Tactical Biopolitics: Art, Activism, and Technoscience

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Tactical Biopolitics suggests that the political challenges at the intersection of life, science, and art are best addressed through a combination of artistic intervention, critical theorizing, and reflective practices. Transcending disciplinary boundaries, contributions to this volume focus on the political significance of recent advances in the biological sciences and explore the possibility of public participation in scientific discourse, drawing on research and practice in art, biology, critical theory, ...
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Overview

Tactical Biopolitics suggests that the political challenges at the intersection of life, science, and art are best addressed through a combination of artistic intervention, critical theorizing, and reflective practices. Transcending disciplinary boundaries, contributions to this volume focus on the political significance of recent advances in the biological sciences and explore the possibility of public participation in scientific discourse, drawing on research and practice in art, biology, critical theory, anthropology, and cultural studies.
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"Scholars who concentrate on the nonscientific aspects of bioscience and biotechnology are often identified with ethical and legal scholarship focused on narrow range of issues. It is therefore refreshing to find in Tactical Biopolitics a diverse collection of essays that extend the horizon of inquiry into the meanings and impacts of bioscience and biotechnology." David Castle The Quarterly Review ofBiology

"Tactical Biopolitics is a snapshot of the state-of-the-art at one of the farthest frontiers of interdisciplinary exploration." Cheryl A. Kerfeld PLoSBiology

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780262042499
  • Publisher: MIT Press
  • Publication date: 7/31/2008
  • Series: Leonardo Book Series
  • Pages: 536
  • Product dimensions: 7.20 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.30 (d)

Meet the Author

Beatriz da Costa does interventionist art using computing and biotechnologies. She is anAssociate Professor at the University of California, Irvine.

Kavita Philip studies colonialism, neoliberalism, and technoscience using history and critical theory. She is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Irvine.

Beatriz da Costa does interventionist art using computing and biotechnologies. She is anAssociate Professor at the University of California, Irvine.

Kavita Philip studies colonialism, neoliberalism, and technoscience using history and critical theory. She is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Irvine.

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Table of Contents

Foreword: Biological Feedback Joseph Dumit Dumit, Joseph

Introduction Beatriz da Costa Costa, Beatriz da Kavita Philip Philip, Kavita

I Theory and Practice: Biology as Ideology 1

1 Interview with Richard Lewontin Gwen D'Arcangelis D'Arcangelis, Gwen Beatriz da Costa Costa, Beatriz da Kavita Philip Philip, Kavita 3

2 Living the Eleventh Thesis Richard Levins Levins, Richard 25

3 Interview with Richard Levins: On Philosophy of Science Abha Sur Sur, Abha 35

II Life.science.art: Curating the Book of Life 41

4 Biotech Patronage and the Making of Homo DNA Jacqueline Stevens Stevens, Jacqueline 43

5 Soft Science: Artists' Experiments in Documentary Storytelling Rachel Mayeri Mayeri, Rachel 63

6 Observations on an Art of Growing Interest Toward a Phenomenological Approach to Art Involving Biotechnology Jens Hauser Hauser, Jens 83

III The Biolab and the Public 105

7 Outfitting the Laboratory of the Symbolic Toward a Critical Inventory of Bioart Claire Pentecost Pentecost, Claire 107

8 The Ethics of Experiential Engagement with the Manipulation of Life Oron Catts Catts, Oron Ionat Zurr Zurr, Ionat 125

9 Labs Shut Open: A Biotech Hands-on Workshop for Artists Oron Catts Catts, Oron Gary Cass Cass, Gary 143

IV Race and the Genome 157

10 Selective Arrests, an Ever-Expanding DNA Forensic Database, and the Specter of an Early Twenty-First-Century Equivalent of Phrenology Troy Duster Duster, Troy 159

11 Discovering Nature, Apparently: Analogy, DNA Imaging, and the Latent Figure Protocol Paul Vanouse Vanouse, Paul 177

12 The Biopolitics of Human Genetics Research and Its Application Fatimah Jackson Jackson, Fatimah Sherie McDonald McDonald,Sherie 193

13 In Contradiction Lies the Hope: Human Genome and Identity Politics Abha Sur Sur, Abha Samir Sur Sur, Samir 205

V Gendered Science 219

14 Common Knowledge and Political Love subRosa 221

15 Producing Transnational Knowledge, Neoliberal Identities, and Technoscientific Practice in India Kavita Philip Philip, Kavita 243

16 Genes, Genera, and Genres: The NatureCulture of BioFiction in Ruth Ozeki's All Over Creation Karen Cardozo Cardozo, Karen Banu Subramaniam Subramaniam, Banu 269

17 True Life Science Fiction: Sexual Politics and the Lab Procedural Gwyneth Jones Jones, Gwyneth 289

VI Expertise and Amateur Science 307

18 Uncommon Life Eugene Thacker Thacker, Eugene 309

19 AIDS Activists and People with AIDS: A Movement to Revolutionize Research and for Universal Access to Treatment Mark Harrington Harrington, Mark 323

20 The Politics of Rationality: Psychiatric Survivor's Challenge to Psychiatry E. Gabriella Coleman Coleman, E. Gabriella 341

21 Reaching the Limit: When Art Becomes Science Beatriz da Costa Costa, Beatriz da 365

VII Biosecurity and Bioethics 387

22 From Bioethics to Human Practices, or Assembling Contemporary Equipment Paul Rabinow Rabinow, Paul Gaymon Bennett Bennett, Gaymon 389

23 How Do We Insure Security from Perceived Biological Threats? Jonathan King King, Jonathan 401

24 Bioparanoia and the Culture of Control Critical Art Ensemble Ensemble, Critical Art 413

25 Chinese Chickens, Ducks, Pigs, and Humans, and the Technoscientific Discourses of Global U.S. Empire Gwen D'Arcangelis D'Arcangelis, Gwen 429

VIII Interspecies Co-Production 443

26 Training in the Contact Zone: Power, Play, and Invention in the Sport of Agility Donna J. Haraway Haraway, Donna J. 445

27 Playing with Rats Kathy High High, Kathy 465

28 Animal Welfare in the Laboratory: A Case Study in Secular Ethics of Human-Animal Interaction Larry Carbone Carbone, Larry 479

Index 489

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