Biodigital philosophy, technological convergence, and new knowledge ecologies
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2021-01-11
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New technological ability is leading postdigital science, where biology as digital information, and digital information as biology, are now dialectically interconnected. In this article we firstly explore a philosophy of biodigitalism as a new paradigm closely linked to bioinformationalism. Both involve the mutual interaction and integration of information and biology, which leads us into discussion of biodigital convergence. As a unified ecosystem this allows us to resolve problems that isolated disciplinary capabilities cannot, creating new knowledge ecologies within a constellation of technoscience. To illustrate our arrival at this historical flash point via several major epistemological shifts in the post-war period, we venture a tentative typology. The convergence between biology and information reconfigures all levels of theory and practice, and even critical reason itself now requires a biodigital interpretation oriented towards ecosystems and coordinated Earth systems. In this understanding, neither the digital humanities, the biohumanities or the posthumanities sit outside of biodigitalism. Instead, posthumanism is but one form of biodigitalism that mediates the biohumanities and the digital humanities, no longer preoccupied with the tradition of the subject, but with the constellation of forces shaping the future of human ontologies. This heralds a new biopolitics which brings the philosophy of race, class, gender and intelligence, into a compelling dialogue with genomics and information.Citation
Peters, M., Jandric, P. and Hayes, S. (2021) Biodigital philosophy, technological convergence, and new knowledge ecologies, Postdigital Science and Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-020-00211-7Publisher
SpringerJournal
Postdigital Science and EducationAdditional Links
https://www.springer.com/journal/42438Type
Journal articleLanguage
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This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Springer in Postdigital Science and Education on 11/01/2021, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-020-00211-7 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.ISSN
2524-4868ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s42438-020-00211-7
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