Clonagem humana: um estudo sobre a gênese das Representações Sociais / Human cloning: a study about genesis of social representations
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https://doi.org/10.12957/psi.saber.soc.2013.8792Abstract
RESUMO: Compreender como o senso comum se apropria e reconstrói os saberes científicos é de interesse da Teoria das Representações Sociais. Esse estudo buscou compreender a gênese da representação da clonagem humana. Foram utilizadas duas fontes de dados: matérias publicadas na Folha de São Paulo e Veja nos anos de 1997 a 2007 e as cartas enviadas pelos leitores a essas fontes no mesmo período. Os descritores de busca foram: clone, clonagem, clonagem humana, clonagem terapêutica, engenharia genética e terapia celular com célula-tronco. Encontrou-se 952 matérias e 40 cartas. Os dados foram tratados pelo software Alceste. Os resultados mostram a representação da clonagem humana objetivada nos seguintes objetos: bebê clonado; vontade de ser Deus; fabricação de tecidos; pessoas doentes e ancorada em idéias religiosas, eugenistas e da cura pela ciência. Os achados apontam uma representação estruturada entre os leitores, com coesão e idéias partilhadas. Abre-se caminho para investigações sobre a formação de novas representações.
Palavras-chave: representação social; clonagem humana; emergência das representações.
ABSTRACT: Knowing how social actors appropriate and (re)construction the scientific knowledge is of interest to the theory of social representations. This study aimed to understand the genesis of social representations of human cloning. It was used two sources of data for analysis: articles published in Folha de Sao Paulo and Veja during the period from 1997 to 2007 and the letters sent by readers of newspapers and magazines surveyed during the same period. The keywords used were: clone, cloning, human cloning, therapeutic cloning, genetic engineering and cell therapy with stem cell. It was found 952 articles and 40 letters. The database was analyzed by the Alceste. The results show a representation of human cloning objectified: cloned baby, man's desire to be God, the manufacture of tissues, sick people and anchored in ideas of a religious nature, eugenics experiences and healing through science. These findings point to a structured representation among readers, cohesion and sharing of ideas. This opens a path for future research emergence of new representations.
Keywords: social representation; human cloning; emergence of representations.
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