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DNA Barcoding has been promoted since 2003 as a new, fast, digital genomics-based means of identifying natural species based on the idea that a small standard fragment of any organism's genome (a so-called 'micro-genome') can faithfully identify and help to classify every species on the planet. The fear that species are becoming extinct before they have ever been known fuels barcoders, and the speed, scope, economy and 'user-friendliness' claimed for DNA barcoding, as part of the larger ferment around the 'genomics revolution', has also encouraged promises that it could inspire humanity to...

This book brings together contributions from scholars across the humanities.

• A wide-ranging exploration of the interface between performance and nature.


• Examines the use and usefulness of ideas of 'performance' for understanding human-nature relationships.


• Draws on different disciplines and intellectual traditions and on different conceptions of 'performance' and 'nature'.


• Contributions are rooted in real-world contexts and problems, explored through detailed ethnographic work.

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