Summary discussion

// What has stayed with you? Which issues seem unresolved (or are worth further exploration)? Do you think about biotech differently?

// What did you make of Orlan’s work?

Discussion: bioart

Framing questions from today’s class:

-What does it mean to use living beings as a medium for art?

-What is significant (compelling and/or problematic) about artists using the tools, techniques, and materials of the biological sciences for their work?

Discussion: butterfly wings & a bunny that glows

// Comments about bioart & animal experimentation

Discussion: Oryx and Crake

// Discussion thread

Discussion: “tissue economies”

Open thread for discussion of Manjula Padmanabhan, Harvest; Catherine Waldby and Robert Mitchell, “The Laws of Mo(o)re”; and Repo! The Genetic Opera.
(There were some great comments in earlier open threads that I will try to move here if I can.)

Open thread #3 (VAS)

new thread for discussion of the novel

Open thread #2 (VAS)

Let’s split the comments into two parts and have the last 35-40 posts in this thread.

Reminder: VAS posts due before class on Tuesday

This is a prompt about your close reading assignments for VAS. Repeat of assignment text below:

“Contribute one post about one aspect of the novel, VAS: An Opera in Flatland, which we will be discussing in week 4. This is the only blog post that has a deadline; ideally you would post during our reading week (January 19-21) but you should finish this assignment by January 26 at the latest. The genre of this post is that of the close reading. Length should be about 500 words.”

VAS discussion: open thread

Post as a comment on this thread or you can start your own if you’d like (email me to set it up).

Discussion: Ishiguro & Churchill

There is an open thread for discussion on a separate page. Or you can comment on one of the posts on the front page. Chatter away.