ABSTRACT

This essay analyzes relationships between brain banking practices, football-related head trauma research, and the production of “racial biosocialities”—forms of group affiliation that are constituted through experiences of bodily suffering and shaped around racialized health disparities. The head trauma crisis raises questions about the sustainability of football that will require new strategies for managing the vitality of racial bodies while simultaneously warranting the consumption of harm to these same bodies. I argue that brain banking potentially supports these strategies by publicizing new systems for testing and prevention that reify neoliberal conceptions of personalized risk management and informed choice.

摘要

本文分析了大脑储备实践，与足球相关的头部创伤研究和“种族生物社会”的产生之间的关系，“种族生物社会”是通过身体痛苦的经历而构成并围绕种族化的健康差异而形成的团体联系形式。头部外伤危机引起了人们对足球可持续性的疑问，这将需要新的策略来管理种族身体的活力，同时又要保证对这些身体的伤害得到消除。我认为，通过公开测试和预防新系统来实现个性化风险管理和明智选择的新自由主义理念，人才库可能支持这些策略。