‘Science Without Scientists’: DIY Biology and the Renegotiation of the Life Sciences KU Leuven
This chapter discusses the Do-It-Yourself biology movement, also known as biohacking. DIY biology engages in biological research outside scientific institutions, even though many of those concerned have academic credentials. It is not at all ‘against’ science, but dislikes the ways in which scientific institutions straightjacket science. The chapter maps how DIY biology is informed by the anti-institutional ethos of the countercultural computer ...