eating and lack of physical activity, research attention has finally turned to the role of digital technology in eating behaviors and eating disorders. This timely volume offers a thoughtful and wide collection of chapters discussing the possible effects of digital technologies, from those enhancing healthy eating behaviors to those that encourage disordered eating. Highly recommended for both professionals and scholars.” Prof. Giuseppe Riva, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy. This book examines in depth the multifaceted roles of digital technologies in the eating behaviors and eating disorders. Coverage reflects a broad theoretical and empirical knowledge of current trends in digital technology use in health behaviors, and their risks and benefits affecting wellbeing, with focus on eating behaviors and eating disorders. The authors use both qualitative and quantitative data to focus on the digital lived experiences of people and their eating related behaviors. Among the topics covered: The quality of eating-oriented information online Technology, body image, and disordered eating Eating-oriented online groups Using mobile technology in eating behaviors Usage of digital technology among people with eating disorders What healthcare professionals should know about digital technologies and eating disorders Technology-based prevention and treatment programs for eating disorders A potential source of discussion and debate in various fields across the social sciences, the health sciences, and psychology, Digital Technology, Eating Behaviors, and Eating Disorders will be especially useful to students, academics, researchers, and professionals working in the fields of eating behaviors and eating disorders.

Eating disorders --- Treatment. --- Psychology, clinical. --- Technology—Sociological aspects. --- Clinical Psychology. --- Science and Technology Studies. --- Clinical psychology. --- Psychiatry --- Psychology, Applied --- Psychological tests