【亞比中心系列講座】Body Politics on the Market Frontier: Why Monetary Compensation for These (but Not Those)Bodily Donors

演講主題：市場前沿的身體政治：為什麼這些（而不是那些）捐贈者有金錢報償？

Body Politics on the Market Frontier: Why Monetary Compensation for These (but Not Those)Bodily Donors

主講人：盧宛孜 Wan-Zi Lu 紐約州立大學石溪分校社會系助理教授（Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Stony Brook University）

主持人：曾嬿芬 Yen-Fen Tseng 臺大社會系教授 （Professor, Department of Sociology, NTU）

時間：2024年05月28日(二)12:30-14:00

地點：台大社會學系319室

主辦：國立臺灣大學亞洲社會比較研究中心、國立臺灣大學社會學系

演講大綱：

Why do two countries with shared cultural norms regarding bodily giving exhibit contrasting approaches to regulation, establishing legal markets for one body part while prohibiting them for another? This study tackles this question by examining the contrasting regulations governing compensation for living kidney donors and gamete donors in Singapore and Taiwan. Drawing from archival and interview research, I argue that, whether a market is opened or closed, each country’s policy implementation reflects existing organizational structures of bureaucracies. The findings demonstrate how political agendas shape healthcare regimes, the selection of cultural narratives for justifying policy choices, and historical trajectories that decide who acts as the “architect” of moralized markets.