From 'trading zones' to 'buffer zones': Art and metaphor in the communication of psychiatric genetics to publics

Lewis, Jamie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1065-6017 and Thomas, Julia M. 2017. From 'trading zones' to 'buffer zones': Art and metaphor in the communication of psychiatric genetics to publics. Reyes-Galindo, Luis and Duarte, Tiago, eds. Intercultural Communication and Science and Technology Studies., Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 175-206.

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Abstract

Psychiatric genetics has a difficult relationship with the public given its unshakeable connection to eugenics. Drawing from a five-year public engagement programme that emerged from an internationally renowned psychiatric genetics centre, we propose the concept of the Buffer Zone to consider how an exchange of viewpoints between groups of people – including psychiatric geneticists and lay publics - who are often uneasy in one another’s company can be facilitated through the use of art and metaphor. The artwork at the exhibitions provided the necessary socio-cultural context for scientific endeavours, whilst also enabled public groups to be part of, and remain in, the conversation. Crucial to stress is that this mitigation was not to protect the science; it was to protect the discussion.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Publisher:	Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN:	9783319583648
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	10 May 2018
Last Modified:	10 Dec 2022 02:55
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/98539

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