Outlaw, hackers, victorian amateurs: diagnosing public participation in the life sciences today

This essay reflects on three figures that can be used to make sense of the changing nature of public participation in the life sciences today: outlaws, hackers and Victorian gentlemen. Occasioned by a symposium held at UCLA (Outlaw Biology: Public Participation in the Age of Big Bio), the essay intr...

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Main Author: Christopher M. Kelty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sissa Medialab 2010-03-01
Series:JCOM: Journal of Science Communication
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Online Access:http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/09/01/Jcom0901%282010%29C01/Jcom0901%282010%29C03/Jcom0901%282010%29C03.pdf