Politics and performances of European blood procurement: toward an ontological approach to study blood’s multiplicity Ghent University
In ‘The politics and performances of European blood procurement’, Nathan Wittock argues that policymakers and sociologists working on and studying blood too often approach blood donation as a ‘gift’ from donors to recipients. This predominant focus on the gift relationship tends to stress the altruist motivations of blood donors, ignoring the high level of complexity on the institutional and the ontological level. In his attempt to re-emphasize ...