Abstract
Neste artigo, pretendem-se discutir as trajetórias terapêuticas dos(as) beneficiários(as) de técnicas invasivas de procriação medicamente assistida (PMA), entendidas como travessias que envolvem tensões íntimas, momentos de desassossego, bem como fissuras identitárias e corporais. Essas experiências pessoais e significantes — que não se coadunam com os formatos convencionados e uniformizados dos protocolos biomédicos — são abordadas a partir das dimensões de “afeição”, “desapego”, “perda”, “luto”, “abandono” e “libertação” em relação aos embriões criados in vitro. A análise baseia-se nos dados recolhidos de 34 entrevistas semidiretivas em profundidade e 85 questionários validados (inquérito online) com beneficiários(as) de PMA, no âmbito de um projeto mais amplo de investigação sociológica em curso, sobre os significados atribuídos por especialistas e leigos aos embriões humanos criados in vitro, tanto na PMA quanto na pesquisa científica. Esta pesquisa, por ora, mostra como o embrião in vitro se reconfigura entre o “ente vivo” e o “ser humano”, numa relação dinâmica entre “proximidade” e “distanciamento” físicos e emocionais, remetendo para o conceito de liminaridade e para as relações humano-máquina.
In this article, we intend to discuss the therapeutic trajectories of the beneficiaries of invasive medically assisted procreation techniques (MAP), understood as a journey that involves intimate
tensions, moments of restlessness, as well as identity and body fissures. These personal and significant experiences — which are not consistent with the agreed and standardized formats of
biomedical protocols — are discussed upon the dimensions of “affection”, “detachment”, “loss”, “grieving”, “abandonment” and “liberation” in relation to the embryos created in vitro.
The analysis is based on the data collected from 34 in-depth semi-directive interviews and 85 validated questionnaires (online survey) with MAP beneficiaries, as part of a broader, ongoing
sociology research project on the meanings attributed by specialists and lay people to human embryos created in vitro, both in the context of MAP and in scientific research. So far, this
research shows how the embryo in vitro is reconfigured between a “living entity” and a “human being”, in a dynamic relationship between “proximity” and “distancing”, both physical and
emotional, referring to the concept of liminality and to human-machine relationships.
In this article, we intend to discuss the therapeutic trajectories of the beneficiaries of invasive medically assisted procreation techniques (MAP), understood as a journey that involves intimate
tensions, moments of restlessness, as well as identity and body fissures. These personal and significant experiences — which are not consistent with the agreed and standardized formats of
biomedical protocols — are discussed upon the dimensions of “affection”, “detachment”, “loss”, “grieving”, “abandonment” and “liberation” in relation to the embryos created in vitro.
The analysis is based on the data collected from 34 in-depth semi-directive interviews and 85 validated questionnaires (online survey) with MAP beneficiaries, as part of a broader, ongoing
sociology research project on the meanings attributed by specialists and lay people to human embryos created in vitro, both in the context of MAP and in scientific research. So far, this
research shows how the embryo in vitro is reconfigured between a “living entity” and a “human being”, in a dynamic relationship between “proximity” and “distancing”, both physical and
emotional, referring to the concept of liminality and to human-machine relationships.
Translated title of the contribution | Proximity and distance to the embryo worlds in vitro: significant experiences in times of unrest |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Pages (from-to) | 14-40 |
Number of pages | 27 |
Journal | Terceiro Milênio |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- : Procriação medicamente assistida
- Trajetórias terapêuticas
- Embrião in vitro
- Medically assisted procreation techniques
- Therapeutic trajectories
- Embryo in vitro