Spectral Shadows in Scientific Practice: Unveiling the Haunting Effects of Authorship and Scientific Capital Accumulation
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Maria Rodriguez
Dr. Maria Rodriguez (Marita) is a research fellow in the Law School at the University of Queensland. Prior to receiving her PhD in the Social Studies of Science and Technology from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Marita trained as a molecular biologist. Her research focuses on understanding the inner workings of scientific institutions, particularly biobanks, where she has examined sample management, ethical considerations, and power dynamics. Marita uses qualitative methods like ethnography and interviews to uncover the complexities behind scientific endeavours and the production of scientific knowledge in order to better understand the associated societal implications.
Abstract
This article weaves together the intricate realms of authorship and scientific capital within the context of the Tumor Bank at Mexico’s National Institute of Cancerology (INCan). As intellectual property paradigms continue to evolve, the notion of authorship emerges as an intriguing avenue for the dissemination of knowledge. This study employs ethnographic methods to investigate the multifaceted conflicts involving the ownership of biological samples, the authorship of research outputs, and scientific capital. In the context of INCan’s research setting, the discrepancies in sample distribution serve as a symbolic reflection of the scientific capital and influence exercised by researchers. In doing so, interviews with INCan researchers illuminate how intricate collegial and personal relationships and alliances are navigated in order to secure coveted samples. Within this intricate interplay, credibility and power dynamics intertwine, crafting a tapestry of considerable complexity shaping the nuanced dynamics of authorship within the academic sphere.
About the author
Dr. Maria Rodriguez (Marita) is a research fellow in the Law School at the University of Queensland. Prior to receiving her PhD in the Social Studies of Science and Technology from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Marita trained as a molecular biologist. Her research focuses on understanding the inner workings of scientific institutions, particularly biobanks, where she has examined sample management, ethical considerations, and power dynamics. Marita uses qualitative methods like ethnography and interviews to uncover the complexities behind scientific endeavours and the production of scientific knowledge in order to better understand the associated societal implications.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Introduction to the ‘The Spectral Nature of Intellectual Property’ Pólemos
- Focus
- The Spectre of the Machine: Finding Space for Empirical Inventions in Patent Law
- Copyright, Ghosts, Information
- Impossible Realities and Intellectual Property: Specters of Value in Amie Siegel’s Provenance
- The Emergence of Yoga-as-Property in American Law: The Haunting Presence of Commercial Logics from Swami Vivekananda to Bikram’s Hot Yoga
- Spectres of Intellectual Property in the Soviet Union: The Development and Recognition of the Inventor’s Certificate
- “A Name Which to Them is Sacred”: Quakers and Religious Trademarks in American Enterprise
- Schrödinger’s Rose: Indeterminacy and Contingent Futures in the Plant Variety Rights System of Aotearoa New Zealand
- Non-singular Logics of Intellectual Property in Biomedical Innovation
- Spectral Shadows in Scientific Practice: Unveiling the Haunting Effects of Authorship and Scientific Capital Accumulation
- Research
- Domination and Submission. From the Idea of ‘Legal Personality’ Back to the Metaphor of the ‘Mask’
- “The Whore That Lost Everything”: The Tyranny of Law and the Queer Feminisation of Soft Power as Explored in Black Sails
- Book Review
- Ian Ward: The Trials of Charles I
