The Human Bios in the Social System. the Sociological Relevance of the Organic Body. Part I

Friday, 11 July 2025: 09:00-10:45
Location: FSE004 (Faculty of Education Sciences (FSE))
RC51 Sociocybernetics (host committee)

Language: English

Biotechnological advancements in reproductive and regenerative medicine, cutting edge discoveries in the neurosciences and epigenetics, as well as the globalisation of biomarkets across the entire planet, are exploiting the human bios with unprecedented intensity. Human organs, cells, tissues and fluids are transferred in the realm of new social and economic relationships as commodities, which are also increasingly relevant in policies of social control.

Social processes of healthism and medicalisation revolve more and more around tracking and managing the human bios. Supported by technology, both medicine and the natural sciences are contributing to deeply changing our knowledge of the organic body, and how it impacts on our social body.

In this session, we welcome both theoretical and empirical presentations that contribute to understanding the new relations between the human organic body and changes in technology, health and the social system.

We invite papers on the following topics (among others): How do we define today the anthropos and the human bios, and how are they related to the social world? How do we make sense of the social practices of exchange and manipulation of the human bios? What new forms of vulnerability are emerging from this scenario? How does sociology account for the gender dimensions of biomarkets and biovulnerabilities? How are traditional categories (i.e. sex vs. gender, youth vs. old age, health vs. illness) redefined by the sociological relevance of the organic body?

Session Organizers:
Prof. Consuelo CORRADI, MA, PhD, Lumsa Universita, Italy, Barbara SENA, University of Bergamo, Italy and Daniela BANDELLI, University of Salerno, Italy
Chair:
Barbara SENA, University of Bergamo, Italy
Oral Presentations
The Human Body As a Complex System, between Organic Matter, Meaning and Alienation
Prof. Consuelo CORRADI, MA, PhD, Lumsa Universita, Italy
What Does It Means to be Human?
Felipe AROCENA, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay
An Intersectional and Transdisciplinary Analysis of the Biobank for the Analysis of the Epigenomic Profiles of Women Victims of Violence
Mariella NOCENZI, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy; Antonella PILOZZI, National Health Institute, Italy
The Disputed Field of Surrogacy: Experiences of 5 Mexican Surrogates. Intersection between Power, Inequality, and ‘Disinterested Acts’
Eleane PROO, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities, (CEIICH-UNAM), Mexico
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