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We have always been modern: Buddhism, Science and the New Genetic and Reproductive Technologies in Sri Lanka (2009)
Journal Article
Simpson, B. (2009). We have always been modern: Buddhism, Science and the New Genetic and Reproductive Technologies in Sri Lanka. Culture and Religion, 10(2), 137-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/14755610903077547

This paper explores the traffic in ideas concerning new reproductive technologies in contemporary Sri Lanka. It attempts to locate the responses to the moral challenges posed by the new bio-technologies within wider political, religious and cultural... Read More about We have always been modern: Buddhism, Science and the New Genetic and Reproductive Technologies in Sri Lanka.

'Please give a drop of blood’: Blood donation, conflict and the haemato-global assemblage in contemporary Sri Lanka'. (2009)
Journal Article
Simpson, B. (2009). 'Please give a drop of blood’: Blood donation, conflict and the haemato-global assemblage in contemporary Sri Lanka'. Body & Society, 15(2), 101-122. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357034x09103439

Blood is now essential for a widening reprtoire of therapies and with these come new forms of regulation and governmentality focused on the collection, use and storage of blood. Here blood begins to lose its 'natural' underpinnings as it is drawn int... Read More about 'Please give a drop of blood’: Blood donation, conflict and the haemato-global assemblage in contemporary Sri Lanka'..