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ARTESANÍAS BIOLÓGICAS

EDICIONS BELLATERRA
VVAA
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Pages
264 pp.
Publisher
Edicions Bellaterra
Year
2025
ISBN
9788419160652
Dimensions
23.0 x 15.0 x 1.3 cm
Written by
VVAA

Why do biologists and clinical professionals need to listen to and incorporate the experiences of intersex people, communities, and cultures? How does this dialogue transform expert biological knowledge and medical recommendations? What are the implications of defining the "appropriate" length of a vagina and how far it can or should be adapted, both biologically and existentially?

Based on these questions, Artesanías biológicas invites us to rethink biology and medicine from feminist epistemologies, social studies of science, and corposexual diversity. Sam Fernández-Garrido proposes dismantling the rigid divisions between expert biomedical knowledge and so-called "lay" knowledge, understanding this intersection as a bioluminescent practice capable of recovering clinically significant, though historically subordinated, perspectives on tissues, hormones, and bodies.

The work constitutes a significant contribution to the field of feminist biology and proposes thinking of biology as a hospitable "contact zone," traversed by unexpected encounters. Where these encounters are celebrated rather than perceived as a threat, the possibility reemerges to collectively build other bodily archives. Bioluminescent archives that rework biology and clinical practice while claiming the intersection of science, art, and activism as a common space from which to care for a diversity that can no longer be alienated.

Title
ARTESANÍAS BIOLÓGICAS
Author
VVAA
Publisher
Edicions Bellaterra
Year
2025
Pages
264 pp.
ISBN
9788419160652
Categories
Ciencias biológicas , Consulta
LGTBIQ+ representation
Queer , Intersexual
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