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 Beatriz da Costa does interventionist art using computing and
biotechnologies, and Kavita Philip studies colonialism,
neoliberalism, and technoscience using history and critical theory.
Both are Associate Professors at the University of California,
Irvine.
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