The Social Epistemology of Engineered Agricultural Ecologies
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Beschreibung
This open access collection of new interdisciplinary essays discusses philosophical and social implications of new biotechnologies, methods, and tools used in agriculture from a multispecies perspective. Contributors employ philosophy, sociology, and history of agriculture; agricultural ethics; philosophy of science; and science and technology studies to investigate agricultural research, farming practice, and agricultural policy. Chapters explore and critically discuss how mechanical, chemical, and genetic interventions reshape ecological relationships and agricultural knowledge by relying on case studies of interspecies interactions across different agriculturalized landscapes. These include careful examinations of the nature of dynamic causal relationships across microbial, macrobial, megaflora and faunal organismal communities; exploration of specific coevolved species of pollinators and field crops; and analyses of the epistemic and normative commitments that guide crop management decisions and shape methodological choices leading to the reengineering of land use. These analyses and case studies are intended to provide readers with a variety of conceptual tools through which the use of agricultural technologies might possibly be understood and debated
This open access collection of new interdisciplinary essays discusses philosophical and social implications of new biotechnologies, methods, and tools used in agriculture from a multispecies perspective. Contributors employ philosophy, sociology, and history of agriculture; agricultural ethics; philosophy of science; and science and technology studies to investigate agricultural research, farming practice, and agricultural policy. Chapters explore and critically discuss how mechanical, chemical, and genetic interventions reshape ecological relationships and agricultural knowledge by relying on case studies of interspecies interactions across different agriculturalized landscapes. These include careful examinations of the nature of dynamic causal relationships across microbial, macrobial, megaflora and faunal organismal communities; exploration of specific coevolved species of pollinators and field crops; and analyses of the epistemic and normative commitments that guide crop management decisions and shape methodological choices leading to the reengineering of land use. These analyses and case studies are intended to provide readers with a variety of conceptual tools through which the use of agricultural technologies might possibly be understood and debated.
Analyzes targeted approaches to rDNA modification of agricultural plants and animals Evaluates agricultural technology with respect to interspecies relationships in agricultural ecosystems Conceptualizes new agrobiotechnologies using methods in philosophy, sociology, and bioethics of agriculture This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
Autor*in
Catherine Kendig
Themen in »The Social Epistemology of Engineered Agricultural Ecologies«
Ethics of agricultural technologies rDNA modification in agricultural plants and animals philosophy of agricultural technology social impacts of first generation agricultural technologies interspecies relationships in agriculture agricultural ecosystems and agricultural technology targeted modification of plant and animal genomes gene editing in agriculture regulatory debates over GMOs epistemology of agriculture farming practice and agricultural policy agricultural concepts and categories agricultural conceptual engineering public engagement in emerging biotechnology use in agriculture co-engineered landscapes and agricultural practices