Emergence: A Genealogy LEARNING LIBRARY

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We’re deep in the science research behind Emergence: A Genealogy, the global bioart survey Fathomers is preparing as part of the Getty’s 2024 Pacific Standard Time, in advance of imminent outreach and visits to biolabs around the country (and, eventually, beyond). Some questions we’re pondering: Is the future human a multispecies assemblage? Should we treat germline DNA as a public trust? What does an expanded practice of bioart-making look like outside the gallery and the lab?

A handful of our recent recommendations follow, for anyone else interested in better understanding the promises and potential pitfalls of this revolutionary moment in time.


A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution, by Jennifer Doudna (2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner for pioneering CRISPR gene editing, alongside Emmanuelle Charpentier) and Sam Sternberg 

CRISPR People: The Science and Ethics of Editing Humans, by Hank Greely

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life, by Ed Yong

Human Nature, a 2019 documentary film by director Adam Bolt

Sex, Drugs, and Biotech,” a weekly newsletter by Alex Pearlman 

Sound Science” podcast, hosted by Yewande Pearse (and airing on Dublab)

Biofriction Radio, a collection of podcasts on evolutionary biology, artistic practices, and thoughts from experimental research with biotech

0.1%: Genomics x Identity: Race. Gender. Politics, a zine curated by Yewande Pearse, edited by Dan Samorodnitsky, and published by Massive Science and NAVEL 

We Have ‘Gifted’ Enough: Indigenous Genomic Data Sovereignty in Precision Medicine,” an open peer commentary by Krystal S. Tsosie, Joseph M. Yracheta, Jessica A. Kolopenuk, and Janis Geary, in the American Journal of Bioethics

Have recommendations of your own? Let us know! yes@fathomers.org

 

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