The Contested Publics of the UK GM Controversy: A Tale of Entanglement and Purification

摘要: Ten years ago the UK held one of largest, most complex and politically charged exercises in turn towards public engagement governance biosciences. Called ‘GM Nation’ this experiment arose as an attempt to mediate concerns run-up a government decision on whether allow some varieties GM crops be commercially cultivated UK. Formed controversy, itself became focus with claims that many its participants were already engaged issue thus not representative general public. In way, category contested category, at least two different versions featuring controversy. Particularly important was contrast between or publics emerged entangled increasingly familiar objects issues public, identified through distance disengagement from issue. Th...