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Josef Barla
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Postdoc @ Goethe University Frankfurt | PI DFG Research training group „Fixing Futures: Technologies of anticipation in contemporary societies“ | Philosophy of technology, new materialisms, feminist epistemology & objectivity, sociology of the Antropocene
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I’m excited to share my new article, “Making death through producing life: Necrovalue and the political economy of death,” now available open access in BioSocieties: link.springer.com/article/10.1... It explores metabolic death work in animals and the valorization of death itself.
An image of the first page of the article, containing the abstract. The abstract reads as follows: "This article explores how advances in synthetic biology and genetic engineering transform the relationship between life and death under contemporary biocapitalism. Discussing two cases of synthetically produced mosquitoes designed to combat vector-borne diseases by targeting their own species, the article contends that these organisms function not only as (lively) commodities but also as metabolically working bodies. These mosquitoes, as the article shows, engage in a specific form of labor, termed ‘metabolic death work,’ which aims at the eradication of fellow members of their species, thereby generating a unique form of value, introduced as ‘necrovalue.’ Complementing the notion of ‘biovalue,’ the concept of necrovalue highlights how death is reimagined as a site of value production in molecular biology and beyond. By applying these concepts to the analysis of the two cases of synthetically produced organisms, this article shows how death enters the realm of the political economy in novel ways as capital gains full control over the metabolic and reproductive capacities of engineered life forms."
December 18, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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We’re thrilled to pre-announce 8 new doctoral researcher positions (4 years) in our DFG research training group "Fixing Futures" at Goethe University Frankfurt starting May 1, 2025. Stay tuned for more infos! fixingfutures.eu
#PhD #Research #FixingFutures #JoinUs
July 29, 2024 at 3:22 PM
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Marco Tamborini and I are very excited to announce our symposium „Living techno-natures: biohybrid objects, life, and technology“ at Goethe University on March 7. With many wonderful talks. Keynote lecture: Henry Dicks (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3) #biomimicry, #Philosophy, #technology, #STS
Poster of the symposium "Living techno-natures: biohybrid objects, life, and technology". Venue: Casino building, room 1.811, Campus Westend, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, 7 March 2024. Talks by Julia Rijssenbeek, Marco Tamborini, Josef Barla, Christoph Hubatschke, Gabriele Gramelsberger, Louisa Estadieu, Fiorella Battaglia, Steven Monserrate Gonzalez, Dominika Lisy, and Hannah Link.
January 30, 2024 at 2:43 PM