With Microbes
Language
en
Ouvrage
This item was published in
2021-10-06
Mattering Press
English Abstract
Without microbes, no other forms of life would be possible. But what does it mean to be with microbes? In this book, 24 contributors attune to microbes and describe their multiple relationships with humans and others. ...Read more >
Without microbes, no other forms of life would be possible. But what does it mean to be with microbes? In this book, 24 contributors attune to microbes and describe their multiple relationships with humans and others. Ethnographic explorations with fermented foods, waste, faecal matter, immunity, antimicrobial resistance, phages, as well as indigenous and scientific understandings of microbes challenge ideas of them being simple entities: not just pathogenic foes, old friends or good fermentation minions, but much more. Following various entanglements, the book tells how these relations transform both humans and microbes in the process.Read less <
English Keywords
microbes
ANR Project
Des virus pour soigner: le difficile développement d'une innovation biomédicale contre-intuitive
Origin
Hal imported