Autism, Meaning and the Bioethical Otherwise: A talk by Matthew Wolf-Meyer October 14, 2010

American ethics of care struggle with the tension between the primacy of individuals, families, and society. In this talk, Prof. Wolf-Meyer traces alternative histories of American bioethics to imagine how the treatment of autism might offer different models of care, disorder, and social belonging.

Matthew Wolf-Meyer is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota, specializing in medical anthropology and the social study of science and technology. He is currently working on a book manuscript based upon his dissertation research, tentatively entitled "The Slumbering Masses: Integral Medicine and the Production of American Everyday Life."

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