We, Other Utopians

ISBN-13: 9780367608033 / Miękka / 2023 / 122 str.

Eva Slesingerova

Opis

We, Other Utopians analyzes the topics of genome editing/recombinant DNA based on ethnographic research in the post-communist context. Focusing on human DNA editing and genome repair, it conceptually and analytically works with various approaches to engineered life and embodiments from interdisciplinary perspectives.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 The Lab, Chapter 3 Genome editing and recombinant DNA today: Cheap enough, easy enough, accurate enough, Chapter 4 Biotechnological Corporeality: Heterotopias and Utopias in the Lab, Chapter 5 Dreaming about Living Matter: A Matter of Art, Chapter 6 We, Other Utopians…: Biopolitics Recombined, Chapter 7 Conclusions

O autorze

Eva Šlesingerová is an anthropologist and sociologist. She has focused on different areas of research and academic interest: body, genomics, AI technologies, robots and biotechnological art and experiments. She teaches courses like Anthropology and Technology, Kinship or Research in Art. Her publications include texts in journals like Social Science Information, Body & Society or Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy.