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Social Science & Medicine, 2016
A very large grey area exists between translational stem cell research and applications that comp... more A very large grey area exists between translational stem cell research and applications that comply with the ideals of randomised control trials and good laboratory and clinical practice and what is often referred to as snake-oil trade. We identify a discrepancy between international research and ethics regulation and the ways in which regulatory instruments in the stem cell field are developed in practice. We examine this discrepancy using the notion of 'national home-keeping', referring to the way governments articulate international standards and regulation with conflicting demands on local players at home. Identifying particular dimensions of regulatory tools e authority, permissions, space and acceleration e as crucial to national home-keeping in Asia, Europe and the USA, we show how local regulation works to enable development of the field, notwithstanding international (i.e. principally 'western') regulation. Triangulating regulation with empirical data and archival research between 2012 and 2015 has helped us to shed light on how countries and organisations adapt and resist internationally dominant regulation through the manipulation of regulatory tools (contingent upon country size, the state's ability to accumulate resources, healthcare demands, established traditions of scientific governance, and economic and scientific ambitions).
Children have been marginalised in nationalism studies, particularly in the discussion of educati... more Children have been marginalised in nationalism studies, particularly in the discussion of education. The process of education was taken for granted while children's agency and their construction of national discourses were neglected. This thesis was to examine and compare children's national discourses and those in pedagogical materials in the context of recent Taiwanese nationalism since 2000. This thesis concerned children's discourses and pedagogical discourses in four areas: (1) the nation; (2) national identity; (3) ethnicity; and (4) being a minority. Data was collected through individual interviews, documentary research and observations. Individual interviews were conducted with a sample of 28 primary school children (aged 8-11) in a selected primary school in Taiwan. The participants were recruited from children of Chinese immigrants, children of Vietnamese immigrants, and children of native Taiwanese to compare their various experiences and perspectives. The findings showed that children's discourses did not necessarily correspond to pedagogical discourses although they partly match to each other. The nation was portrayed as 'Taiwan' consistently in the textbooks and by children, while the 'Republic of China' was being 'forgotten' by children and marginalised in textbooks. In addition, a Taiwanese identity is prevailing among children. However, children challenged the exsiting concepts of ethnicity and the language policy at school. Finally, this thesis found that the national discourses in pedagogy was rather exclusive than inclusive. Therefore, the minority groups, such as children of immigrants, Hakka, and the Aborigines, felt being the 'others' in the discourses of Taiwanese nationalism. In conclusion, children are not objects of pedagogical national discourses. Instead, the pedagogical discourses rely on students' interpretation and performance. Therefore, children are active subjects who are able to challenge pedagogical discourses and construct their own national discourses. Acknowledgement I am very grateful to the children who took part in this study for their openness, as well as the teachers for their acceptance and help. My sincere gratitude goes to my supervisors, Mr. Ross Bond and Professor Lynn Jamieson, for their careful reading, constructive advice, and encouragement throughout the PhD process. I also want to thank the external and internal examiners, Dr. Michael Wyness and Dr Jonathan Hearn, for their helpful commenteries and suggestions. I would like to say a heartfelt thank-you to my colleagues, Yu-Hsiang, I Lin, Margarida, Ruth, Unai and the ENNIN group, for their idea exchange and support. I appreciate my dear friends, particularly Yu Yi, Pei Chun, Yu wen, Hsin Yi, Chairry, Elma, for their company and comfort. I am grateful for the heartwarming support from the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They give me the strength to overcome the challenges in the writing process. I especially thank Richard Connelly and his wife who came to Scotland to serve as couple missionaries and read the manuscripts. Finally, I thank my Heavenly Father for His love and everything. I cannot express enough gratitude to my family, especially my mom and my aunt, for their unconditional love and support to me. This thesis is dedicated to my beloved grandparents. Two of them, Chang Tzu Chung and Lin Huang Ching Bao, passed away during the process of this thesis. There would not be me and this thesis without all of them.
A very large grey area exists between translational stem cell research and applications that comp... more A very large grey area exists between translational stem cell research and applications that comply with the ideals of randomised control trials and good laboratory and clinical practice and what is often referred to as snake-oil trade. We identify a discrepancy between international research and ethics regulation and the ways in which regulatory instruments in the stem cell field are developed in practice. We examine this discrepancy using the notion of 'national home-keeping', referring to the way governments articulate international standards and regulation with conflicting demands on local players at home. Identifying particular dimensions of regulatory tools e authority, permissions, space and acceleration e as crucial to national home-keeping in Asia, Europe and the USA, we show how local regulation works to enable development of the field, notwithstanding international (i.e. principally 'western') regulation. Triangulating regulation with empirical data and archival research between 2012 and 2015 has helped us to shed light on how countries and organisations adapt and resist internationally dominant regulation through the manipulation of regulatory tools (contingent upon country size, the state's ability to accumulate resources, healthcare demands, established traditions of scientific governance, and economic and scientific ambitions).
Social Science & Medicine, 2016
A very large grey area exists between translational stem cell research and applications that comp... more A very large grey area exists between translational stem cell research and applications that comply with the ideals of randomised control trials and good laboratory and clinical practice and what is often referred to as snake-oil trade. We identify a discrepancy between international research and ethics regulation and the ways in which regulatory instruments in the stem cell field are developed in practice. We examine this discrepancy using the notion of 'national home-keeping', referring to the way governments articulate international standards and regulation with conflicting demands on local players at home. Identifying particular dimensions of regulatory tools e authority, permissions, space and acceleration e as crucial to national home-keeping in Asia, Europe and the USA, we show how local regulation works to enable development of the field, notwithstanding international (i.e. principally 'western') regulation. Triangulating regulation with empirical data and archival research between 2012 and 2015 has helped us to shed light on how countries and organisations adapt and resist internationally dominant regulation through the manipulation of regulatory tools (contingent upon country size, the state's ability to accumulate resources, healthcare demands, established traditions of scientific governance, and economic and scientific ambitions).
Children have been marginalised in nationalism studies, particularly in the discussion of educati... more Children have been marginalised in nationalism studies, particularly in the discussion of education. The process of education was taken for granted while children's agency and their construction of national discourses were neglected. This thesis was to examine and compare children's national discourses and those in pedagogical materials in the context of recent Taiwanese nationalism since 2000. This thesis concerned children's discourses and pedagogical discourses in four areas: (1) the nation; (2) national identity; (3) ethnicity; and (4) being a minority. Data was collected through individual interviews, documentary research and observations. Individual interviews were conducted with a sample of 28 primary school children (aged 8-11) in a selected primary school in Taiwan. The participants were recruited from children of Chinese immigrants, children of Vietnamese immigrants, and children of native Taiwanese to compare their various experiences and perspectives. The findings showed that children's discourses did not necessarily correspond to pedagogical discourses although they partly match to each other. The nation was portrayed as 'Taiwan' consistently in the textbooks and by children, while the 'Republic of China' was being 'forgotten' by children and marginalised in textbooks. In addition, a Taiwanese identity is prevailing among children. However, children challenged the exsiting concepts of ethnicity and the language policy at school. Finally, this thesis found that the national discourses in pedagogy was rather exclusive than inclusive. Therefore, the minority groups, such as children of immigrants, Hakka, and the Aborigines, felt being the 'others' in the discourses of Taiwanese nationalism. In conclusion, children are not objects of pedagogical national discourses. Instead, the pedagogical discourses rely on students' interpretation and performance. Therefore, children are active subjects who are able to challenge pedagogical discourses and construct their own national discourses. Acknowledgement I am very grateful to the children who took part in this study for their openness, as well as the teachers for their acceptance and help. My sincere gratitude goes to my supervisors, Mr. Ross Bond and Professor Lynn Jamieson, for their careful reading, constructive advice, and encouragement throughout the PhD process. I also want to thank the external and internal examiners, Dr. Michael Wyness and Dr Jonathan Hearn, for their helpful commenteries and suggestions. I would like to say a heartfelt thank-you to my colleagues, Yu-Hsiang, I Lin, Margarida, Ruth, Unai and the ENNIN group, for their idea exchange and support. I appreciate my dear friends, particularly Yu Yi, Pei Chun, Yu wen, Hsin Yi, Chairry, Elma, for their company and comfort. I am grateful for the heartwarming support from the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They give me the strength to overcome the challenges in the writing process. I especially thank Richard Connelly and his wife who came to Scotland to serve as couple missionaries and read the manuscripts. Finally, I thank my Heavenly Father for His love and everything. I cannot express enough gratitude to my family, especially my mom and my aunt, for their unconditional love and support to me. This thesis is dedicated to my beloved grandparents. Two of them, Chang Tzu Chung and Lin Huang Ching Bao, passed away during the process of this thesis. There would not be me and this thesis without all of them.
A very large grey area exists between translational stem cell research and applications that comp... more A very large grey area exists between translational stem cell research and applications that comply with the ideals of randomised control trials and good laboratory and clinical practice and what is often referred to as snake-oil trade. We identify a discrepancy between international research and ethics regulation and the ways in which regulatory instruments in the stem cell field are developed in practice. We examine this discrepancy using the notion of 'national home-keeping', referring to the way governments articulate international standards and regulation with conflicting demands on local players at home. Identifying particular dimensions of regulatory tools e authority, permissions, space and acceleration e as crucial to national home-keeping in Asia, Europe and the USA, we show how local regulation works to enable development of the field, notwithstanding international (i.e. principally 'western') regulation. Triangulating regulation with empirical data and archival research between 2012 and 2015 has helped us to shed light on how countries and organisations adapt and resist internationally dominant regulation through the manipulation of regulatory tools (contingent upon country size, the state's ability to accumulate resources, healthcare demands, established traditions of scientific governance, and economic and scientific ambitions).