Art and Biotechnology - Viral Culture from CRISPR to COVID

This interdisciplinary anthology examines the relationship between developments in biotechnology and both artistic and literary innovation, focussing in particular on how newfound molecular technologies and knowledge regimes, such as CRISPR gene editing, alter conceptions of what it means to be human.The book presents 21 essays, split across four parts, from a coterie of artists, scientists, and theorists, which examine the symbiotic relationship between humans, animals, and viruses as well as the impossibility of germ-free existence.The essays in this volume are urgent in their topicality, embodying the exhilarating yet alarming zeitgeist of contemporary nonhuman-to-human viral transmission and gene editing technologies. Ultimately, V l Cultures reveals how art has influenced biotechnological innovation and has shaped the discussion around gene editing and the socio-cultural aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is essential reading for students and researchers focussing on science and art, environmental humanities, and ethics.>

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Louise Mackenzie, Claire Nettleton, Claire Correo Nettleton
• Mitarbeit: Louise Mackenzie (Herausgeber), Claire Nettleton (Herausgeber), Claire Correo Nettleton (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 11.07.2024
• EAN: 9781350376021
• ISBN: 978-1-350-37602-1
• Seiten: 280
• Abmessung: 156 mm x 232 mm x 20 mm
• Serie: Biotechne: Interthinking Art, Science and Design
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Antiquitäten; Science: general issues, Theory of art, SCIENCE / General, ART / General, SCIENCE / Biotechnology, ART / Criticism & Theory, The arts, Impact of science and technology on society, Other technologies & applied sciences