Identity in a Technological Society: Governance Implications

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Author(s): Marc A. Saner (University of Ottawa, Canada)and Jeremy Geelen (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 22
Source title: Handbook of Research on Technoself: Identity in a Technological Society
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Rocci Luppicini (University of Ottawa, Canada)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2211-1.ch037

Keywords: Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities

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This chapter provides a framework for the Technoself that distinguishes six different processes by which emerging technologies may affect human identity. From a public policy perspective, one of these processes, the radical physical alteration of human bodies, is of prime interest. The authors discuss various technological approaches – the alterations of genes, brains, and bodies - in relation to human identity and argue for the need for a governance dialogue over their social implications. We situate these developments in the policy context and develop the governance case for communication, adaptive regulation, and societal preparedness as means to regain control of our Technoselves.

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