ABSTRACT
A map is a symbolical representation of a terrain. This chapter presents some thoughts on the cartography of subway maps because maps contain features that people do not normally think about when they use them. Mapping the ethical, legal and societal issues (ELSI) of emergent sciences and technologies has been consolidated as an institutional approach to handle complex and oft conflict-laden moral and political issues. The chapter analyzes how a particular ELSI map was employed to facilitate ethical and efficient mass transactions of human biological material for research purposes, so-called research biobanking. Taking the Norwegian Grey literature on biobanking and Act relating to Biobanks as a point of departure, it situates the analysis in the broader context of European policies and international ELSI research. The analysis suggests that the current ELSI map employed in policies on research biobanking has severe shortcomings.
