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Biohackers: The Politics of Open Science

Biohackers: The Politics of Open Science

Paperback

Technology & EngineeringGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0745332803
ISBN13: 9780745332802
Publisher: Pluto Pr
Published: May 10 2013
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.30 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
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.

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