Biohackers : the politics of open science / Alessandro Delfanti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delfanti, Alessandro.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hackers.

Computer networks--Security measures.

Computer networks.

Computer security.

Physical Description:

x, 158 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2013.

Summary:

Biohackers explores fundamental changes occuring in the circulation and ownership of scientific information. Alessandro Delfanti argues that the combination of the ethos of 20th century science, the hacker movement and the free software movement is producing an open science culture which redefines the relationship between researchers, scientific institutions and commercial companies.Biohackers looks at the emergence of the citizen biology community 'DIYbio', the shift to open access by the American biologist Craig Venter and the rebellion of the Italian virologist Ilaria Capua against WHO data-sharing policies.Delfanti argues that these biologists and many others are involved in a transformation of both life sciences and information systems, using open access tools and claiming independence from both academic and corporate institutions.

Contents:

1 Cracking Codes, Remixing Cultures 1

2 Forbidden, Public, Enclosed, Open Science 25

3 Hackers, Rebels and Profiteers 49

4 Sailing and Sequencing the Genome Seas 74

5 Just Another Rebel Scientist 93

6 We are the Biohackers 111

7 Conclusion: How to Hack Biology 130.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-155) and index.

ISBN:

9780745332802

0745332803

9780745332819

0745332811

OCLC:

828056286