Enacting values: Practices of Co-modification

The aim of this mobility project is to study strategies of innovation, but with questions and methods developed from within STS. The empirical material that will be explored are innovation documents and strategies in aquaculture, with a particular focus o n the farmed development of new species, such as the Gadus Morhua (the Atlantic Cod) that has become the object of extensive and intensive innovation strategies in recent years. The project consists of three related dimensions: 1. Exploring ways of stu dying nature in its co-production with the economy - thus in my own words; practices of co-modification. In doing this one needs to go closer, aim a close and detailed readings, of the relevant empirical material. 2. Integral to the project is to study t ransformations by way of a close reading of innovation documents, including the scientific publications and research projects on aquaculture biology as well as aquaculture market research. The approach to the reading of texts however is strongly inspired with a practice-oriented approach in STS. Hence, texts will be studied as agents that take part in performing action and shaping the issues at stake. 3.Policy documents and strategy plans constantly value and evaluate efforts to co-modify fish-biologies a nd fish-markets. What then are the relations, possible conflicts and tensions, between that which is being valued, seen to be good and valuable in a normative sense, and the making of economic value? And how does value and valuation processes in biology a nd in biological research go together with values and valuation practices in the market and in market research?