Theorizing the Bioeconomy : Biovalue, Biocapital, Bioeconomics or...What?

Birch, Kean and Tyfield, David (2013) Theorizing the Bioeconomy : Biovalue, Biocapital, Bioeconomics or...What? Science, Technology, and Human Values, 38 (3). pp. 299-327. ISSN 0162-2439

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Abstract

In the policy discourses of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and European Commission (EC), modern biotechnology and the life sciences are represented as an emerging “bioeconomy” in which the latent value underpinning biological materials and products offers the opportunity for sustainable economic growth. This articulation of modern biotechnology and economic development is an emerging scholarly field producing numerous “bio-concepts.” Over the last decade or so, there have been a number of attempts to theorize this relationship between biotechnologies and their capitalization. This article highlights some of the underlying ambiguities in these conceptualizations, especially in the fetishization of everything “bio.” We offer an alternative view of the bioeconomy by rethinking the theoretical importance of several key economic and financial processes.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Science, Technology, and Human Values
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? bioeconomybio-conceptsbiovaluebiocapitalbioeconomicsasset-based economyfinancializationsociology and political sciencehealth(social science)economics and econometricssocial sciences (miscellaneous)philosophygeneral engineeringanthropologyhuman-computer in ??
ID Code:
64612
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Deposited On:
20 May 2013 08:32
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
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16 Jul 2024 09:22