Property in the human body in the context of transnational economies of reproduction.
Outline
Besides reshaping human generativity, reproductive technologies such as IVF, egg donation and surrogacy give rise to whole new value creation systems and forms of ownership of the human body. The project is designed as a philosophical and sociological dual project with the aim of exploring discursive, institutional and subjective processes of doing property in transnational economies of reproduction.
It focuses, on the one hand, on bioethical problems surrounding ownership of the human body and, on the other hand, on patterns of interpretation and practices employed by various players in the context of the transnational propertisation of human ova in Germany and Spain.
Project activities
Events
- Workshop “Dimensions of Property in Reproductive Economies: Practices, Interpretations and Discourses” with a keynote lecture by Janice Richardson (Monash University): Subordination and Surrogacy: Feminist Perspectives on Locke’s Conception of “Property in the Person”. (16. - 17.02.2023)
- Workshop “Propertisierung – Kommodifizierung – Kommerzialisierung. Kritische Perspektiven auf Reproduktionsökonomien und Bioökonomie” with a keynote lecture by Prof. Dr. Sarah Franklin (University of Cambridge). (14. - 15.10.2021)
