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1、CurrentAnthropologyVolume58,Supplement15,February2017S103SpeculativeAuthorshipintheCityofFakesbyWinnieWonYinWongInthispaperIexamine,ontheonehand,anurbanrumoraboutthecityofShenzhen,China,circulatedwithinHongKongandAmericanpublicandpopularmedia,and,ontheother,rumorswithinEuropeanandAmericanscientificco

2、mmunitiesaboutscientificauthorshipattheworld’slargestgenomicssequencingfirm,whichalsohappenstobelocatedinthatsamecity.Idescribetwosetsofrumorsconnectedtoeachotherbythemesofsurveillance,science,technology,bodilyleisure,andintellectuallaborandsimplylocatethematthesitethatistheirsubject.Insodoing,Iaimnot

3、onlytofalsifyculturalimaginariesaboutthisChinesecityanditsdystopianreputationasthe“cityoffakes”inglobalpublicculturebutalsotoexaminehowandwhythissitesoproductivelyspawnsgradationsofthetruth-valueandillicitness,attendingtotheparticularconfigurationsof“fact”andhumancapitalthatthiscity,asasiteoftechnolo

4、gizedbioproduction,inaugurates.BelieveMeforsomeonerich,they’llkillyouinthebathroomandharvestallofyourorgans.Allinunder15minutes.“WhoknowsifEverythingyoucanimagineexistshere.Everythingyouit’strue,”thefriendofafriendtellstheradiohost,“butthat’scannotimagineexistshere.I’veseeneverythingthereistowhatthe

5、ysaid.”Likeallurbanlegends,thisChineseDNA-see,butthere’sstillsomuchI’veneverseen!(AShenzhenanalysisversionofwhatfolkloristshavecalledthe1990s“blue”-marketdriver1)“kidneyheist”hasitselfmanyvariations:sometimesitisaThereisanurbanrumorcirculatinginHongKongabouthairsalon,sometimesitisashoppingmall,somet

6、imestheitsneighbor,thecityofShenzhen,thatissobelievableitwasvictimisattackedwithadruggedneedle,sometimeswithapoisonousgas.3AswithallpopularHongKongurbanleg-circulatedin2007asanMP3recordingofaradioprogrampurportingtobeafirsthandaccountfromacall-inlistener.Itgoeslikethis.OnedaytwoyoungHongKongwomenhead

7、1.ThisShenzhendrivermadehiscolorfulremarkattheendofatoShenzhenforadayofshoppingandleisure.Theyflop2-hourdiscussioninwhichherecountedthehistoryofillegalborder-downatanailsalonforamanicure-pedicure.Atsom