Brister Evelyn, Gammon Andrea R, Thompson Paul B, Tiersch Terrence R, Zuchowicz Nikolas
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, USA.
DELFT TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, DELFT, THE NETHERLANDS.
J Law Med Ethics. 2024;52(3):637-647. doi: 10.1017/jme.2024.130. Epub 2024 Dec 16.
This article explores how time-related metaphors frame advanced cryopreservation technologies in environmental conservation. Cryopreservation "stops" or "freezes" biological time and "buys time" desperately needed to preserve species and ecosystems. We advance a framing of these technologies as logistical, highlighting how they create opportunities to shift materials, knowledge, and decision-making power through space and time. As logistical technologies, advanced cryopreservation techniques require active planning in the present rather than deferring responsibility and accountability to the future.
本文探讨了与时间相关的隐喻如何构建环境保护中先进低温保存技术的框架。低温保存“停止”或“冻结”了生物时间,并“争取”了保护物种和生态系统迫切需要的时间。我们将这些技术构建为后勤技术,强调它们如何创造机会,通过空间和时间转移物质、知识和决策权。作为后勤技术,先进的低温保存技术需要当下积极的规划,而不是将责任和问责推迟到未来。