Real Vegan Cheese and the Artistic Critique of Biotechnology

Drawing on the case study of Real Vegan Cheese (RVC), a synthetic biology project housed in a community lab or “biohackerspace,” I argue that biohacking performs an “artistic critique” of the bioeconomy. Following Boltanski and Chiapello’s use of the term, the “artistic critique” pits values of auto...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rebecca Wilbanks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Social Studies of Science 2017-04-01
Series:Engaging Science, Technology, and Society
Subjects:
Online Access:http://estsjournal.org/article/view/53/86