Rethinking <i>Value</i> in the Bio-economy: Finance, Assetization, and the Management of Value. Birch, K. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 42(3):460–490, May, 2017.
Paper doi abstract bibtex Current debates in science and technology studies emphasize that the bioeconomy—or, the articulation of capitalism and biotechnology—is built on notions of commodity production, commodification, and materiality, emphasizing that it is possible to derive value from body parts, molecular and cellular tissues, biological processes, and so on. What is missing from these perspectives, however, is consideration of the political-economic actors, knowledges, and practices involved in the creation and management of value. As part of a rethinking of value in the bio-economy, this article analyzes three key political-economic processes: financialization, capitalization, and assetization. In doing so, it argues that value is managed as part of a series of valuation practices, it is not inherent in biological materialities.
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