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November 21 - 23, 2017

Parental Responsibility, Epigenetics and DOHaD: Emerging sociotechnical imaginaries of reproduction in the post-genomic age

Place:

Brocher Foundation

Organizers:

Panese Francesco
Simeoni Umberto
Chiapperino Luca, Université de Lausanne; Faculté des sciences sociales et politiques; Institut des sciences sociales, Chercheur FNS Senior

Introduction:

The goal of the workshop is to analyse and dissect the emerging notion of ‘epigenetic parental responsibility’. To this purpose, we will explore the potential reconfiguration of reproductive and parental practices operated by studies on epigenetic inheritance and developmental programming of health, by exploring the normative, historico-epistemological and socio-political dimensions of this knowledge.

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