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Tactical Biopolitics: Art, Activism, and Technoscience
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Tactical Biopolitics: Art, Activism, and Technoscience Hardcover - 2008

by Beatriz Da Costa (Editor); Kavita Philip (Editor); Foreword by Joseph Dumit


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Popular culture in this -biological century- seems to feed on proliferating fears, anxieties, and hopes around the life sciences at a time when such basic concepts as scientific truth, race and gender identity, and the human itself are destabilized in the public eye. 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. After framing the subject in terms of both biology and art, Tactical Biopolitics discusses such topics as race and genetics (with contributions from leading biologists Richard Lewontin and Richard Levins); feminist bioscience; the politics of scientific expertise; bioart and the public sphere (with an essay by artist Claire Pentecost); activism and public health (with an essay by Treatment Action Group co-founder Mark Harrington); biosecurity after 9/11 (with essays by artists' collective Critical Art Ensemble and anthropologist Paul Rabinow); and human-animal interaction (with a framing essay by cultural theorist Donna Haraway).

ContributorsGaymon Bennett, Larry Carbone, Karen Cardozo, Gary Cass, Beatriz da Costa, Oron Catts, Gabriella Coleman, Critical Art Ensemble, Gwen D'Arcangelis, Troy Duster, Donna Haraway, Mark Harrington, Jens Hauser, Kathy High, Fatimah Jackson, Gwyneth Jones, Jonathan King, Richard Levins, Richard Lewontin, Rachel Mayeri, Sherie McDonald, Claire Pentecost, Kavita Philip, Paul Rabinow, Banu Subramanian, subRosa, Abha Sur, Samir Sur, Jacqueline Stevens, Eugene Thacker, Paul Vanouse, Ionat Zurr

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  • Title Tactical Biopolitics: Art, Activism, and Technoscience
  • Author Beatriz Da Costa (Editor); Kavita Philip (Editor); Foreword by Joseph Dumit
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 509
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher MIT Press (MA), Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Date June 30, 2008
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780262042499 / 0262042495
  • Weight 2.15 lbs (0.98 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 7.3 x 1.2 in (22.86 x 18.54 x 3.05 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Technological innovations - Social aspects, Art and science
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007032375
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.45

About the author

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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