Ana Bilinović Rajačić: “Disperz” Kinship. Assisted Conception and New Forms of Reproductive Normativity
Abstract
In the widest sense, assisted reproduction is a manifestation of the redefinition of relations between nature, culture, science, technology, and society. More specifically, it has destabilized the naturalistic model of conception and the natural foundation for establishing kinship, giving a highly specific meaning to what is considered natural. This article offers an overview of interpretations of different ways nature, culture, and technology complement one another and become intertwined and displaced in the context of assisted conception. It particularly focuses on the implications of these processes for anthropological analyses of kinship, in the context of understanding the (newly formed) concepts of assisted genealogy, disperz kinship, and biological relativity.
[assisted conception, kinship, nature, culture, technology]
