Storing Media onto DNA

You can’t think of DNA data storage without thinking of the political and historical tensions that have led us here. What controversies are at the forefront now that the human genome has been mapped, genetic medicine is advertised as the cure-all for human suffering, and DNA data-storage makes environmental promises? Really, in the wake of all this genomic science, we should be asking, “what does it mean?”

Suggested Reading

Reardon, J., 2017. The postgenomic condition. In The Postgenomic Condition. University of Chicago Press.

Sunder, R.K., 2003. Biocapital: The constitution of post-genomic life.

 The implications of DNA data storage are wide ranging and should be understood through the nuanced historical, political, infrastructural and social context of DNA research and technology. Each of the modules on this site offer a unique way for you to conceptualize and question genomic media.