Learning about a fish from an ANT: actor network theory and science education in the postgenomic era

摘要: This article uses actor network theory (ANT) to develop a more appropriate model of scientific literacy for students, teachers, and citizens in society increasingly populated with biotechnological bioscientific nonhumans. In so doing, I take the recent debate surrounding first genetically engineered animal food product under review by FDA, AquaBounty Technologies’ AquAdvantage® salmon, as vehicle exploring ways which biosciences have fundamentally altered boundary between nature culture thus way public understands both. response new challenges postgenomic society, outline three frameworks using ANT literacies classroom settings. Each frame, argue, is foundational development that can trace map actors involved controversies such salmon. examining these frames follow salmon through an environmental history lens, technoscientific operating AquaBounty’s FDA application National Academies science education framework, finally democracy rooted ethic common. The ultimate claim this until (and general) begin include nonhumans part common political educators, community members will continue be at mercy experts corporate stakeholders defining terms people heal, feed, educate themselves now future.