Topic：Body Politics on the Market Frontier: Why Monetary Compensation for These (but Not Those)Bodily Donors
Speaker： Wan-Zi Lu （Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Stony Brook University）
Moderator：Yen-Fen Tseng（Professor, Department of Sociology, NTU）
Time：12:30-14:00, Tue. May 28, 2024
Room 319, Department of Sociology, NTU
Abstract：
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.
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