Metagenomic Futures

This book is an ethnographic exploration of what it means to be human from a more-than-human perspective, the microbial perspective.

Autorentext

Roberta Raffaetà is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage at Cà Foscari University of Venice, Italy.

Inhalt

1 Introduction; 2 What are Microbes?; 3 Microbes and Health: A Paradigm Shift; 4 Studying Microbes: Wet Biology and Dry Biology; 5 "Just Think Computationally!": How the 'Natives' Think; 6 The Ethics and Politics of the Pragmatic Approach; 7 "Overselling the Microbiome"; 8 The Microbiome, Genetics and Post-Genomics; 9 The Microbial Ecosystem at the Crossroads Between Disciplines; 10 Conclusion