Plastic Passions: The Ethics and Somaesthetics of Self-Enhancement in Contemporary Biohacking

Project: Research project

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Description (abstract)

"Plastic Passions: The Ethics and Somaesthetics of Self-Enhancement in Contemporary Biohacking" (2020-2023, Academy of Finland, No 331204) centers on an ethnography of biohacking as an ethos of self-optimization and the ramifications of its cybernetic imaginary for our shifting understandings and political contexts of the self.

Layman's description

"Plastic Passions: The Ethics and Somaesthetics of Self-Enhancement in Contemporary Biohacking" (2020-2023, Academy of Finland, No 331204) centers on an ethnography of biohacking as an ethos of self-optimization and the ramifications of its cybernetic imaginary for our shifting understandings and political contexts of the self.
Short titleEthics and Somaesthetics of Biohacking
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date01/09/202031/08/2023

Fields of Science

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