Unscientific knowledge and the egg aging panic

TANAKA Sigeto; TANAKA Sigeto

- KAKENHI research plan (2017-2019) #17K02069

TANAKA Sigeto <http://tsigeto.info/office.html>
(Tohoku University)

(2020-06-10)

URI: http://tsigeto.info/egg/
PDF brochure: http://tsigeto.info/18k

News

Final report: http://tsigeto.info/20m (2020-06)
Oral presentation at the RC06-VSA International Conference: Political Vocabularies and Localized Discourses on Demographic Transition: the emergence of the 'syousika' problem in 1980s Japan (Oct. 18, 2019, HaNoi)
Oral presentation at the 29th meeting of Japan Society of Family Sociology: [* Policy making based on original research: the consequences of EBPM] (Sep. 14, 2019, Kobe)
Oral presentation at the 17th meeting of Japanese Society for Science and Technology Studies: [* Changes in discouses around the low ferility]. (Dec. 8, 2018, Tokyo)
Brochure: Project “Unscientific Knowledge and the Egg Aging Panic” Research Report I/II (in English and Japanese) (2018-08)
Oral presentation at World Congress of Sociology: Fake information for the 'egg aging' propaganda: the role of experts and journalists in its emergence, authorization, and radicalization (July 17, 2018, Toronto)
Distributed paper at World Congress of Sociology: Hijacking the policy-making process: political effects of the International Fertility Decision-Making Study for 2010s' Japan (July 16, 2018, Toronto)
New research project: KAKENHI #17K02069 (2017-2019) Unscientific knowledge and the “egg aging” panic

Abstract

In 2010s Japan, there has been a panic about people's lack of knowledge about infertilituy and human reproduction. Professionals in the field of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive medicine have contributed to the panic through so-called “egg aging” (ransi no rouka) campaign. This research project investigates such unscientific knowledge that were used in the campaign to uncover (1) how it was made, used, and authorized and (2) how it affected public opinion and policies in Japan.